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Glossary Of Terms

Hacker
Someone who enjoys exploring the nuts and bolts of computer systems (both from the hardware and, more often the software side), stretching these systems to their limits and beyond, and programming for the sheer pleasure of it. Not to be confused with cracker.

Handle
A user ID used in online communication.

Hard drive
A high capacity disk used to store files and programs. This disk remains inside the system unit of the computer. Also known as hard disk

Hardware
The equipment that makes up your computer system, including such components as Keyboard, mouse, monitor, video cards, sound cards, and modems etc..

Hardwired
A function or capability that is hardcoded into a system. Generally, anything that can not be changed.

HDSL
High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line. A digital line that uses the existing twisted pair copper telephone network to achieve speeds of up to 2.048 mbps up to 3.6 km.

Head
This is like an introduction to a Web page. Web browsers use the head to glean various types of information about the page. See also body.

Helper applications
An application set up to run from a browser, such as a program used to view video files.

Hexadecimal
Also known as Hex. A base-16 numbering system used in computer programming. The sixteen numbers in the hexadecimal system are 1-9 and the letters A-f.

HFS
Hierarchical File Structure. The inverted tree structure that most computer systems use for organizing directories and files. The topmost directory of the tree is known as the root directory. All other directories branch out from the root directory.

Hidden file
A file that is not intended to be viewed in a directory listing. The hidden attribute specifies whether a file is hidden. See attributes.

High memory area
The first 64k of extended memory.

History List
A list of Document Titles and URLs Web Browsers keeps in memory that represents the visited URLs during a given session, In Netscape you can set the time the history list is kept.

Hit
A single access of a Web page. A hit is recorded for a particular Web page each time a browser displays the page.

Hit-and-run page
A Web page that gets a huge number of hits then disappears a week later.

Hit count
The number of hits a particular page has had.

Home page
The first Web document displayed when you follow a link to a Web server

Horizontal rule
A straight line that runs across a Web page. Useful for separating sections of a page.

Host
Any computer on a network that is a repository for services available to other computers on the network. It is quite common to have one host machine provide several services, such as WWW and USENET. See also Web server.

Hosting provider
A company that provides you with storage space for your Web pages. The company runs a Web server that enables other Internauts to View your pages.ALBEDO.NET.

HotBot
Internet search engine VERY easy to use.HotBot The WIRED Search Center.

Hotlist
a user defined list of preferred URLs to a given World Wide Web document.

HTML
HyperText Markup Language. The collection of tags used to specify how you want your Web page to appear. See U of Kansas HTML pageor Learning HTML

HTML 3.0
The expired version of HTML scripting language that included so many enhancements that it could not be ratified.

HTML 3.2
The ratified version of the HTML scripting language that includes enhancements over HTML, including improved formatting features such as tables.Offical HTML 3.2.

HTTD server
The most common UNIX server software for the World Wide Web software, developed by NCSA. The server sends the HTML commands to the Web client program to Assemble the Web documents at the client computer.

HTTP
HyperText Transport Protocol. The protocol for moving hypertext files across the Internet. Requires a HTTP client program on one end, and an HTTP server program on the other end. HTTP is the most common protocol used in the World Wide Web (WWW).
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The World Wide Web's e-mail and MIME-based protocol that is used to transfer files and data. HTTP servers are sometimes called Web servers.IETE Hypertext Transfer Potocol Working Group.

Hue
The position of a colour along the colour spectrum. For example, green is between yellow and blue.

Hypermedia
Another word for multimedia. Hypermedia is frequently used instead of multimedia to imply the inclusion of hypertext in an interactvie environment.
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Richly formatted documents containing a variety of information types, such as textual, image, movie, and audio. These information types are easily found through hyperlinks.

Hypertext
A system of information browsing and retrieval that allows a user to follow linked, non-sequential associative trails of thought instead of a strict linear structure.

Hypertext link
A link in a given document to information within another document. These links are usually represented by highlighted words or images. The user also has the option to underline these hyperlinks. See also link.

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