Actionscript – Scripting language used by flash to tell things how to work where to go when to stop etc...

ASP - Active Server Page. Type of file used for creating dynamic content of a web page. Technically said it is a server side scripting language. It is mostly used on Windows platforms.

Bandwidth - The maximum amount of data that can travel a communications path in a given time, usually measured in seconds. If you think of the communications path as a pipe, then bandwidth represents the width of the pipe that determines how much data can flow through it all at once. Bandwidth referred to as dial-up, broadband etc..

Browser - Computer program to view and interact with Internet Web pages. Most popular being internet explorer.

Database – A Database sits on the server and supply content to the webpage when the user requests it. You probably wouldn’t even know that the site that you’re on is using a database as they look the same as normal web pages. Look for .php .asp as signs that the webpage is using a database to supply the information.

Domain name - A unique name that identifies one or more IP addresses. For example, the domain name happyappleweb.com represents one IP address. Domain names are used in URLs to identify particular Web pages. Every web site that you visit is stored under a unique domain name.

Download – The way in which web pages are transferred to computers across the globe. When you view pages on a website you a literally downloading the information from the website’s server to your browser.

Flash – Macromedia / Adobe animation based software program, allows web designers to add more oomph to your site.

FTP - file transfer protocol - way of uploading your site to the world wide web

Hosting – where your completed website will live. Refers to a computer (or a network of servers) that stores the files of a web site which has web server software running on it, connected to the Internet. Your site is then said to be Hosted.

HTML - Hypertext Markup Language. The basic language used to build websites. Your internet browser reads the HTML in the webpage and converts it so that you can view the page on your browser

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. This is a set of rules used to exchange information across the Web. When seen as part of a URL, it tells the user-agent what protocol to use to gather the data for display/use.

Hyperlink / Link – Word or words on a webpage that when clicked take you to that section of the site. Usually links are underlined

IP - Internet Protocol. IP Address is a unique identifier for a point or host connection on an IP network. An IP address is a 32 bit binary number usually represented as 4 decimal values, each representing 8 bits, in the range 0 to 255 (known as octets) separated by decimal points. It is just a number like 18.56.187.5 (see domain name)

Javascript – Similar in look to HTML JavaScript is a client-side scripting language that allows dynamic behaviour to be specified within HTML documents. Most browsers support java however some browsers are disabled for JavaScript use.

JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group. Image file, used for photos/images, most common and accessible form of image type on the web

PHP - Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side, HTML embedded scripting language used to create dynamic Web pages. Used with database to create content on a web page

Resolution – The number of dots per inch on a computer monitor, such as 800x600 and 1024x768. Some websites are built for specific screen resolutions.

Search engine – the quickest way to find what you want on the web. A program that searches documents on the web for specified terms or phrases as dictated by the user, and returns a list of the documents where those terms were found. Search Engines are also referred to as Internet Search Engines. Most popular search engines today are Google and Yahoo.

Server - where your website gets uploaded too same as host

Upload - when your site is completed you upload it to a hosting company.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a document or other resource on the Internet. Eg:www.happyappleweb.com