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<p><b>SSI (Server Side Include)</b><br />
A type of HTML comment inserted into a web page to instruct the web server to 
generate dynamic content. The most common use is to include standard header 
or footer for the page.</p>

<p><b>SSL (Secure Socket Layer)</b><br />
Software to secure and protect web site communication using encrypted 
transmission of data.</p>

<p><b>Static IP (address)</b><br />
An IP address that is the same each time connect to 
the Internet. (See also Dynamic IP). </p>

<p><b>Streaming</b><br />
A method of sending audio and video files over the Internet in such a way that 
the user can view the file while it is being transferred.</p>

<p><b>Streaming Format</b><br />
The format used for files being streamed over the Internet. (See Windows Media, 
Real Video and QuickTime). </p>

<p><b>SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)</b><br />
A W3C recommended language for defining graphics in XML.<br />
<a href="../svg/default.asp">Learn 
more about SVG in our SVG tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>Tag</b><br />
In web terms: Notifications or commands written into a web document. (See HTML Tags)</p>

<p><b>TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)</b><br />
See TCP/IP.</p>

<p><b>TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)</b><br />
A collection of Internet communication protocols between two computers. The TCP 
protocol is responsible for an error free connection between two computers, 
while the IP protocol is responsible for the data packets sent over the network.<br />
<a href="../tcpip/default.asp">Learn more about TCP/IP in our TCP/IP tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>TCP/IP Address</b><br />
See IP Address.</p>

<p><b>TCP/IP Packet</b><br />
A &quot;packet&quot; of data sent over a TCP/IP network. (data sent over the Internet is 
broken down into small &quot;packets&quot; from 40 to 32000 bytes long).</p>

<p><b>UDDI (Universal Description Discovery and Integration)</b><br />
A platform-independent framework for describing services, discovering 
businesses, and integrating business services using the Internet.<br />
<a href="../wsdl/default.asp">Learn more about UDDI in our WSDL tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>Unix<br />
</b>Computer operating system, developed by Bell Laboratories. Mostly used for servers and web servers.</p>

<p><b>UNZIP </b><br />
To uncompress a ZIPPED file. See ZIP.</p>

<p><b>Upload</b><br />
To transfer a file from a local computer to a remote computer. In web terms: to transfer a file 
from a web client to a web server. (see also Download).</p>

<p><b>URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)</b><br />
Term used to identify resources on the internet. URL is one type of an URI.</p>

<p><b>URL (Uniform Resource Locator)</b><br />
A web address.
The standard way to address web documents (pages) on the Internet (like: http://www.w3schools.com/)</p>

<p><b>USENET</b><br />
A world wide news system accessible over the Internet. (See Newsgroups)</p>

<p><b>User Agent</b><br />
The same as a Web Browser.</p>

<p><b>VB (Visual Basic)</b><br />
See Visual Basic.</p>

<p><b>VBScript</b><br />
A scripting language from Microsoft.    VBScript is the default scripting language in ASP. 
Can also be used to program Internet Explorer. <br />
<a href="../vbscript/default.asp">Learn more about VBScript in our VBScript tutorial</a>.</p>

<p><b>Virus</b><br />
Same as Computer Virus.</p>

<p><b>Visit</b><br />
In web terms: A visit to a web site.
Commonly used to describe the activity for one visitor of a 
web site.</p>

<p><b>Visitor</b><br />
In web terms: A visitor of a web site.
Commonly used to describe a person visiting (viewing) a 
web site.</p>

<p><b>Visual Basic</b><br />
A programming language from Microsoft. </p>

<p><b>VPN (Virtual Private Network)</b><br />
A private network between two remote sites, over a secure encrypted virtual 
Internet connection (a tunnel). </p>

<p><b>VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)</b><br />
A programming language to allow 3D effects to be added to HTML documents.</p>

<p><b>W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)<br />
</b>The organization responsible for managing standards for the WWW.<br />
<a href="../w3c/default.asp">Learn more about W3C in our W3C tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>WAN (Wide Area Network)</b><br />
Computers connected together in a wide network, larger than a LAN, usually
connected via phone lines. See also LAN.</p>

<p><b>WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)<br />
</b>A leading standard for information services on wireless terminals like 
digital mobile phones.<br />
<a href="../wap/default.asp">Learn more about WAP in our WAP tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>Web Address</b><br />
The same as an URL or URI. See URL.</p>

<p><b>Web Applet</b><br />
A program that can be downloaded over the web and run on the user's computer. 
Most often written in Java.</p>

<p><b>Web Client</b><br />
A software program used to access web pages. Sometimes the same as a Web Browser, 
but often used as a broader term.</p>

<p><b>Web Browser</b><br />
A software program used to display web pages.<br />
<a href="../browsers/default.asp">Learn more about browsers in our Browser section</a></p>

<p><b>Web Document</b><br />
A document formatted for distribution over the web. Most often a 
web document is formatted in a markup language like HTML or XML.</p>

<p><b>Web Error</b><br />
See Web Server Error.</p>

<p><b>Web Form</b><br />
See HTML Form.</p>

<p><b>Web Host</b><br />
A web server that &quot;hosts&quot; web services like providing web site space to companies or individuals.</p>

<p><b>Web Hosting</b><br />
The action of providing web host services.</p>

<p><b>Web Page</b><br />
A document (normally an HTML file) designed to be distributed over the Web<b>.</b></p>

