GLOSSARY

This is a partial list of terms and abbreviations frequently used in the web development field which you may encounter during the design of your website.

Hard Disk Storage - This is the space you have to store your site. Every website is stored on a web server, which is the computer that broadcasts your site to your visitors. Your hard disk storage is how much space you are allocated on that server's hard drive. Even most robust websites don't require more than 10 Megs of space, but having more is a nice luxury for storing pictures, video, and graphics.

Home Page - This is the first page (also called index or opening page) of a Web site.

Hosting - Hosting is a service provided by a hosting company that provides a place, via a server (a computer available on the Internet), where websites are stored and made available to website users to view the content of that web site.

HTML - Stands for Hyper Text Markup Language, the authoring and editing language used to create web pages on the World Wide Web.