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298 Glossary
IP address
Internet Protocol address, also known as an IP. A 32-bit number that identifies each
sender or receiver of information across the Internet. Enables a computer to
participate in the Internet.
ISP
Internet Service Provider. Examples: America On-Line (AOL), Global On-Line (GOL).
JPG
Also known as JPEG . Image file format (.jpg) created by the Joint Photographic
Experts Group. JPG files support complex compression algorithms, enabling you to
fine-tune the balance between file size and picture quality. JPG files have a larger file
size than the other Web image alternatives, GIF and PNG files. However, when
quality matters more than a quick download time, JPGs are ideal.
link
Also called a hyperlink . Text in a Web document that you can click to display another
Web document. Hyperlinks are the connecting strands in the World Wide Web.
localhost
Host name for the computer that you are currently using.
mailto
Tag that creates an e-mail link. This link opens the user’s e-mail program, if he has
one, and begins a new message to the e-mail address contained in the <
mailto>
tag.
mapping
Association between the physical directories where your files are stored and the
server that processes the files.
markup language
Language that structures information for display purposes, like HTML, or for data
storage and retrieval, like XML. All markup languages are a subset of the Standard
General Markup Language (SGML).
object class
See class.
palette
Group of colors that you can use in developing your Web site. A “browser-safe”
palette only has colors that are rendered the same across browsers.
path
Route that a computer takes to access or upload a file. Paths can be absolute or
relative . An absolute path leads to a single possible location for the file to be accessed
or uploaded; for example, C:\Program Files\Macromedia\ColdFusion Studio
5\UserData. A relative path leads to the file based on the location of something else;
for example, code snippets are written to \UserData, on whatever drive and directory
that you installed ColdFusion Studio. Other examples of paths: URLs, such as http://