Terms D-H

Directory
Top directory is known as the root-directory below it are sub-directories. Organized in a hierarchical order with information about the directories below them.
Domain
Common address of a group of web pages. Http://www.discoveryvip.com/tutorials.html The domain is just discoveryvip.com
Ecommerce
Electronic commerce. Selling products or services online
E-zines
Electronic magazine
Email
Electronic mailing
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions. Used for customer support
Flash
Product by Macromedia. Flash player is what your browser needs to display a Flash (.swf) If your browser doesn’t have a flash player installed once you visit a web site and it detects you don’t have a flash player it will automatically ask if you want to download it.
Forum
Online discussion group works the same way a bulletin board or newsgroup does.
Frames
Frames are used in some web designers to combine several different web pages into one common area. You might see this sometimes when you go to a site, select another site and see it open up inside the first site.
Ftp File Transfer Protocol
Used on the internet to send files. When you download a file into your computer FTP is how your computer receives the file. If you are a web designer and you want to transfer your files onto a server you would use FTP or an FTP program.
GIF
Images file which is allowed on the internet. This file type supports having a transparent background. Usually used for animations
JPEG
Images file which is allowed on the internet. More detailed than .gif
Hits
Each time an item is retrieved from a web server it counts as a hit. This includes even graphics on a web page. One HTML web page could have several hits when displayed depending on how many items it displays
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
Programming language used to create documents on the web. Read by browser
HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol)
Used to transfer files from a web server onto a browser. HTTP is a one way transfer from the server to the browser.
Hyperlink
Element on a document that links to a location on the same document or to a different document. Hyperlinks a usually text in a different color and underlined. When you move your mouse over them your mouse icon usually changes.