| DMI |
Desktop
Management Interface - Enables software to collect informaiton
about a computer. For example, using DMI, a program
can determine what software and expansion boards are
installed. |
| DBMS |
database
management system |
| DTD |
Document
Type Defination - tells the browser the type of document
to be displayed. |
| DVD |
Short
for digital versatile disc or digital video disc, a
new type of CD-ROM that holds a minimum of 4.7GB (gigabytes),
enough for a full-length movie. |
| CGI |
Common
Gateway Interface - a method of transferring information
from the user's browser to a program running on the
server. |
| Perl |
Practical
Extraction and Report Language - Perl is a programming
language developed by Larry Wall, especially designed
for processing text. |
| Pixel |
The
smallest size area which can be displayed on your
screen. Between the arrows is a 1 pixel black dot. > < (You might need a magnifying glass) |
| PC |
Personal
Computer - A small, relatively inexpensive computer
designed for an individual user. |
| ISP |
Internet
Service Provider - a company that
provides access to the Internet |
| ASP |
Active
Server Page - A specification for a dynamically created
Web page with a .ASP extension that contain either Visual
Basic or JavaScript code. |
| URL |
Uniform
Resource Locator - See URI |
| HTML |
Hyper
Text Mark-up Language - the authoring language used
to create documents on the World Wide Web. |
| .html
or .htm |
A file type indicating a web page written in HTML
or XHTML. Either can be used. .htm originated when
PCs could only use 3 letter extensions |
| DHTML |
Dynamic
Hyper Text Mark-up Language - refers to new
HTML extensions that will enable a Web page to
react to user input without sending requests to the
Web server. |
| XHTML |
stands
for Extensible HyperText Markup Language - a combination
of HTML and XML (extensible markup language). |
| HD |
Hard
Disc or hard drive - an internal storage system. |
| E-mail |
Electronic
mail - the transmission of messages over communications
networks. |
| Schema |
the
structure of a database system, described in a formal
language supported by the database management system.
|
| SOAP |
Simple
Object Access Protocol - an XML based protocol to let
software components and applications communicate using
standard Internet HTTP. |
| SQL |
Structured
Query Language - an ANSI (American National Standards
Institute) standard for accessing database systems.
|
| WAP |
Wireless
Application Protocol - the leading standard for imformation
services on wireless devices such as digital mobile
phones. |
| XML |
Extensible
Mark-up Language - a new specification being developed
by the W3C. |
| XSL |
Extensible
Style - A specification for separating style from content
when creating HTML or XML pages. |
| CSS |
Cascading
Style Sheets - a feature being added to HTML that gives
both Web site developers and users more control over
how pages are displayed. |
| RDF |
The
Resource Description Framework - for further information
follow this link - RDF |
| CDF |
Channel
Description Format - a specification developed by Microsoft
that allows Web publishers to push content at users. |
| OSD |
Open
Software Description Format - for further information
follow this link - OSD |
| DOM |
Document
Object Model - the specification for how objects in
a Web page (text, images, headers, links, etc.) are
represented. |
| MIME |
Multipurpose
Internet Mail Extensions - a specification for formatting
non ASCII messages so that they can be sent over the
Internet. |
| VBScript |
Visual
Basic Script - a scripting language developed by Microsoft
and supported by Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser. |
| URI |
Uniform
Resource Identifier(URL,aka, URL's) - the generic
term for all types of names and addresses that refer
to objects on the World Wide Web. |
| IANA |
Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority - an organization working
under the auspices of the Internet Architecture Board
(IAB) that is responsible for assigning new Internet
wide IP addresses. |
| SGML |
Standard
Generalized Mark-up Language - a system for organizing
and tagging elements of a document. |
| META
(sorry, this one does not break down) |
meta
simply put, is data that describes other data
- a common prefix that means "about". |
| IRQ |
Interrupt
Request line - IRQs are hardware lines over
which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor. |
| DMA |
Direct
Memory Access - a technique for transferring data from
main memory to a device without passing it through the
CPU. |
| IP
Address |
Internet
Protocol - a number in the format a.b.c.d where a, b,
c and d are numbers between 0 and 255 - An identifier
for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. |
| ISDN |
Integrated
Services Digital Network - a special telephone line
which carries digital signals rather than the normal
analogue voice signals. |
| Java |
A
high level programming language developed by Sun
Microsystems. |
| JavaScript |
A
scripting language developed by Netscape to enable Web
authors to design interactive sites. |
| WML |
Wireless
Markup Langugage - the scripting language used in WML
pages. |
| Midi |
Musical
Instrument Digital Interface - an incredibly
sophisticated method for controlling synthesizers
and sound effects processors. |
| WWW |
World
Wide Web - A network of Hypertext links. |
