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active hyperlink
A hyperlink that is currently selected in a Web browser. Some Web browsers indicate the active hyperlink by changing its color.

active page
In FrontPage, the page that is currently being edited in Page view.

animated GIF
A file containing a series of GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) graphics that are displayed in rapid sequence in a Web browser, giving the appearance of a moving picture. See also GIF.

applet   
See Java applet.  

application
A computer program (as opposed to a file)

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B

Background Image
The static image that appears behind text, graphics, and other web page components.

backup
An extra copy of your files which is made as a precaution against disk failure.

Bandwidth
The range of transmission frequencies that a network can use. As the amount of bandwidth increases, information can travel faster on a network.

banner
See page banner.  

baud 
A  measure of speed of electronic transmission; the higher the baud rate, the faster the signal can be sent.

byte
A measure of the size of a computer file or program; usually expressed in kilobytes or megabytes.

BMP (bitmap) 
The standard graphics file format on Windows-compatible computers. Bitmap graphics support 24-bit color and can be saved for Windows or OS/2 systems. FrontPage can import BMP files.

 bookmark
A named location on a Web page that can be the target of a hyperlink.  In a URL, a bookmark is preceded by a the pound sign (#). Also called anchor.

 broken hyperlink
In FrontPage, a hyperlink that points to an incorrect URL or a missing page or file.

 browser
See Web browser.

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C

cell padding
The space between the contents and inside edges of a table cell.

cell spacing
The amount of space between cells in a table. Cell spacing is the thickness, in pixels, of the walls surrounding each cell.

client
On a local area network or the Internet, a computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another computer. See also server.

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D

default
In computer programs, a selection that is made automatically in a program when no selection is specified by a user.

domain name
The address of a network location in the format that identifies the owner of that address in the format: server.organization.type.  For example, www.whitehouse.gov identifies the Web server at the White House in the United States, which is part of the U.S. government. See also network location.  

download
The process of transferring a copy of a file from a remote computer to the requesting computer.

 Dynamic HTML (DHTML) 
An extension of the HTML language that enables the creation of presentation effects for text and objects.  In FrontPage, you can use the DHTML Effects toolbar to add effects to page elements without the need to know programming.  

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E

editor
A program that creates files or makes changes to existing files. In FrontPage, Page view is a Web page editor, and the HTML tab in Page view is an HTML editor.

e-mail (electronic mail) 
The exchange of electronic text messages and computer file attachments between computers over a communications network, such as a local area network or the Internet.

embedded files
In FrontPage, graphics, pictures, sounds, and video clips that have been inserted on a page in Page view from a file system or from the clipboard. You are prompted to save embedded files when you save the current page.

external hyperlink
A hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current web.

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F

file
A named collection of information that is stored on a computer.  

file extension
The character string after the right-most period in a filename.  File extensions are used to label files by their type, origin, and possible uses.

file type
The format of a file, commonly indicated by its file name extension.

firewall
A method of protecting the files and programs on one network from users on another network. A firewall blocks unwanted access to a protected network, while giving the protected network access to networks outside of the firewall. 

floppy diskette
A portable medium for storing computer data.

folder
A named storage area on a computer containing files and other folders.

Folders view
In FrontPage, the view of a web that shows how the content of the web is organized.  Similar to Windows Explorer, you can create, delete, copy, and move folders in Folders view.

followed hyperlink
A hyperlink on a page that has been activated. Visited hyperlinks are usually displayed by the Web browser in a specified color.

frame
An area of a Web browser window defined by a frames page. A frame appears in a Web browser as one of a number of different areas in which pages can be displayed. A frame may be scrollable and resizable, and may have a border. You display a page in a frame by creating a hyperlink to the page and specifying the frame as part of the hyperlink.

FrontPage Editor
 In FrontPage 98 and earlier versions, the application for creating and editing Web pages.  In FrontPage 2000, you create and edit Web pages in Page view.

