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Introduction to Dreamweaver CS3 Terminology - Web Site Development
Question | Answer |
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Internet | a global network connecting millions of computers. |
Networking | a group of computers and associated devices that are connected by communications facilities. |
World Wide Web | also called the Web, is one of the more popular services on the Internet. |
Network Servers | also called Web servers, they support specially formatted documents and provide a means for sharing these resources with many people at the same time. |
Web Page | a unique address, or Uniform Resource Locator (URL), identifies every Web page. |
Web Browser | a software program that requests a Web Page, interprets the code contained within the page, and then displays the contents of the Web page on your computer display device. |
Internet Explorer | a once popular Web browser created by Microsoft. |
Mozilla Firefox | a popular Web browsers used by Web page designers. |
Hyperlink | or link, can connect to another place in the same Web page or site—or to an entirely different Web page on a server in another city or country. |
Website | a group of related Web pages that are linked together. |
Homepage | also called index page, provides information about the Web site’s purpose and content. |
Internet service provider | provides temporary connections to individuals, companies, and other organizations through its permanent Internet connection. |
Online service provider | provides additional member-only services such as financial data and travel information. |
Wireless service provider | provides Internet access to users with Web-enabled devices or wireless modems. |
Portal Site | Provides a variety of Internet services from a single, convenient location. |
Example of ISP | Comcast |
Example of OSP | AOL |
Example of a Portal Site | |
News Web Site | Contains news articles relating to current events. |
Informational Web Site: | Contains factual information, such as research and statistics. |
Business/Marketing Web Site: | Contains content that promotes or sells products or services. |
An example of a News Site: | www.cnn.com |
An example of an Informational Site: | www.medicare.gov or www.bls.gov |
An example of a Business Site. | www.campbellsoup.com |
Educational Web Site: | Provides exciting, challenging avenues for formal and informal teaching and learning. |
Entertainment Web Site: | Offers an interactive and engaging environment and contains music, video, sports, games, and other similar features. |
Advocacy Web Site: | You will find content that describes a cause, opinion, question, or idea. |
Blog: | This is a short for Weblog, uses a regularly updated journal format to reflect the interests, opinions, and personality of the author and sometimes of site visitors. |
Wiki: | It is a collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser. |
Social Network: | It is an online community that encourages members to share their interests, stories, photos, music, and videos with other members. |
Content Aggregator | It is a business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes the content to subscribers free or for a fee. |
Personal Web site: | It is published by an individual or family and generally is not associated with any organization. |
Navigation Map | It outlines the structure of the entire Web site, showing all pages within the site and the connections from one page to the others. |
Linear structure- | the user navigates sequentially, moving from one page to the next. |
Hierarchical structure- | one of the better ways to organize complex bodies of information efficiently. |
Web-Safe Fonts- | the more popular fonts and the ones that most visitors are likely to have installed on their computers. |
Typeface | the design of the text characters. |
Template | a special type of document. |
Publishing | uploading of the Web site top the server. |
Secure Sockets Layer | for encrypting confidential data such as Credit card numbers. |
Uploading | the process of transmitting all the files that make up your web site from your computer to the selected server or host computer. |
Text Editor- | easy-to-use programs that allow the user to enter, edit, save, and print text. |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)- | the most widely used coding system to represent data. |
WYSIWYG text editor | allows the user to view a document as it will appear in the final product an to edit the text, images, or other elements directly within that view. |
Wiki: | It is a collaborative Web site that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site content via their Web browser. |
Social Network: | It is an online community that encourages members to share their interests, stories, photos, music, and videos with other members. |
Content Aggregator | It is a business that gathers and organizes Web content and then distributes the content to subscribers free or for a fee. |
Personal Web site: | It is published by an individual or family and generally is not associated with any organization. |
Navigation Map | outlines the structure of the entire Web site, showing all pages within the site and the connections from one page to the others. |
Linear structure- | the user navigates sequentially, moving from one page to the next. |
Hierarchical structure- | one of the better ways to organize complex bodies of information efficiently. |
Web-Safe Fonts- | the more popular fonts and the ones that most visitors are likely to have installed on their computers. |
Typeface | the design of the text characters. |
Template | a special type of document. |
Publishing | uploading of the Web site top the server. |
Secure Sockets Layer | for encrypting confidential data such as Credit card numbers. |
Uploading | the process of transmitting all the files that make up your web site from your computer to the selected server or host computer. |
What is an example of a Text Editor? | Notepad ++ |
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)- | the most widely used coding system to represent data. |
WYSIWYG text editor | allows the user to view a document as it will appear in the final product an to edit the text, images, or other elements directly within that view. "What you see is what you get." |
What is the shortcut key using Dreamweaver to check your web page in a browser? | F12 |
Dreamweaver allows a user to work in the Document window in one of three views: design view, split view, code view. | True |
After a web site has been tested thoroughly, it can be ________________? | published |
The process of transmitting all the files that make up your web site from your computer to the selected server or host computer is called downloaded. | False! It is called uploading. |