Glossary
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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- ACLs (access control list)
- A
list that indicates which users or groups have permission to access or
modify a particular file on Windows NT.
- active memory
- An
area of cached memory that stores Web pages and allows for quicker save
and recalculation processes.
- Administrator role
- A
collection of rights that allows a user to modify all Web site content and
manage site settings and accounts.
- Advanced author role
- A
collection of rights that allows a user to view, add, and change pages,
themes, and borders, as well as recalculate links.
- Anonymous user access
- The
ability to access a Web server on which one does not have an account.
Usually, anonymous users have more restricted access rights than users
with accounts.
- Author role
- A
collection of rights that allows the user to view, add, and modify pages.
- border
- Page
regions reserved for content that you want to appear consistently on all
your Web pages. Shared borders usually contain link bars —
hyperlinks to the other pages in the current Web site.
- Browser role
- A user role that allows a user to view pages but not author them.
- cache
- A
special memory subsystem in which frequently used data values, such as
files that are made available for use offline, are duplicated for quick
access.
- category
- A
classification for labeling and grouping Web pages and files by common
criteria such as page contents, file types, or similar distinction.)
- CGI
- A
standard method of extending Web server functionality by executing
programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser requests,
such as in form processing. Use of a common gateway interface (CGI) can
make a Web page more dynamic.
- character set
- A
grouping of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some
relationship in common. For example, the standard ASCII character set
includes letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes that make up the
ASCII coding scheme.
- Contributor role
- A user role that enables a user to view pages but not author them.
- CSS (cascading style sheet)
- A
cascading style sheet is a document containing style information that can
be referenced by multiple web pages. Styles define appearance and
formatting of content on web pages and allow authors more control over how
content is displayed in browsers.
- data type
- The
characteristic of a field that determines what type of data it can hold.
Data types include Boolean, Integer, Long, Currency, Single, Double, Date,
String, and Variant (default).
- database
- A
collection of data related to a particular subject or purpose. Within a
database, information about a particular entity, such as an employee or
order, is categorized into tables, records, and fields.
- external hyperlink
- A
hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current Web
site.
- frames page
- A
Web page that divides a Web browser window into different scrollable areas
that can independently display several Web pages. One window can remain
unchanged, while the other windows change based on hyperlinks that the
user selects.
- FrontPage Server Extensions
- A
set of programs and scripts that support authoring in FrontPage and extend
the functionality of a Web server.
- FrontPage-patched Apache Web server
- The
version of Apache Web server used by FrontPage Server Extensions. The
patch is available as part of the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002
download for UNIX.
- home page
- Main
page of a Web site. Usually has hyperlinks to other pages, both within and
outside the site. One Web site can contain many home pages. For example,
the Microsoft home page contains a Products home page, which contains
other home pages.
- HTML Administration Pages
- Web
pages with options for managing your web site. Use the Server Administration pages to set up a
server and use the Site Administration pages to manage Web settings such
as accounts.
- hyperlink
- Colored
and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a
location in a file, an HTML page on the World Wide Web, or an HTML page on
an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet,
and FTP sites.
- iCalendar
- An
Internet standard for creating and sharing electronic calendaring and
scheduling information
- image file cache
- An
area of cached memory that stores data about images in a Web site.
- include file cache
- In
FrontPage, you can use the Include Page component to insert other pages
into the current page. This area of cached memory stores data about these
included files.
- in-memory document cache
- Same
as active memory. An area of cached memory that stores Web pages and
allows for quicker save and recalculation processes.
- Internet Services Manager
- An
administration tool included with Windows 2000 used for administering
Internet Information Services.
- ISAPI
- A
Web server application-development interface, developed by Process
Software and Microsoft, that can be used in place of CGI. Stands for
Internet Server Application Programming Interface.
- JavaScript
- A
cross-platform, World Wide Web scripting language. JavaScript code is
inserted directly into an HTML page. JavaScript makes it possible to build
Java programs.
- LAN
- A
computer network technology designed to connect computers separated by a
short distance. A local area network (LAN) can be connected to the
Internet and can also be configured as an intranet.
