1. WEB TERMINOLOGIES

2. Page or web page: a file that can be read over the world wide web Pages or web pages: the global collection of documents associated with and accessible via the world wide web Hyperlink: a string of clickable text or a clickable graphic that points to another web page or document. When the hyperlink is selected, another web page is requested, retrieved and rendered by the browser.

3. Hypertext: web pages that have hyperlinks to other pages. More generally, any text having nonlinear links to other text Browser: a software tool used to view web pages, read email, and read newsgroups, among other things. Browsers are also called web clients Multimedia: information in the form of graphics, audio, video, or movies. A multimedia document contains a media element other than just plaintext.

4. Hypermedia: media with links and navigational tools Uniform resource locator: a string of characters that specify the address of a web page Surfer: a person who spends time exploring the world wide web Web presentation: a collection of associated and hyperlinked web pages. Usually, there is an underlying theme to the pages. For example, a web presentation for a company may describe facts about the company, its employees, its products, and the method of ordering the products on-line.

5. Webmaster: a person who maintains, creates, and manages a web presentation, often for a business, organization, or university. This person usually “signs” web pages, so that questions and comments can be sent to them. Web manager: synonym for webmaster Web site: an entity on the internet that publishes web pages. A web site typically has a computer serving web pages, whereas a web presentation is the actual web pages themselves.

6. For example, www.cug.edu.gh is the name of a web site, whereas www.cug.edu.gh/homepage.html is the name of a web presentationwww.cug.edu.ghwww.cug.edu.gh/homepage.html Web server: a computer that satisfies user requests for web pages. Mirror site: a site that contains a duplicate copy of a web presentation from another site. If a web presentation is extremely popular, other sites may be used to mirror the original presentation; that is they contain the same information as the original site.

7. This allows the load on the web server and the network to be distributed. If one server is down, a mirror site can be tried. If several mirror sites exist, it is a good idea to try the one closest to you first