Anchor: A reference in an HTML document to another HTMLdocument.

Browser: A software application which can "look at"web pages and display them on your screen.

Data transfer rate: The speed at which a page loads, forexample.

Download: To retrieve files from a server.

Editor: A software application used for writing or editingHTML documents.

GIF: A file format which is good for simpler, drawn images.

HyperText Markup Language (HTML): This "language"is really a system of codes, called tags, that explains to a browserhow you would like your document formatted.

Hypertext: A traditional document tells you, "seepage 18," or "refer to Blotz's paper on..." A hypertextdocument, by contrast, gives you a link that you can click onor otherwise activate with a minimum of action, and voila! --you're on page 18 or looking at Blotz's paper.

JPEG: A file format which is good for photographic images.

Link: Clickable or selectable text in a web page that leadsto another webpage.

Server: The remote machine, which you must connect to insome way. Web pages on a server are available to anyone with accessto the server.

Tags: The codes used in HTML.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL): The "address"of a web page.

Upload: To put files onto a server.

Web site: A file or set of files available on the WorldWide Web, usually a group of related web pages.

World Wide Web: The "web" is made up of a collectionof documents (web pages) which are viewable by browsers. The webis only a part of the Internet.