Internet Terms and Definitions

ADSL: Asymmetric digital subscriber line. A technology that allows normal phone lines to achieve high-speed Internet access. ASP: 1. Application Service Provider. A company that manages Internet software. 2. Active Server Pages. A Microsoft programming language that allows one to make dynamic pages. B2B: Business-to-Business. Businesses providing goods or services to other businesses. B2C: Business-to-Consumer. Businesses selling products to end users on the Internet. Bandwidth: How fast information can travel through a communications channel. Broadband: Generic term for communication channels with enough bandwidth to handle high-quality video. Browser: Software for displaying Web pages. The two most common are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. Cookies: Bits of data stored on your computer that provide information back to a Web server. Cyberspace: A somewhat antiquated term for all of the information available on computer networks. Database Programming: A way of storing information in a logical manner; create system needed to manage information for web site. Domain name: A unique name for a web site (e.g., BannerView.com) E-Commerce: The ability for an organization to sell products/services, provide online payment solutions, and process transactions via the web. Hosting: A computer containing data or programs that another computer can access by means of a network or modem. ISP: Internet Service Provider. A company that allows one to access the Internet through their equipment. Link Trading: When two sites are linked to each other for relevant content and search engine optimization. Portal: A web site where the main purpose is to list other web sites (e.g., Yahoo!) Shopping Cart: A script or program running on a web site that tracks what customers want to buy, gathers the products a customer wants and passes the information along to a checkout stage. URL: Universal Resource Locator. The address of a web page. Web server: A computer that is configured for the sole purpose of hosting web sites.