- link bar
- A
collection of graphic or text buttons representing hyperlinks to pages
both within your Web site and to external sites.
- local administrators group
- The
group of users who have permission to perform administrative tasks on the
local server computer. The permissions for this group are set by using the
administration tools for the operating system.
- Lock files
- System
files that ensure that information on the Web site can only be altered by
users with sufficient access rights.
- Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
- In
Windows NT version 4.0 and Windows 2000, a utility designed to manage
servers and services through a common user interface. MMC snap-ins include
FrontPage Server Extensions, Internet Information Server (IIS), and SQL
Server.
- MSDE
- Microsoft
Data Engine. A data store based on Microsoft SQL Server technology, but
designed and optimized for use on smaller computer systems, such as a
single user computer or a small workgroup server.
- multi-hosting
- The
ability of a Web server to support more than one Internet address and more
than one home page. Also called multi-homing.
- network domain name
- A
group of users in a network who share a common set of shared resources,
such as server disk drives and printers. A large network may have several
domains based upon the needs of each set of users.
- network place
- A
folder on a network file server, Web server, or Exchange 2000 server.
Create a shortcut to a network place to work with files there.
- properties
- A
named attribute of a control, field, or object that you set to define one
of the object's characteristics (such as size, color, or screen location)
or an aspect of its behavior (such as whether the object is hidden).
- recalculate web
- A
feature that checks a Web site's hyperlinks to see if they are valid.
This feature also performs other tasks such as deleting unused themes and
updating component information on the server.
- relative URL
- The
Internet address of a page relative to the Internet address of the current
page. For example, the relative URL Doc/Sample.htm refers to the page
Sample.htm in the folder Doc, below the current folder.
- remote host
- A
Web server on a separate server computer. A remote host is connected to
other servers by way of a network connection.
- Rights
- Permission
to perform specific actions with site content, such as viewing or
modifying a page. Rights are enabled or disabled for a user role. Users
can perform only those actions allowed by the rights assigned to their
role.
- Role
- A
collection of rights that can be assigned to a user account. You can use
the default roles, modify them, or create your own custom roles.
- root web
- The
default, top-level Web provided by a Web server or virtual server. To
access the root Web, you supply the URL of the server without specifying a
page name or subweb.
- scripting language
- A
programming language designed specifically for Web site programming.
Examples include JavaScript and VBScript.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- A
proposed open standard that was developed by Netscape Communications for
establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception
of critical information, such as credit card numbers.
- server health
- A
set of tests that you can run to help ensure the integrity of your Web
site system files and security settings.
- SMTP mail server
- An
e-mail server that uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. SMTP is
available with Windows NT Server version 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server.
- SQL server
- A
network or Web server that uses the standardized query language protocol
for requesting information from a database.
- subweb, child web
- A
named subdirectory of the root Web that is a complete Web site. Each
subweb can have independent administration, authoring and browsing
permissions from the root Web and other subwebs.
- template
- A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elements as the style and page layout of finished files. For example,
Microsoft Word templates can shape a single document, and Microsoft FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.
- theme
- A
theme applies a set of coordinated graphic elements to a document, page or
across all pages in a Web site. Themes
can consist of designs and color schemes for fonts, navigation bars, and
other page elements.
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
- An
address that specifies a protocol (such as HTTP or FTP) and a location of
an object, document, World Wide Web page, or other destination on the
Internet or an intranet. Example: http://www.microsoft.com/.
- usage analysis
- Data
collected to evaluate how the Web site is being used, such as visitor user
names, how often each page was visited, and the types of Web browsers
used.
- VBScript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition)
- A
subset of the Visual Basic for Applications programming language optimized
for Web-related programming. As with JavaScript, code for VBScript is
embedded in HTML documents.
- vCard
- The
Internet standard for creating and sharing virtual business cards.
- virtual server
- One
of multiple Web sites running on the same server, each with a unique
domain name and IP address. A Web server that supports virtual servers is
called a multi-hosting Web server.
- Web address
- The
path to an object, document, file, page, or other destination. An address
can be a URL (Web address) or a UNC path (network address), and can
include a specific location within a file, such as a bookmark within a
document or a cell range within a spreadsheet.
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