Bandwidth
The amount of data that may be transmitted across a network in a fixed amount of time.

Blog
Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal.

Browser
Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate and display Web pages.

Cache
Memory which stores the contents of all the web pages that you have visited.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
A means of controlling the look and feel of a web page without using HTML markup. Gives web designers the ability to define how different elements in a web page appear.

CMYK (Cyan Magenta Yellow Black)
CMYK is a color model in which all colors are described as a mixture of these four process colors. CMYK is the standard color model used in offset printing for full-color documents. Because such printing uses inks of these four basic colors, it is often called four-color printing.

Domain Name
A name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name marathonpress.com represents the IP address 204.189.82.249. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular web pages.

Domain Registrar
A service that sells and manages domain names.

DNS (Domain Name System)
An Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses.

Flash
A bandwidth friendly and browser independent animation technology.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
The protocol for exchanging files over the Internet.

Host
A computer system that is accessed by a user working at a remote location.

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
A language used to create documents on the World Wide Web.

IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)
An identifier for a computer or device on a network.

ISP (Internet Service Provider)
A company that provides access to the Internet.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
An image format used for logos, photographs, text flattened as an image, etc.

EPS (Encapsulated Postscript)
The type of file used by program such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat, Epson, Xerox, and Ventura Publisher.

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
A proprietary image file format which supports transparency and is limited to 256 colors.

JavaScript
A scripting language used to create interactive websites.

Meta Tags
A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page. Unlike normal HTML tags, meta tags do not affect how the page is displayed. Instead, they provide information such as who created the page, how often it is updated, what the page is about, and which keywords represent the page's content. Many search engines use this information when building their indices.

PDF (Portable Document Format)
A file format developed by Adobe Systems. PDF captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient's monitor or printer as they were intended. To view a file in PDF format, you need Adobe Reader, a free application distributed by Adobe Systems.

PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor)
A server-side scripting language used to create dymanic websites.

POP (Post Office Protocol)
A protocol used to retrieve e-mail from a mail server.

PSD, Photoshop
An image editing program, best known for creating layers, allowing images to be arranged under and over each other for placement. (.PSD extension)

RGB (Red Green Blue)
These are the computer’s native color space. These are also the color system for capturing images and displaying them. Human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue, and all colors are perceived as a combination of the RGB.

Search Engine
A software program used to search for specific keywords across many websites. Although search engine is really a general class of programs, the term is often used to specifically describe systems like Google and Yahoo that enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web.

SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
Optimizing a website using standard HTML, keyword placement, and other techniques to improve site ranking in search engine results.

Server
A computer, or a software package that provides services to client software running on other computers. Such as an email server, web server, etc.

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
A protocol for sending e-mail messages between servers. Most e-mail systems that send mail over the Internet use SMTP to send messages from one server to another; the messages can then be retrieved with an e-mail client.

SPAM
Electronic junk mail.

Stats
Useful statistical information relating to a website, such as number of visits, pages being viewed, monthly history, etc.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
Specifies the location of a resource on the Internet. The first part of the address indicates what protocol to use (i.e. FTP, HTTP, etc.), and the second part specifies the domain name where the resource is located.