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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. |
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ActiveMovie |
| A web technology for streaming movies from a web server to a web client. Developed by Microsoft. |
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ActiveX |
| A programming interface (API) that allows web browsers to download and execute Windows programs. (See also Plug-In) |
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Address |
| See Web Address. like : www.mioot.com |
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Anchor |
| In web terms: The starting point or ending point of a hyperlink. |
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Anonymous FTP |
| See FTP Server. |
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ANSI (American National Standards Institute) |
| An organization that creates standards for the computer industry. Responsible for the ANSI C standard. |
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ANSI C |
| An international standard for the C programming language. |
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ADO (ActiveX Data Object) |
| A Microsoft technology that provides data access to any kind of data store. |
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ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) |
| A special type of DSL line where the upload speed is different from the download speed. |
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Amaya |
| An open source web browser editor from W3C, used to push leading-edge ideas in browser design. |
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Animation |
| A set of pictures simulating movement when played in series. |
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Anti-Virus Program |
| A computer program made to discover and destroy all types of computer viruses. |
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Apache |
| An open source web server. Mostly for Unix, Linux and Solaris platforms. |
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Applet |
| See web applet. |
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Archie |
| A computer program to locate files on public FTP servers. |
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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. (See also Active-X and Plug-In) |
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ARPAnet |
| The experimental network tested in the 1970's which started the development of the Internet. |
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Authentication |
| In web terms: the method used to verify the identity of a user, program or computer on the web. |
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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. |
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ASF (Advanced Streaming Format) |
| A multimedia streaming format. Developed by Microsoft for Windows Media. |
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ASP (Active Server Pages) |
| A Microsoft technology allowing the insertion of server executable scripts in web pages. |
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ASX (ASF Streaming Redirector) |
| An XML format for storing information about ASF files. Developed by Microsoft for Windows Media. |
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AVI (Audio Video Interleave) |
| File format for video files. Video compression technology developed by Microsoft. |
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