eSource Technology - design Glossary-A
Access (Microsoft Access)
A database system developed by Microsoft. Part of Microsoft
Office Professional. Mostly used on low traffic web
sites running on the Windows platform.
ActiveMovie
A web technology for streaming movies from a web server
to a web client. Developed by Microsoft.
ActiveX
A programming interface (API) that allows web
browsers to download and execute Windows programs.
Address
See Web Address.
Anchor
In web terms: The starting point or ending point of
a hyperlink. Learn more about links in our HTML tutorial
Anonymous FTP
See FTP Server.
ANSI (American National Standards Institute)
An organization that creates standards for the computer
industry. Responsible for the ANSI C standard.
ANSI C
An international standard for the C programming language.
ADO (ActiveX Data Object)
A Microsoft technology that provides data access to
any kind of data store. Learn more about ADO
in our ADO tutorial
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
A special type of DSL line where the upload speed is
different from the download speed.
Amaya
An open source web browser editor from W3C,
used to push leading-edge ideas in browser design.
Animation
A set of pictures simulating movement when played in
series.
Anti-Virus Program
A computer program made to discover and destroy all
types of computer viruses.
Apache
An open source web server. Mostly for Unix,
Linux and Solaris platforms.
Applet
See web applet.
Archie
A computer program to locate files on public FTP
servers.
API (Application Programming Interface)
An interface for letting a program communicate with
another program. In web terms: An interface for letting
web browsers or web servers communicate with other programs.
ARPAnet
The experimental network tested in the 1970's which
started the development of the Internet.
Authentication
In web terms: the method used to verify the identity
of a user, program or computer on the web.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information
Interchange)
A set of 128 alphanumeric and special control characters
used for computer storing and printing of text. Used
by HTML when transmitting data over the web.
See the full list of ASCII codes
in our HTML Reference
ASF (Advanced Streaming Format)
A multimedia streaming format. Developed by Microsoft
for Windows Media.
ASP (Active Server Pages)
A Microsoft technology allowing the insertion of server
executable scripts in
web pages. Learn more about ASP in our ASP tutorial
ASX (ASF Streaming Redirector)
An XML format for storing
information about ASF files. Developed by Microsoft
for Windows Media.
AVI (Audio Video Interleave)
File format for video files. Video compression technology
developed by Microsoft.
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