Definitions
- Body section
- A part of the web page that begins withthe tag and contains the text, graphics, and links
- Banner ad
- A type of advertisement typically embedded at the top of the Web page
- Broken link
- A non-functioning Web link
- Bytecode
- A compiled Java applet that is executed by Java Virtual Machine
- Ciphertext
- An encrypted message
- Cookie
- A message sent from a Web server to a browser and stored on a user's disk, usually containing information about the user
- Decryption
- The process of converting ciphertext to plaintext
- DES
- An encryption method based on an algorithm developed by IBM and the National Security Agency that uses a 56-bit symmetric key encryption
- Electric wallet
- Software that stores and processes customer information needed for an e-commerce transaction
- Encryption
- The process of scrambling or hiding information so that it cannot be be understood without the key necessary to change it back to its original form.
- External link
- A hyperlink that links to location outside the website
- External style sheet
- A template that contains formatting specifications for a group of Web pages
- Flash animation
- A popular proprietary animation format developed by Micromedia and frequently used on the Web
- Formatting tags
- HTML code that is used to change the appearance of text
- Head section
- A part of a Web page that begins with the tag and contains information about global properties ofthe document
- Helper application
- A program that understands how to work with a specific file format
- Hot spot
- An area on a Web page that is designated as a hyperlink
- HTML document
- A plain text or ASCll document with embedded HTML tags that dictate formatting and are interpreted by a browser
- HTML form
- An HTML document containing blank boxes that prompt the user to enter information that can be sent to a web server.
- Hypertext
- A way of organizing an information database by linking information through the use of text and multimedia
- Internal link
- A hyperlink that links to a location within the same Web site
- Intrapage link
- A hyperlink that links to a different location on the same Web page
- Java applets
- Small programs that add processing and interactive capabilities to Web pages
- JavaScript
- A scripting language, based on Java, that is used to design interactive Web sites
- Link tags
- HTML code that is used to designate text as a hyperlink in a document