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.

LAN - A LAN is a network of interconnected workstations sharing the resources of a single processor or server within a relatively small geographic area. Typically, this might be within the area of a small office building. Usually, the server has applications and data storage that are shared in common by multiple workstation users. A local area network may serve as few as four or five users or, in some cases several thousand.

Link - Sometimes called hyperlink. A link is object on the web page. When visitors of a website click with the mouse on that object, the user who clicks is then taken to another web page where the link is pointing to. Different types of links are: text links, graphic links, java links, form links, and some others which are not very important.