Learn HTML Tutorial – Terms to Know

March 5, 2010
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The terms below are for your knowledge only. You might stumble upon these terms when using any of the HTML editor, or when researching for building a website or blog for your home business.

There’s no need to memorize the terms. You can always come back to this page to check.

WWW – Word Wide Web

Two meanings – First, loosely used: the whole constellation of resources that can be accessed using Gopher, FTP, HTTP, telnet, USENET, WAIS and some other tools.

Second, the universe of hypertext servers (HTTP servers) which are the servers that allow text, graphics, sound files, etc. to be mixed together.

SGML – Standard Generalized Markup Language

A standard for describing markup languages.

DTD – Document Type Definition

The formal specification of a markup language, written using SGML.

HTML – HyperText Markup Language

HTML is an SGML DTD.

It is a collection of platform-independent styles (indicated by markup tags) that define the various components of a World Wide Web document. HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee while at CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva.

This is the code that web pages are written in and the browser interprets to turn into the web page you view on the screen.

HyperText

Generally, any text that contains links to other documents – words or phrases in the document that you can choose and which cause another document to be retrieved and displayed.

HTTP – HyperText Transport Protocol

The protocol for transferring hyper text files across the Internet. Requires a HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most important protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW). You see it every time you type a website in your browser http://…

Homepage

Several meanings. Originally, the web page that your browser is set to use when it starts up. The more common meaning refers to the main web page for a business, organization, person or simply the main page out of a collection of web pages.

Host

Host in the Internet means a company that has the required servers and software to connect domain names to (IP) Internet Protocol numbers. This is required so that people can view your work from home website when they type your domain name in their browser window. This is where you house your home business website or blog. And, you usually have to pay a monthly or annual fee for the domain hosting service.

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5 Responses to Learn HTML Tutorial – Terms to Know

  1. zh-ena on March 5, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    tau SMS jea hehehehehhe
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  2. cathj on March 6, 2010 at 12:53 AM

    great info… TQ
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  3. syigim on March 6, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    our own little dictionary! thanks little mama. xyah google dah! :mrgreen:
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  4. xmizanx on March 7, 2010 at 9:42 PM

    thanks sharing that info with us… now exactly i’m know what is HTML cheers….
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  5. Hanz on March 9, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    orait..harus salin nota ni….
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