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Glossary of Web Design Terms (E-H)


E-Commerce

E-commerce is the trading of goods and services across the internet. While large organisations tend to attract a lot of attention, the internet also provides an ideal platform for small business’s to launch their trading through e-commerce.

Email

E-mail consists of text as well as HTML messages sent across the internet. It is possible to e-mail images and other non text formats but these are commonly sent as attachments to an email.

Encryption

The procedure of encoding data to make sure it is only accessible by an intendant recipient is known as Encryption. Encryption is essential when using a credit card online to make a purchase, thus ensuring only authorised personal view confidential details such as credit card numbers. 

Firewall

A firewall is typically a software based security system which prevents unauthorised persons or programs from accessing your computer. Thus the firewall manages the connection across computers, networks and the internet and may be programmed to prevent the download of specific files as a method of virus protection.

Flash

Flash files are commonly used in web design as they are able to combine animation, sound and interaction all at a very low file size.

Font Weight

The weight of a font refers to the boldness of the given font. The ‘heavier’ a font the bolder it will appear on a web page.

FTP

FTP refers to the File Transfer Protocol, which is a commonly used method of transferring files over the web.

FTP Client

An FTP client is a computer program which is utilised to assist in the copying of files over the internet.

GIF

Graphic Interchange Format or GIF files as they are more commonly known is a bit mapped graphics file. A GIF file is limited to 256 colours but is ideal for flat colour images and drawings.

Hits

Hits refers to the number of individual requests a server answers in order to portray a complete individual web page. In most cases the page document and the other images or graphics on the same web page would deem separate hits.

Home Page

A home page is the first page or main page of a given website.

Hosting

In order for a website to be viewable on the internet it must be stored on a network or server. Hosting refers to a network or server which stores the files of a given website. Hosting requires web server software to be functioning whilst connected to the internet.

HTML

HTML is the acronym for Hyper Text Mark-up Language. HTML is the language commonly used to create web pages.

Hyperlink

A hyperlink is commonly signified by text which is underlined and connects a webpage to another document such as a webpage or file, or to a different area of the same document.

 

 

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