Internet made easy
PMeasyweb - An A to Z to give you a clearer understanding of some Internet terminology and words utilised within the Industry.
If you require further information on a specific feature or word, we would recommend using Wikipedia, an online dictionary.
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Audio Video Interleave(AVI) - file format for videos
Address - the location of your webpage on the internet
Blog - a diary of events and happenings controlled by you
Browsers - making sure the webpage can be read by different internet browsers
Bandwidth - a measure of speed(amount of data) that can be sent via an internet connection
Clickable map of UK allowing you to show customers you nearest contacts
Corporate indentity - Ensure your website carries the correct company logo and message
Currency convertor - add facility to convert pounds to dollars or any currency
CSS style sheets used to comply with Internet standards(W3C organisation)
CSS = Cascading style sheets - the internets most popular website design
Cookies - We do not advocate the use of cookies as it stores information on the customers computer
Design web pages to print out
Design each web page to suit your business
Domain name - Research and recommend a website name for your business
Download facility to allow customers to download brochures or marketing material
Email facility foEmail facility forwarded to any valid email address
E commerce - design webpages to alow your business to interact on the internet
Flash animation - making a profesional image come to life on your website
Forwarding email or website name to another location
File transfer Protocol(FTP) - Allows files to be transferred from one computer to another
Google presence - making sure your business is registered with this main search engine
Hosting - Making sure your website is on the internet 24/7
Hyper Text Markup Language(HTML) - Websites tend to be written in this format
Internet web services to customer specification
Internet Service Provider(ISP) - these are companies who sell internet connections(ie AOL)
IP Address - Internet Protocol address is the unique number for accessing the internet(ie 191.123.334.2)
Javascipt added to enhance your webpage
Java - a program designed for web servers
Keywords checked and added to ensure search engines pick up your website
Log on - allows customers to access certain areas of your website
Links- making sure your website links with other associated businesses
Layout - making sure a good and easy layout is available for customers to navigate
Mailing lists - emailing your known customer base
Management of all content required on your web site
Meta tags - these are important to ensure search engines find your website
Newsgroups - a method of internet users to discuss topics
Operating System(OS) - The system your computer is using
Opera - A form of Browser , the most popular being Internet Explorer
Promotion of your website to various search engines and organisations
Prices kept low due to minimum overheads
Portable Document Format(PDF) - Used to quickly download documentation from websites
Popularity Ranking - Search engines display page after page of results ,this shows what rank you are
Quicktime - a media player used to view videos
RSS feed - a link for upto date details to be displayed on your website
Robot - a search engine term for viewing your web page
Statistics of who and when customers have visited your website
Shopping carts - making the customers able to purchase on line
Static websites - allow 1 change free of charge each month
Search engine optimisation - enhance web pages to give a better ranking on the internet
Spiders - this is another word for web crawlers used by search engines
Sub Domains - the ability to have other domains ie rally.www.jj-stanley.co.uk
Transmission Control Protocol /Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)-This defines your internet connection
Uniform Resource Locator(URL) - The unique address of any web document
Visitor - a customer who visits your web page
Virtual Private Network(VPN)- a secure connection between 2 computers
Website presence - Basic one page static website
Website presence - intermediate three page website
Website presence - medium 5 page plus website
WIKI(means "quick" in Hawain) - main information on the web is wikipedia
World Wide Web Consortium(W3C) - Organisation responsible for internet protocol
Extensible Markup Language(XML) - used to ensure the internet understands the format of the document