mall An electronic shopping mall.

Emoticon E-mail emotions, or faces that you insert to express moods. Examples: Smiley face :-) or unhappy face :-(

Ethernet The most common LAN transmission network. Explorer (Internet Explorer) Microsoft's web browser

Exposures The number of times a viewer sees an advertising banner. Extranet A close relative of an Intranet with the difference being that remote company offices not confined to the corporate location can utilize the Intranet via the Internet.

FAQ An acronym for Frequently Asked Questions.

FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) A fiber-based token-passing LAN technology standardized by ANSI, with dual counter-rotating rings. Each ring carries information at the rate of 100 Mbits.

Filtering An automatic method of screening e-mail messages as they are downloaded from the Internet. An e-mail client can be instructed to deposit (file or trash) qualifying e-mail messages in various folders as they are received. A filter can look at keywords, addresses, domains, subject matter, size, etc.

Finger An Internet tool used to locate people on other Internet sites.

Firewall A gateway between two networks that screens and buffers information passing between the networks.

Flame To post an email message intended to insult and provoke.

Flame Bait A posting intended to trigger a flame war, or one that invites flames in reply.

Form HTML element that allows users to fill in information and submit it for processing.

Frames An HTML programming option that permits a web page to be subdivided into smaller sections of varying size. The "windows" can have no

relevance to each other or, they can be hyper-linked to each other.

Frame relay A communications interface that provides high-speed packet transmission with minimum delay and efficient use of bandwidth. It assumes that all

connections are reliable and does not have error detection or control which helps to speed up the protocol.

Freeware Software that is free but still copyright protected.

Front Page 98 extensions XcellWeb servers support sites made with Microsoft's Front Page 98 and its new extensions. see also http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) A means to exchange files across a network. GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) A storage format for images; can be used as an inline image in an HTML document.

Gopher A protocol for disseminating information on the Internet using a system of menus; items in the menus can be links to other documents, searches, or

links to other information services.

Graphical Browser A Web client that displays inline images and fonts and that usually offers mouse-based point-and-click operation.

GUI (Graphical User Interface) Pronounced "gooey", a navigational command or menu interface designed to be self- explanatory and easy to use by pointing and clicking on text selections and icons. The Windows GUI interface, although originally pioneered in the 1970s by Xerox, is now the de-facto standard for American business.

Hacker A person who delights in having an intimate understanding of the internal workings of a system, computers and computer networks in particular.

Hardware Type of server acting as a host server.

HDML (Handheld Device Markup Language) A developing programming language for a new class of cellular (wireless) communications.

Header Information that appears across the top of e-mail messages, and newsgroup articles. The header usually contains data about the sender, date message

was created, the computer path the message traveled through and other information used for managing the message.

Hex Code The binary code name for the color used in html.

Hit A request from a browser for a single item from a web server. An overused term when discussing traffic on a website, e.g. "We get 500,000 hits per month." Calling one page from a server could result in dozens of "hits" because each graphic is interpreted as a hit. In reality, counting only the "index.htm" page or "default.htm" page would be a more accurate gauge of traffic.

Home Page A place on the web for any person or organization on the Internet to display information to anyone else who wants to see it. A company, for

example, could put the entire contents of their brochure, or annual statement, or technical support manual on the Web as a home page. Host Any computer on the Internet is referred to as a host.

HotJava A Web browser capable of executing applets written in the Java programming language.

Hotspot The region of displayed hypertext that, when selected, links the user to another point in the hypertext or another resource.

HTML (HyperText Mark-up Language) The mechanism used to create Web pages; Web browsers display these pages according to a browser-defined

rendering scheme.

HTML Tag Indicates document structure, elements, formatting and links to other documents. HTML Tags also allow use of other media within a document Example - <TagNamer> area affected </TagName>

HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) The native protocol of the Web, used to transfer hypertext documents.

Hypermedia Hypertext that may include multimedia: text, graphics, images, sound, and video.

Hyperlink A means of "jumping" from one information site to another on the same or a different network server.

Hypertext Text that is not constrained to a single sequence for observation; Web-based hypertext is not constrained to a single server for creating meaning.

IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force - http://www.ietf.org/overview.html) A large open international community of network designers, operators,

vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual. To learn more about this group, what they do and how you may want to become involved, read "A Guide for New Attendees of the Internet Engineering Task Force" at: http://www.ietf.org/tao.html

iHTML support a server-side scripting platform, which will be a boon to dynamic site creators. iHTML Pro allows you to add programmatic logic, conditional

statements, file manipulation, math functions, ODBC connectivity and more to your site all from within your HTML documents (no additional files required) with an easy-to-learn HTML tag-like syntax. see also

http://www.ihtml.com

Image Map A graphic inline image on an HTML page that potentially connects each pixel or region of an image to a Web resource; users click on the image to

retrieve the resources.

Infobot (See autoresponder and mailbot) an automatic response to an e-mail or web inquiry used to provide additional information about a product or

Interlaced Graphics GIF files that are interlaced permit the graphic to load gradually in the browser window, progressively increasing the clarity.

Internet The cooperatively run, globally distributed collection of computer networks that exchange information via the TCP/IP protocol suite.

Internet Address An IP address that uniquely identifies a node on the Internet. Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP Protocol Suite. It is a

connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol.

Internet Society, The Is a non-governmental International organization for global cooperation and coordination for the Internet and its internetworking technologies and

applications. The Society's individual and organizational members are bound by a common stake in maintaining the viability and global scaling of the Internet. They comprise the companies, government agencies, and foundations that have created the Internet and its technologies as well as innovative new entrepreneurial organizations contributing to maintain that dynamic. Visit their home pages at: http://info.isoc.org/ to see how Internet innovators are creatively using the network.

InterNIC is a cooperative activity between the National Science Foundation, Network Solutions, Inc. and AT&T. Network Solutions sponsors

Registration Services, Support Services, and Net Scout Services. Click here to visit the InterNIC on the Web.

Interpreneurs A new breed of entrepreneur who develops Internet/Intranet businesses or applications.

Intranet is a private, internal network that operates within the walls of a company (similar to a LAN) and is usually insulated from the outside world via an

electronic or hardware impedance called a firewall.

IP Address This is a four-part number, which everyone else on the Internet uses to uniquely identify your network.

IPng Internet Protocol Next Generation is a working group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) that is responsible for solving the IP address shortage due to occur after the millenium.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) A worldwide "party line" network that allows one to converse with others in real time. IRC is structured as a network of

Internet servers, each of which accepts connections from client programs, one per user.

ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) Switched digital networking that handles a range of digital voice and digital image transmission. It provides end-to-end, simultaneous handling of voice and data on the same digital links via integrated switches.

ISO (International Standards Organization) An international organization that sets standards for many things, including, for example, the ISO Latin-1 character set. (See http://www.iso.ch/)

ISP (Internet Service

Provider) A Company or Entity that provides Internet access to the public. Java An object-oriented programming language for creating distributed, executable applications.

Java Script A non-compiled command language used in HTML applications where the instructions are managed by the browser.

Java Servlet Xcellweb servers support using fast server-side Java . Included class library makes building complex server-side applications in Java a breeze.

JDK (Java Development Kit) The development kit from Sun Microsystems that provides the basic tools needed to write, test and debug Java.

JEPI (Joint Electronic Payment Initiative) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to help facilitate electronic commerce.