Web Design Jargon

[adm]

yeah thats true..

I am guilty of that too.

Back to it!

CSS
Cascading Style Sheets - example.css
Used to define font sizes for example, of certain things

Didn't I specify that one earlier?

[Jackboy]

Amgggzzz Sorry mate!

[adm]

Lol.

Repetative Strain
Example: Been on computer too long - now log off you sad git.

[Jackboy]

Excuse me? WEB DESIGN jargon lol

Php Include
A php include is where you include a file with php. Simple enough..

<?
include ("filename.php");
?>

[Mentor]

AJAX - Asyncunus javascript and Xml
useing javascript and its XMLHttpRequest to communicate with a backend script without reloading the page, although this itself isnt realy ajax, its only ajax when its done asyncronusly, aka allowing it to do multiple requests in one go, and return the data in xml form "/

Webpage
A hyper text document.

Website
A series of hypertext documents, linked together.

The World Wide Web
A global read/write information space, refernced by URI's made avaible via use of the internet.

The Internet
A global publicly accesable computer network of interconnected computers, running on IP.

ISP -Internet service provider
A company or entity that sells internet access, and other simlar services.

FTP - file transfer protcol
A common protcaol used for transfering data from one computer to another.

[adm]

from one server to another - not computer.

or, memory space to another.

[Jackboy]

adzat u plonka

A server is a computer. And some people connect to other peoples computers and get the files ;P

MySQL
A type of database used on websites. Mainly used for user systems.

[:Blob]

ASP

A coding language

[Mentor]

from one server to another - not computer.

or, memory space to another.

A server is a type of computer, just like, a PC, Apple Mac, Mobile Phone, PDA.... welll you could go on for ever, everything from a dishwasher to a router contain/are a computer of some sorts "/

Browser
An application used to render html documents

Client side.
Anything that is run on the User's side (javascript, html etc)

Server side.
Anything that is run on the host's side (php,asp etc)

CMS - content Managment System
A WebApp that allows you to control and manage a website

[DuHast]

ASP

A coding language

Active Server Page by Microsoft using .NET and can be used with ADO MSSQL Server and C# .NET etc

I don't see why everyone doesn't just use WikiPedia for these as it gives you and indepth insight into the jargon terms.