FrontPage Explorer
In FrontPage 98 and earlier versions, the application for maintaining, testing, and publishing webs. In FrontPage 2000, you maintain, test, and publish webs using any of five web views.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) 
The Internet service that transfers files from one computer to another over standard phone lines.

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G H  

GIF  (Graphics Interchange Format) 
A graphics file format commonly used to display indexed-color graphics on the World Wide Web. GIF is a compressed format, designed to minimize file transfer time over standard phone lines.  FrontPage can import and export GIF files. 

hard drive
A device for storing computer data which is attached to the computer.  A hard drive may be external, or it may be inside your computer.

hardware
The computer and its physical parts.

heading
A paragraph style that is displayed in a typeface larger than normal text.  The size of a heading is related to its level: Heading 1 is the largest, Heading 2, the next largest, and so on. 

Hit Counter component
A component in FrontPage that keeps track of the number of visitors to a World Wide Web site.

home page
On the World Wide Web, an entry page for a set of Web pages and other files in a Web site.  The home page is displayed by default when a visitor surfs to the site using a Web browser.  The name of a home page depends on the type of Web server used to host the Web site.  Some Web servers reserve Index.htm as the name for the home page, while others name the home page Default.htm.

host
See server.

hotspot  
A graphically defined area in a graphic or picture containing a hyperlink.  A graphic with hotspots is called an image map. Hotspots are invisible in Web browsers.  Site visitors can tell that a hotspot is present because the mouse pointer changes appearance when the mouse is moved over the graphic. See also image map.

HTML  (Hypertext Markup Language) 
The standard markup language used for documents on the World Wide Web.  HTML development is carried out by the World Wide Web Consortium. The HTML language uses tags to indicate how Web browsers should display page elements such as text and graphics, and how Web browsers should respond to user actions such as hyperlink activation by means of a key press or mouse click.  Most Web browsers, notably Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator, recognize HTML tags beyond those included in the present standard. FrontPage reads and writes HTML files and no knowledge of the HTML language is required.

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) 
The Internet protocol that enables Web browsers to retrieve information from World Wide Web servers.

hyperlink
A pointer from text, from a picture or a graphic, or from an image map to a page or file on the World Wide Web.  On the World Wide Web, hyperlinks are the primary way to navigate between pages and among Web sites.  Also called link.

Hyperlinks view
A view in FrontPage that shows the status of the hyperlinks in your web. The list includes both internal and external hyperlinks, and graphically indicates whether the hyperlinks have been verified or whether they are broken.

hypertext
On the World Wide Web, hypertext is the primary way to navigate between pages and among Web sites.  Hypertext on Web pages has been expanded to include hyperlinks from text, from a picture or a graphic, and from image maps. 

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image map
A graphic containing one or more invisible regions, called hotspots, which are associated hyperlinks. Typically, an image map gives site visitors visual cues about the information made available by clicking each part of a picture or graphic.  For example, a geographical map could be made into an image map by assigning hotspots to each region of interest on the map.

internal hyperlink
In FrontPage, a hyperlink pointing to any page or file within the current web. See also hyperlink.

internal web
A Web site created within an organization and accessible only to members of that organization on an intranet.  See also intranet.

Internet
The worldwide collection of computers, networks and gateways that use TCP/IP protocols to communicate with one another.  At the heart of the Internet are high-speed data communication lines between major host computers, consisting of thousands of commercial, government, educational, and other computer systems that route data and messages.  Currently, the Internet offers a range of services to users, such as e-mail, the World Wide Web, FTP, Usenet newsgroups, Gopher, IRC, telnet, and others.

Internet address
See network location.

Internet service provider
A business that supplies Internet connectivity services to individuals, businesses, and other organizations.  Some ISPs are large national or multinational corporations that offer access in many locations, while others are limited to a specific city or region.

intranet
A network designed for information processing within a company or organization.  Its uses include such services as document and software distribution, access to databases, and training.  An intranet is so called because it usually employs applications associated with the Internet, such as Web pages, Web browsers, FTP sites, e-mail, newsgroups, and mailing lists, accessible only to those within the organization. See also firewall.

