BACK END - The server-side of client/ server is called the back end because it is usually handled by programs running in obscurity on the server, out of sight (and mind) for most users.

BANDWIDTH - Technically, bandwidth is the range of electrical frequencies a device can handle; more often, it’s used as a measure of a communications technology’s carrying capacity.

BETA - The site is built in it’s entirety at this point. The site is published locally for the client to review and make any final changes before being published on line for the general public.

BROWSER - A Web access program that can request HTML documents from Web servers and render such documents on a user’s display device.

COMP - The Comp Design applies the overall look to the Broker Lead web site. Navigation and web site sections are determined at this stage. The signing of the Comp Approval Form by Client and Company signifies approval of web site design and permits production of web site. Changes to design, navigation and sections are not permitted at this time.

DOMAIN NAME - The names used on the Internet as part of a distributed database to translate computer names into physical addresses and vice versa.

E-MAIL - An abbreviation for electronic mail, e-mail is the preferred method for exchanging information between users on the Internet (and other networked systems)

FAQ - ( Frequently Asked Questions) Usenet newgroups, mailing list groups, and other affiliations of like-minded individuals on the Internet will ususally designate a more senior member of their band to assemble and publish a list of frequently asked questions in an often futile effort to keep from answering them quite as frequently.

FRONT END - In the client/ server model, the front-end part refers to the client side; it’s where the user views and interacts with information from a server; for the Web, browers provide the front end that communicates with Web servers on the back end.

HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE) - The SGML-derived markup language used to create Web pages. Not quite a programming language, HTML never-theless provides a rich lexicon and synax for designing and creating useful hypertext documents for the Web.

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP) - A company or organization that provides a variety of Internet services for a fee.

LINK - For HTML, a link is a pointer in one part of a document that can transport users to another part of the same document, or to another document entirely. This capability puts the “hyper” into hypertext. In other words, a link is a one-to-one relationship/ association between two concepts or ideas, similar to “cognition” (the brian has triggers such and smell, sight, and sound that cause a link to be followed to a similar concept or reaction).

NAVIGATION - In the context of the Web, navigation refers to the use of hyperlinks to move within or between HTML documents and other Web-accessible resources.

SPLASH PAGE - An introductory page with minimal text and images that loads quickly to hold the attention of the viewer.

SEARCH ENGINE - A special Web program that can search the contents of a database of available Web pages and other resources to provide information that relates to specific topics or keywords supplied by a user.

SERVER - A computer on a network whose job is to listen for particular srevice request and to respond to those that it knows how to satisfy.

URL (UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR) - The primary naming scheme used to identify Web resources. URLs define the protocols to use, the domain name of the Web server where a resource redsides, the port address to use for communication, and a directory path to access named Web files or resources.

WEB PAGES - Synonym for HTML documents, we use Web pages in this book to refer to sets of related, interlinked HTML documents, usually produced by a single author or organization.

WEB SITE - An addressed location, usually on the Internett, that provides access to the set of Web pages that correspond to the URL for a given site; thus a Web site consists of a Web server and a named collection of Web documents, both accessible through a single URL.