Monday, December 12, 2011

Full Form - Web Terminology

HTML – Hypertext Markup Language

SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) – It is a protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over computer networks, normally using HTTP/HTTPS. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the web services protocol stack providing a basic messaging framework upon which abstract layers can be built.

ActiveX - A programming interface (API) that allows web browsers to download and execute Windows programs.

AdSense - Web advertising system provided by Google.

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) - The "art" of using JavaScript and XML to create interactive web applications. With Ajax, web applications can exchange data with a web server in the background (asynchronously) and update parts of a web page without reloading the page.

Anchor - In web terms: The starting point or ending point of a hyperlink.

Adobe Air - An Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) system that enables developers to use web technologies (HTML, JavaScript, Flash) to create desktop applications.

Apache
An open source web server. Mostly for Unix, Linux and Solaris platforms.

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.

Authentication
In web terms: the method used to verify the identity of a user,

ASP (Active Server Pages)

AVI (Audio Video Interleave)

Bit (Binary Digit)

Blog (Web Log)

BMP (Bitmap)

Dial-up Connection
In web terms: A connection to Internet via telephone and modem.

DNS (Domain Name Service)
A computer program running on a web server, translating domain names into IP addresses.

E-mail (Electronic Mail)

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)

HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure)

IP (Internet Protocol)
See TCP/IP.

IP Number (Internet Protocol Number)

IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)

ISP (Internet Service Provider)

JavaScript
The most popular scripting language on the internet, developed by Netscape.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group)

JSP (Java Server Pages)

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor)

PDF (Portable Document Format)

SQL (Structured Query Language)

TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
See TCP/IP.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

VPN (Virtual Private Network)

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)

XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

JSON - JavaScript Object Notation

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