7 Components: the Function Pages - Developers

Glossary
Add-on. An independent program that performs additional services
for a certain piece of software. � Plugin.
Administrator (Admin). Software user with special rights. Has the
task of installing, maintaining and updating the software and of establishing
the conditions that normal users need to perform their
daily business with the software.
ASCII. Refers to a standard of code for characters on a computer.
ASCII text often stands for simple, non-formatted text. ASCII art is
the depiction of drawings using simple text. Requires that the text be
rendered in a non-proportional font.
Authoring tool. An application with which various data, such as
text, graphics, sound or animation, can be assembled to create multimedia
content.
Back end. Refers to that portion of a software application that runs
on the server and administers the data. In comparison, the program
that displays the data to the client is known as the front end. The
back end area is only accessible to administrators.
Backlink. A link on another page that leads to the current page.
Blog. (“Weblog”). A type of web-based diary in which the blogger
can quickly publish articles. These entries are displayed in a list, beginning
with the newest entry. Other users can usually comment on
but not alter entries.
CamelCase. Special practice of writing words together to form a
link in wikis. A word begins with a capital letter and has at least one
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