Web Terminology

• HTML (HyperText Markup Language) - the "programming" language used to write web pages

• Source file - the set of tags and text which make up a web page. Browsers process the source file to make the web page look the way the designer wanted it to look.

• URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - a web address; indicates the location of a web resource as well as the protocol needed to access it

• Protocol - ground rules or "language" that internet computers use to "talk" with each other

• HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) - the internet protocol which allows web pages to work

• FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - allows computers to exchange files over a network

• Web page - a single page on the web (a "homepage" is the first web page on a web site)

• Web site - a collection of web pages, usually on a particular topic or business

• Web browser/navigator/client - the software application which displays web pages

• Web server - the computer or network of computers which stores web pages