| HTML |
| Hyper Text
Markup Language, the programming language used
to create WWW pages and define the functions to
be performed when one clicks on the button,
image or hypertext link embedded in the page.
Now a days there are many other languages that
are up and coming, and are much more powerful
and flexible than HTML for example, ASP and PHP. |
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CGI / Perl |
| Common Gateway
Interface, an Application Program Interface
(API) peculiar to the UNIX operating system
which allows a Web server to pass data from HTML
document to a CGI script, which runs various
programs as necessary and returns resulting data
for display over the Web. You may have seen
files ending with .CGI and .PL, both are
considered CGI scripts. CGI is a wonderful way
to interface the web with other programs and
data. For example, our entire bulletin
board system is run using CGI scripts. |
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IRC |
IRC stands for
Internet Relay Chat. This was probably one of
the very first ways of communicating LIVE over
the internet. It was used way before the
very popular ICQ. IRC is still being
widely used today. Here's a list of some of the
most popular IRC networks:
Undernet
Efnet
Dalnet
Galaxynet
To connect to one of these networks you can use
a variety of IRC clients, the most popular being
mIRC
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Suggestions |
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FTP |
| File
Transfer Protocol. An application program that
uses TCP/IP internetworks as a medium for
transferring files. You can logon to an ftp site
using an ftp program and transfer files from
their site to your local desktop using GET
command. Many sites allow ANONYMOUS ftp. At the
login prompt, enter ANONYMOUS as the login name,
and at the password prompt enter your e-mail
address as password. You will have access to a
limited number of public directories from which
you can retrieve files. Check the help section
on Web Site Design for some links to some very
useful FTP clients.
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Java / Java Scripting |
Java
and Java Scripts
are completely different from each other.
Java is a
network-oriented programming language invented
by Sun Microsystems that is specifically
designed for writing programs that can be safely
downloaded to your computer through the Internet
and immediately run without fear of viruses or
other harm to your computer or files. Using
small Java programs (called
"Applets"), Web pages can include
functions such as animations, calculators, and
other fancy tricks.
JavaScript
is a programming language that is mostly used in
web pages, usually to add features that make the
web page more interactive. When JavaScript is
included in an HTML file it relies upon the
browser to interpret the JavaScript. When
JavaScript is combined with Cascading Style
Sheets (CSS), and later versions of HTML (4.0
and later) the result is often called DHTML. |
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Telnet |
| Refers to both
the protocol and the terminal emulator that
allows you to log onto other unix hosts. Most of
the times, you will not need to use Telnet to
access your website whatsoever. Telnet is
usually only used by the system administrators,
however, sometimes telnet is required to install
some more complicated programs. Not all hosting
companies will allow telnet because of security
issues. Again, there are many telnet programs
out there, some with a lot of features, some
that are very simple. Windows has a build
in telnet program, just go into a dos prompt and
type telnet, and the telnet client will start
up. |
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