Wednesday, March 11, 2009

This Week Terms And Definitions

Firewall - a software security system that protects Web sites and networks from unauthorized access.

Hostname - the name that identifies the computer hosting a Web site.
Orphan file - a file on a Web site that is not reffered to by any link or button and thus cannot be reached by any means other than through its absolute URL - in other words, to find it you must know its exact pathname.

Page flipping - an HTML structure for Web pages that allows users to see successive screens without needing to scroll.

Search engine - the part of a program, such as a database, that seeks out information in response to requests made by the user. On the Web, search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Yandex (the most popular russian SE) provide sophisticated criteria for searching, and provide summaries of each result as well as the Web site addresses for retrieving more information.


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