IP address (Internet Protocol address) 
The standard way of identifying a computer that is connected to the Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies a telephone on a telephone network. An IP address is four numbers separated by periods, and each number is less than 256, for example, 192.200.44.69.  Your Web server administrator or Internet service provider will assign your computer an IP address.

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J K

Java applet
A Java class that is loaded and run by an already-running Java application such as a Web browser.  Java applets can be downloaded and executed by a Web browser capable of interpreting Java, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.  Java applets are frequently used to add multimedia effects and interactivity to Web pages, such as video displays, animations, calculators, real-time clocks, and interactive games.  Applets can be activated automatically when the page containing them is displayed in a Web browser, or they may require some action on the part of the site visitor, such as clicking an element on the page.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) 
A graphics file format used to display high-resolution color graphics on the World Wide Web. 

Kilobyte
A byte is made up of eight 1's and 0's (called bits). A byte stores the information for one character, such as a letter, number, or other character. A kilobyte is one thousand bytes.  

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link
See hyperlink.

mailto
The Internet protocol used to send electronic mail.  You can create e-mail hyperlinks in FrontPage.

Microsoft Image Composer
An image-editing application included with FrontPage that lets you create original artwork or modify existing graphics for use in your webs.  

modem
A hardware device which can be used to connect a computer to telephone lines and thus to the Internet.

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navigation bar 
In FrontPage, a collection of graphical or textual buttons containing hyperlinks to pages that are part of the same web structure. See also web structure, Navigation view.

Navigation view
The view in FrontPage that is used to create, display, print, and change the navigation structure of a web. Navigation view includes a folder-like view, from which you can drag and drop pages into your site structure. 

network
A system of computers which are linked together and can share information.

network location
In a URL, a unique name that identifies an Internet server. A network location has two or more parts, separated by periods, as in example.microsoft.com. Also called host name and Internet address.  See also URL.

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page
A single document in a Web site written in HTML. You can use FrontPage to create and modify pages without having to know HTML.

page banner
A section of a Web page containing a graphic element and text, such as the page title.  Page banners are usually displayed at the top of a Web page.

page template
A pre-designed, generic Web page you can use to create new custom pages.  Some of the page templates in FrontPage provide typical page content, while others provide common page layouts.

Page view
The view in FrontPage you use for creating, editing, and previewing Web pages.  Page view displays web pages as they will appear in a Web browser.

password
A security measure used to restrict access to computer systems and sensitive files.  On the World Wide Web, passwords are strings of characters that allow site visitors access to Internet services, such as FTP, if the Internet service requires authentication. 

picture
A graphics file that can be inserted on a Web page and displayed in a Web browser.  FrontPage lets you import graphics in the following formats: GIF, JPEG (standard and progressive), BMP (Windows and OS/2), TIFF, TGA, RAS, EPS, PCX, WMF, and PNG.  Imported graphics are converted to GIF format (for graphics containing up to 256 colors) or JPEG format (for graphics containing over 256 colors) when the page is saved to the current web. Also called image.

pixel
Pixel is an abbreviation for picture element.  It is the smallest individual dot that can be displayed on a computer screen.  

protocol
A set of rules and conventions that define a standard for accessing a document or service over the internet.

proxy server
An Internet server that acts as a firewall, mediating traffic between a protected network and the Internet. 

 publish
The process of making a web public on the World Wide Web or an intranet by copying all of its pages and files to the Web server connected to the Internet or the local area network.

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RAM
Random access memory, or temporary memory.

Reports view
The view in FrontPage that allows you to analyze a web's contents.  You can calculate the total size of the files in your web, show which files aren't linked to any other files, identify slow or outdated pages, group files by task or person they're assigned to, and so on.

server
A computer that offers services on a network.  On the World Wide Web, a server is a computer that runs the Web server software that responds to HTTP protocol requests.  Also called host.

shared borders
Page regions reserved for content that you want to appear consistently throughout your pages. Shared borders usually contain navigation bars — hyperlinks to the other pages in the current web.  When you create a web in Navigation view in FrontPage, shared borders and navigation bars are automatically created and updated, even when you add, move, or delete pages from the web's structure.

