|
Glossary |
| Authentication |
Technique by which access to
Internet or Intranet resources requires the user to identify himself
or
herself using a name and password. |
| Bandwidth |
Measure (in kilobytes of data
transferred) of the traffic on the site. |
| Browser |
A program used to locate and
view HTML documents (Netscape, Mosaic, Microsoft Explorer, for
example.) |
| Client |
The browser (see above) used
by a visitor to a Web site. |
| Client
Errors |
An error occurring due to an
invalid request by the visitor's browser. Client errors are in the
400-range. See "Return Code"
definition. |
| Domain Name |
The text name corresponding to
the numeric IP address of a computer on the Internet (i.e.,
chapters.sme.org). |
| Domain Name
Lookup |
The process of converting a
numeric IP address into a text name (for example, 198.109.68.188 is
converted to chapters.sme.org). |
| Forms |
An HTML page which passes
variables back to the server. These pages are used to gather
information
from users. |
| FTP |
File Transfer Protocol is a
standard method of sending files between computers over the
Internet. |
| GIF |
Graphics Interchange Format is
an image file format commonly used in HTML
documents. |
| Hit |
An action on the Web site,
such as when a user views a page or downloads a
file. |
| Home Page |
The main page of a Web site.
The home page provides visitors with an overview and links to the rest
of
the site. It often contains or links to a Table of contents for the
site. |
| Home Page
URL |
The local path or Internet URL to the default page of the Web site for which SME chapters home page. |
| HTML |
Hyper Text Markup Language is
used to write documents for the World Wide Web to specify hypertext
links
between related objects and documents. |
| HTTP |
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
is a standard method of transferring data between a Web
server and a
Web browser. |
| IP Address |
Internet Protocol address
identifying a computer connected to the
Internet. |
| JPEG |
Joint Photographic Expert
Group is a method of storing an image in digital
format. |
| Page
Impressions |
Hit to HTML pages only (access
to non-HTML documents are not counted). |
| Platform |
The operating system (i.e.
Windows 95, Windows NT, etc.) used by a visitor to your Web
site. |
| Protocol |
An established method of
exchanging data over the Internet. |
| Referrer |
URL of an HTML page that
refers to your Web site. |
| Return Code |
The return status of the
request which specifies whether the transfer was successful and why.
- Possible "Success" codes are:
- 200 = Success: OK
- 201 = Success: Created
- 202 = Success: Accepted
- 203 = Success: Partial Information
- 204 = Success: No Response
- 300 = Success: Redirected
- 301 = Success: Moved
- 302 = Success: Found
- 303 = Success: New Method
- 304 = Success: Not Modified
- Possible "Failed" codes
are:
- 400 = Failed: Bad Request
- 401 = Failed: Unauthorized
- 402 = Failed: Payment Required
- 403 = Failed: Forbidden
- 404 = Failed: Not Found
- 500 = Failed: Internal Error
- 501 = Failed: Not Implemented
- 502 = Failed: Overloaded Temporarily
- 503 = Failed: Gateway
Timeout
|
| Scripts |
An HTML page which passes
variables back to the server. |
| Search
Engines |
A databased website containing
information which can be used to find sites of
interest. |
| Server
(Web) |
A computer that hosts
information available to anyone accessing the Internet. Activity on a
Web
server is recorder in a log
file. |
| Server
Errors |
An error occurring at the
server. Server errors are in the 500-range. See "Return
Code"
definition. |
| Site (Web) |
A location on the Internet
containing HTML documents that visitors can view using a
browser. |
| Spiders |
An automated program which searches the internet. |
| Suffix (Domain Name) |
The three digit suffix of a
domain can be used to identify the type of organization.
- Possible "Suffixes" are:
- .com = Commercial
- .edu = Educational
- .int = International
- .gov = Government
- .mil = Military
- .net = Network
- .org = Organization
|
| URL |
Uniform Resource Locator is a
means of identifying an exact location on the Internet. For example,
http://chapters.sme.org/signup/signup4.htm is the URL which
defines the
use of HTTP to access the Web page Default.htm in the /signup/
directory
on the SME Chapters Web site). As the previous example shows, a
URL
is comprised of four parts: Protocol Type (HTTP), Machine Name
(chapters.sme.org), Directory Path (/signup/), and File Name
(signup4.htm). |
| User
Address |
The domain name or IP address
for the remote user. |
| World Wide Web (WWW, the
Web, W3) |
The Web is a hypertext-based,
distributed system developed to provide Internet users an easy,
intuitive
means of accessing information. |