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Index/Glossary
- A
- Archie
- A network service that searches FTP sites for files.
- B
- browser, See also...
- Software that provides an interface to the World-Wide Web.
- C
- CERN
- The European collective of high-energy physics researchers (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
- client
- A computer or program requests a service of another computer or program.
- obtaining software
- client-server architecture
- A structure in which programs use and provide distributed services.
- CSO
- Central Services Organization. A service which facilitates user and address lookup in databases.
- D
- Doug Engelbart
- The inventor of many common devices and ideas used in computing today, including the mouse.
- F
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- A common method of transferring files across networks.
- finger
- A service that responds to queries and retrieves user information remotely.
- G
- Gopher, See also..., See also...
- A versatile menu-driven information service.
- Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
- A commonly used graphics format which compresses the image and stores color information within the file.
- H
- home page
- The default document World-Wide Web users see when connecting to a Web server for the first time.
- Honolulu Community College
- HTML+
- The latest version of HTML.
- HyperCard, See also...
- A personal hypermedia/multimedia creation system for use on Apple Computers.
- hyper-g
- A distributed hypertext system mostly popular in Europe.
- hyperlink, See also...
- A connection between hypermedia or hypertext documents and other media.
- hypermedia
- Hypertext that includes or links to other forms of media.
- reports
- hypertext
- Text that, when selected, has the ability to present connected documents.
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- The standard language used for creating hypermedia documents within the World-Wide Web.
- resources
- Hypertext Transmission Protocol (HTTP)
- The standard language that World-Wide Web clients and servers use to communicate.
- hytelnet
- A hypertext interface to telnet.
- I
- inline image
- A graphic within a hypermedia document that is displayed on the same page as text.
- Internet
- The global collective of computer networks.
- global connectivity
- introductory books
- ISO 8859
- A character set defined by international standards that includes accented letters and symbols.
- M
- man page, See also...
- Manual page. Online documentation that commonly comes bundled with computers running the UNIX operating system.
- MEMEX
- A conceptual machine that could show the trails of information that its users viewed.
- menu bar
- A common element in graphic computer interfaces that allows users to select options from menus.
- Mosaic, See also..., See also...
- A mouse-driven interface to the World-Wide Web developed by the NCSA.
- features
- Motion Pictures Entertainment Group (MPEG)
- A consortium of experts in the entertainment industry that developed the MPEG standard format for digital video and audio.
- N
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), See also..., See also...
- A federally-funded organization whose mission is to develop and research high-technology resources for the scientific community.
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- A federally-funded organization that manages the NSFnet, which connects every major research institution and campus in the United States.
- navigation buttons
- Elements within a graphic computer World-Wide Web interface that allow users to review the information they have previously seen in a number of ways.
- NCSA Collage
- Collaborative (shared whiteboard) software developed by the NCSA.
- Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP)
- A common method by which articles over Usenet are transferred.
- P
- page
- A hypermedia document as viewed through a World-Wide Web browser.
- Q
- QuickTime
- A digital video format developed by Apple Computer that integrates synchronized video and audio with compression techniques.
- R
- Rich Text Format (RTF)
- A common interchange format for the exchange of electronic documents between computers.
- S
- scroll bar
- A graphic computer interface element that allows the user to scroll electronic documents on the computer screen.
- server
- A program which provides a service to other client programs.
- obtaining software
- Stanford Research Institute (SRI International)
- T
- techinfo
- A common campus-wide information system developed at MIT.
- Ted Nelson
- The inventor of many common ideas related to hypertext, including the word "hypertext" itself.
- telnet
- A program which allows users to remotely use computers across networks.
- texinfo
- A common campus-wide information system.
- Tim Berners-Lee, See also...
- The inventor of the World-Wide Web.
- U
- Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- A standardized way of representing different documents, media, and network services on the World-Wide Web.
- Usenet
- The global news-reading network.
- V
- Vannevar Bush
- Originator of the concept of hypertext.
- Veronica
- A network service that allows users to search Gopher systems for documents.
- W
- webmaster
- The administrator responsible for the management and often design of a World-Wide Web site.
- whois
- A name lookup service.
- Wide-Area Information Servers (WAIS), See also...
- A service which allows users to intelligently search for information among databases distributed throughout the Internet.
- World-Wide Web, See also...
- (World-Wide Web project) The initiative to create a universal, hypermedia-based method of access to information. Also used to refer to the Internet.
- available clients
- available servers
- available services
- browsers accessible by telnet
- demographics
- description
- first international conference
- general information
- growth
- interesting places
- interface
- mailing lists
- newsgroups
- number of servers
- number of users
- popularity
- X
- X bitmap (XBM)
- A standard two-color bitmap image format supported by the X Windows system.
- X.500
- A standard which defines electronic mail directory services. Mostly used in Europe.
- Xanadu
- A client-server system based on networked hypertext that emphasizes electronic publishing and commerce.
- Frequently-Asked Questions file
- XCMD
- A program module that extends HyperCard by giving it new functionality.