Site Summary report
In FrontPage, the default report displayed in Reports view.  A site summary is the combination of several reports that identify unlinked files, slow pages, unverified hyperlinks, broken hyperlinks, page component errors, unused theme files, and incomplete tasks.

slow pages
Pages that take an inordinate amount of time (20 seconds or more) for a site visitor to download in a Web browser. In FrontPage, you can identify slow pages in your web by using Reports view. The number of seconds and the speed of the Internet connection FrontPage should use to mark pages as slow can be specified.  

software
The computer program, which sends a set of instructions to the computer.

status bar
The area at the bottom of the Front Page window that displays information about the currently-selected command or about an operation in progress.

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table
One or more rows of cells on a page used to organize the layout of a page or arrange data systematically.  In FrontPage, you can place anything in a table cell, including text, graphics, and forms.

Tasks view
The view in FrontPage that maintains a list of the tasks required to complete or maintain a web.

template
A set of pre-designed formats for text and graphics on which new pages and webs can be based. After a page or web is created using a template, you can customize the page or web.

theme
A theme applies professionally designed graphics to elements of the pages in a FrontPage-based web.  FrontPage offers a gallery of over 50 themes that consist of similar design elements and color schemes for bullets, fonts, graphics, navigation bars, and other page elements.  When applied, a theme gives pages and navigation bars in a web an attractive and consistent appearance.

thumbnail
A small representation of a picture on a Web page, usually containing a hyperlink to a full-size version of the graphic. Thumbnails are used to load pages rich in graphics or pictures more quickly in a Web browser.

TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
A high-resolution, tag-based graphics format.  TIFF is used for the universal interchange of digital graphics. FrontPage can import TIFF files.

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U

UNIX
A multi-user, multitasking operating system that exists in various forms and implementations, typically used on proprietary computer workstations.  Many Web servers run on UNIX systems.  

upload
To send files from your computer to another computer, particularly a server.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator) 
A string that supplies the Internet address of a Web site or resource on the World Wide Web, along with the protocol by which the site or resource is accessed.  The most common URL type is http://, which gives the Internet address of a Web page.  Some other URL types are gopher://, which gives the Internet address of a gopher directory, and ftp://, which gives the network location of an FTP resource.

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Views bar
The vertical bar at the left of the FrontPage application window.

visited hyperlink
See followed hyperlink.

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W  X  Y  Z

web
A home page and its associated pages, graphics, documents, multimedia, and other files created in FrontPage and stored on a Web server or on a computer's hard drive.

Web browser
Software that interprets the markup of files in HTML, formats them into Web pages, and displays them to the user.

 web structure
The set of relationships among the pages in a FrontPage-based web as defined in Navigation view. A well-defined structure gives a site visitor a sense of position in a web. When a navigation bar is inserted on a page that is part of a web's structure, FrontPage automatically creates hyperlinks to the pages that are below that page in the structure (child level), above that page in the structure (parent level) and equal to that page in the structure (same level).

 wizard
  A program in FrontPage that creates webs or Web pages, based on choices you make in the wizard's input panels.

World Wide Web (WWW, Web, or W3)
The total set of interlinked hypertext documents residing on HTTP servers all over the world.   Documents on the World Wide Web are called pages or Web pages, which are written in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language).  Web pages are identified by URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) that specify the particular computer and path name by which a file can be accessed, and transmitted from node to node to the end user under HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).  Web pages may contain text in a variety of fonts and styles, pictures, graphics, movie clips, sounds, as well as small, embedded software programs that are executed when a site visitor activates them by clicking a hyperlink. 
Note: Web with a capital W referes to the WWW.  Web with a small w refers to a collection of files, such as, graphics, sounds, HTML files, etc, that comprise a particular site.

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