Acronyms and terminology of the Web that beginning Web designers should know.

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WWWs! & HTTPs! &
URLs! Oh, my!
Bruce Clary, McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas

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Internet

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Internet
• International network of computers used to share
data.

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Internet
• International network of computers used to share
data.
• Includes e-mail, bulletin boards, IM, newsgroups,
databases, newsgroups, streaming audio and
video–almost all of which is delivered, of course,
through the WWW.

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World Wide Web

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World Wide Web
• The graphical interface that uses the Internet to
share information.

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World Wide Web
• The graphical interface that uses the Internet to
share information.
• The WWW cannot exist without the Internet. The
Internet can and does exist without the Web.

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Protocols

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Protocols
Sets of rules that allow data to be shared via the
Internet

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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol

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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
The rules that move Web pages across the Internet
and that link pages together

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FTP
File Transfer Protocol

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FTP
File Transfer Protocol
The rules that move digital files across the Internet

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IP
Internet Protocol

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IP
Internet Protocol
IP addresses are unique numbers that identify
specific computers connected to the Internet.

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DNS
Domain Name System

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DNS
Domain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through
the Internet would be far more laborious and error-
prone if it had to be done with IP addresses—e.g.,
10.0.1.197).

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DNS
Domain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through
the Internet would be far more laborious and error-
prone if it had to be done with IP addresses—e.g.,
10.0.1.197).
The DNS is what translates domain names
(www.mcpherson.edu) meaningful to humans into
an IP.

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URL
Uniform Resource Locator

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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
• The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet

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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
• The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet
• The address beginning with the transfer protocol
HTTP:// in a browser address bar

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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
• The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet
• The address beginning with the transfer protocol
HTTP:// in a browser address bar
• See pg. 22 in Robbins for parts of a URL address

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Other Web acronyms

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Other Web acronyms
• DHTML: Dynamic HTML

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Other Web acronyms
• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor

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Other Web acronyms
• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• MySQL: Structured Query Language
The preceding “My” indicates that MySQL is Open
Source and free for anyone to use

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Other Web acronyms
• DHTML: Dynamic HTML
• PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
• MySQL: Structured Query Language
The preceding “My” indicates that MySQL is Open
Source and free for anyone to use
• CMS: Content Management System

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Other essential Web terms

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Other essential Web terms
• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting

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Other essential Web terms
• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting
• jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with
just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages

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Other essential Web terms
• JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting
• jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with
just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages
• AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML