Glossary of Webmaster Terms

Downloading: Simply put, downloading is when you transfer a file it from another computer to your own computer. The only difference about downloading from the internet is that the other computer happens to be a computer on the internet.
HTML: HTML, or HyperText Markup Language, is essentially another language used to read documents on the internet. Basically, HTML is a hidden formatting code that is embedded in a web page. The formatting code tells
the web browser how to
display the web page. To use a very simple example, the code used to make the word “horse” bold would look like <strong>horse</strong>
FTP (File Transfer Protocol): Put very simply, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is used to transfer your website files from your computer to a computer on the internet. This is one way for webmasters to publish their web pages on
the Internet – they use FTP to transfer a web pages from their computer to their
web server.
Perl: Perl is a computer language that webmasters can use to perform more complex functions with their web page. Examples include create a contact form, feedback form, or setting up a search box.

PHP, short for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is known as a server side language that is used to perform more complex functions with a web page. Examples include create a contact form, feedback form, or setting up a search box.
Uploading: Uploading is essentially the opposite of downloading. It means to copy a file from your own computer to another computer. This is one way for webmasters to publish their web pages on
the Internet – they transfer a web pages from their computer to their
web server. FTP, or File Transfer Protocol, is one method used to upload files. Internet.
Web Host: A web host is a company that has a computer permanently connected
to the Internet that houses documents (or web pages) so that people can view them on the internet.

The main defintion of a web server is a computer permanently connected to the Internet that houses documents (or web pages) so that people can view them on the internet. When you sign up with a web host, they provide you access to their web server. It is also used to describe a computer program like Apache that allows people using a browser to read the web pages located
there.
WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get): A WYSIWYG editor is a design program (similar to a word processor like Microsoft Word) that displays a web page almost exactly as it will appear when you publish the web page. Dreamweaver is the most popular of thes programs.

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