Boot Camp

Glossary
Style sheet: CSS rules are added to a web page either by writing the code directly into the
of the webpage HTML, or by linking to a separate file. A separate file containing
only CSS rules is commonly referred to as a ‘style sheet’, and has the extension .css.
Target: The browser window output of a link.
Template: Skeletal HTML pages with the main content left out in order to provide an effective
solution in creating many pages with an identical look or navigational structure
but with different content.
Thread: A group of messages or postings to an Internet forum on a single topic.
Traffic: Traffic on the Web is a measurement of the number of users who visit a Web site.
Upload: Uploading is the process of copying files from your computer to a remote location,
such as to a webhost server.
Uniform Resource Identifier (URI): The generic term for all types of names and addresses
that refer to objects on the World Wide Web. A URL is one kind of URI.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL): An Internet ‘address’ which is made up of two parts
- the protocol (e.g. HTTP) followed by two slashes, and the domain name. This gives the
exact location of a particular file on the Internet.
Usability: Refers to the level or degree of a web page’s operating friendliness for the
user. Usability is a measure of the quality of a person’s experience in interacting with
content or services.
USB Flash Drive: Memory data storage space which you can plug into a USB port on a
computer. USB flash drives are usually removable and rewritable.
Validation: The process of checking data against a standard or requirement. Web page
validation involves checking the code used to create a webpage (markup), against a computer-language
specification.
Vector: Graphics which use geometrical primitives like points, lines, curves, and shapes
or polygon(s) which are all based on mathematical equations. File formats include .ai,
.gif, .eps. Uses lossless compression - generally does not lose quality each time the image
is resaved.
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