- Bytecode
- A compiled Java applet that is executed by Java Virtual Machine.
- Electronic Wallet
- Software that stores billing and shipping information.
- Clear GIF
- A small graphic on a Web page that installs cookies designed to track your online activites. Also knows as a Web Bug.
- Cookie
- A message sent from a Web server to a browser and stored on a user's hard disk.
- Broken Link
- A non-fuctioning Web link.
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- XHTML
- The follow-up version to HTML 4.
- P3P
- (Platform for Privacy Preferences Project) A specification that allows Web browsers to automatically detedt a Web site's privacy policies.
- Link Tag
- HTML code that is used to designate text as a hyperlink in a document.
- Packet Sniffer
- A program that monitors data as it travles
- CGI
- Common Gateway Interface
- Cryptographc key
- A specific word, number, or phrase that must be used to encrypt or decrypt data.
- Cryptographic algorithm
- A specific procedure for encrypting and decrypting data.
- Media Tags
- HTML codr that specifies how to display media elements in a document.
- Strong encryption
- Encryption that is difficult to decrypt without the encryption key.
- Text editor
- Software, such as NotePad, that is similar to a word processor, but used to create plain, unformatted ASII text.
- SET
- Secure Electronic Transaction
- Flash animation
- A popular proprietary animation format developed by Macromedi and frequently use on the Web.
- Web page header
- Also called "header," a subtitle that appears at the beginning of a Web page.
- Spyware
- Any software that covertly gathers user information without the user's knowledge, usually for advertising purposes.
- Web page table
- A grid of cells that are used as layout tools, for elements such as text and graphics placement in a Web page.
- XML
- eXtensible Markup Language
- XSL
- eXtensible Stylesheet Language
- XML parser
- A tool in most browsers used for reading XML documents.
- Markup language
- A language that provides text and graphics formatting through the use of tags.
- Mouseover
- The action of passing the pointer over a Web page element, typically a graphic, to trigger a change, such as making an image, link, or tooltip appear.