ABBREVIATIONS & WEB TERMS
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) - link of the website
Voiceover Internet Protocol (VOIP) - something to talk with, e.g. Skype
Hypertext Mark-up Language (HTML) - code that enables your site to the browser
Cookies - data stored in the users browser that notifies the site when the user next goes on the site and follows their activity (clicking on things, logging in, records of pages viewed)
Javascript, Perl, ASP, Java - plugins on the site that allow more functionality
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) - transfer files
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - describes the look of the site
Animation protocols for web e.g. Flash (FLV, SWF)- more interactivity on the site, used for videos, animation and games
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - The main international standards organisation for the World Wide Web
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) - A series of web accessibility guidelines pubilshed by the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative
TYPES OF WEBSITE
Fixed - site that stays the same size
Fluid - increase/decrease elements on a larger screen
Elastic - sizing/elements on page based on typography (increase font size, site gets bigger)
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