<p><b>Web Robot</b><br />
See Web Spider<b>.</b></p>

<p><b>Web Server</b><br />
A server is a computer that delivers services or information to other computers. 
In web terms:<b> </b>A server 
that delivers web content to web browsers.</p>

<p><b>Web Server Error</b><br />
A message from a web server indicating an error. The most common web 
server error is &quot;404 File Not Found&quot;. <br />
<a href="../html/html_httpmessages.asp">Learn more about web server error 
messages in our HTML tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>Web Services</b><br />
Software components and applications running on web servers. The server provides 
these services to other computers, browsers or individuals, using standard 
communication protocols.</p>

<p><b>Web Site</b><br />
A collection of related web pages belonging to a company or an individual.</p>

<p><b>Web Spider</b><br />
A computer program that searches the Internet for web pages. Common web spiders 
are the one used by search engines like Google and AltaVista to index the web. 
Web spiders are also called web robots or wanderers.</p>

<p><b>Web Wanderer</b><br />
See Web Spider.</p>

<p><b>Wildcard</b><br />
A character used to substitute any character(s). Most often used as an asterix 
(*) in search tools.</p>

<p><b>Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 95/98, Windows XP</b><br />
Computer operating systems from Microsoft.</p>

<p><b>Windows Media</b><br />
Audio and video formats for the Internet, developed by Microsoft. 
(See ASF, ASX, WMA and WMF).<br />
<a href="../media/default.asp">Learn more about Windows Media in our Media 
tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>WINZIP</b><br />
A computer program for compressing and decompressing files. See ZIP.</p>

<p><b>WMA</b><br />
Audio  file format for the Internet, developed by Microsoft. (See also WMV).<br />
<a href="../media/default.asp">Learn more about media formats in our Media tutorial</a>.</p>

<p><b>WMV</b><br />
Video  file format for the Internet, developed by Microsoft. (See also 
WMA).<br />
<a href="../media/default.asp">Learn more about media formats in our Media tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>WML (Wireless Markup Language)</b><br />
A standard for information services on wireless terminals like 
digital mobile phones, inherited from HTML, but based on XML, and much stricter 
than HTML. <br />
<a href="../wap/default.asp">Learn more about WML in our WAP tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>WML Script</b><br />
Scripting language (programming language) for WML. <br />
<a href="../wmlscript/default.asp">Learn more about WMLScript&nbsp; in our WMLScript tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>Worm</b><br />
A computer virus that can make copies of 
itself and spread to other computers over the Internet.</p>

<p><b>WSDL (Web Services Description Language)</b><br />
An XML-based language for describing Web services and how to access them.<br />
<a href="../wsdl/default.asp">Learn more 
about WSDL in our WSDL tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>WWW (World Wide Web)</b><br />
A global network of computers using the internet to exchange web documents. (See 
also Internet)</p>

<p><b>WWW Server</b><br />
The same as a <b>Web Server</b>.</p>

<p><b>WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get)</b><br />
In Web terms:
To display a web page being edited exactly the 
same way it will be displayed on the web.</p>

<p><b>XForms</b><br />
A future version of HTML Forms, based on XML and XHTML. Differs from HTML forms 
by separating data definition and data display. Providing richer and more device 
independent user input.<br />
<a href="../xforms/default.asp">Learn more 
about XForms in our XForms tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)</b><br />
HTML reformulated as XML. XHTML is the latest version of HTML. Developed by W3C.<br />
<a href="../xhtml/default.asp">Learn more 
about XHTML in our XHTML tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XPath</b><br />
XPath is a set of syntax rules (language) for defining parts of an XML document. 
XPath is a major part of the W3C XSL standard. <br />
<a href="../xpath/default.asp">Learn more about XPath in our XPath tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XQuery</b><br />
XQuery is a set of syntax rules (language) for extracting information from XML 
documents. XQuery builds on XPath. XQuery is developed by W3C.<br />
<a href="../xquery/default.asp">Learn more about XQuery in our XQuery tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XML (Extensible Markup Language)</b><br />
A simplified version of SGML especially designed for web documents, developed by 
the W3C.<br />
<a href="../xml/default.asp">Learn 
more about XML in our XML tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XML Document</b><br />
A document written in XML.</p>

<p><b>XML DOM (XML Document Object Model)</b><br />
A programming interface for XML documents developed by W3C.<br />
<a href="../dom/default.asp">Learn more about XML DOM in our XML DOM tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XML Schema</b><br />
A document that describes, in a formal way, the syntax elements and parameters of a web language. 
Designed by W3C to replace DTD.<br />
<a href="../schema/default.asp">Learn more about Schema in our XML Schema tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XSD (XML Schema Definition)</b><br />
The same as XML Schema.</p>

<p><b>XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language)</b><br />
A suite of XML languages developed by W3C, including XSLT, XSL-FO and XPath. <br />
<a href="../xsl/xsl_languages.asp">Learn more about XSL in our XSL tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XSL-FO (XSL Formatting Objects)</b><br />
An XML language for formatting XML documents. A part of XSL developed by W3C.<br />
<a href="../xslfo/default.asp">Learn more about XSL-FO in our XSL-FO tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>XSLT (XSL Transformations)</b><br />
An XML language for transforming XML documents. A part of XSL developed by W3C. <br />
<a href="../xsl/default.asp">Learn more about XSLT in our XSLT tutorial</a></p>

<p><b>ZIP</b><br />
A compressing format for computer files. Commonly used for compressing files 
before downloading over the Internet. ZIP files can be compressed (ZIPPED) and 
decompressed (UNZIPPED) using a computer program like WINZIP.</p>

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