Here are some basic computing terms you should be familiar with.
This doesn't mean you have to memorize them, but you should have a general idea
of what they mean.
Hypertext:
Text that allows movement within the Internet by clicking on a highlighted
word or image.
The concept is realy simple: Hyper - like your little brother - text, like an
ancient manuscript. Now put the two together, and you've got the general idea.
HTML:
Hypertext Markup Language... The computer language which allows Hypertext to
exist.
It Marks Up" or gives a boost to regular text, making it, well, Hyper! The
language is a little
easier than BASIC, but far less difficult than most modern computer languages
like C++ or Java.
HTTP:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol... The method by which computers transfer Hypertext
files on the internet.
Anchors:
Hypertext Links... They chain web pages together. Just like a ship is Anchored
to the ocean floor by a chain, two web pages are anchored to each other by
anchors, which are said to be linked.
ASCII:
(American Standard Code for Information Interchange)
A universal code for standard (and extended) text characters that all modern
computers understand. It's how computers understand numbers and letters,
instead of 1's and 0's.
Browser:
The program that you use to look at Web pages. There are 2 types of browsers:
Graphical and Text. Lynx is a type of text based browser. You can't see
pictures on it. Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, and Neoplanet are Graphical
Browsers.
Tags:
Remember that HTML is a computer language? All computer languages have
COMMANDS, and a Tag is a Hypertext command code which tell a browser how to
handle the text (Should it be Big & Red, or Small and Green?). It's called a
Tag because it is set aside, or tagged by greater and less than signs "
< >
"
(known as 'gators') to set them apart from the rest of the text.
Example:
< TAG >
text goes here
< /TAG >
URL:
Uniform Resource Locator (Address of a Web page - don't ask! )
On The Following Indicator...
(
GREEN
will indicate your current location)
