ALEX WHITHAM (9-28-15)
Electronic Wallet
Software that stores billing and shipping information.
ByteCode
A compiled Java applet that is executed by Java Virtual Machine.
Broken Link
A non-functioning web-link.
Clear GIF
A small graphic on a web page that installs cookies designed to track your online activities. AKA a web bug.
Cookie
A message sent from a webs server to a browser and saved on a user's hard drive.
XHTML
The follow up version to HTML 4.
Packet Sniffer
A program that monitors data as it travles over networks.
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 code.
CGI
Common Gate Interface
Cryptographic Algorithim
A specific procedure for encrypting and decrypting data.
Cryptographic Key
A specific word, number, or phrase that must be used to encrypt or decrypt data.
Media Tags
HTML code that specifies how to display media elements in a document.
Strong Encyption
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 Transmission
Spyware
Any software that covertly gathers user information without the user's knowledge, usually for advertising purposes.
Flash Animation
A popular proprietary animation format developed by Macromedia and frequently use on the Web.
Web Page Header
Also called header, a subtitle that appears at the beginning of a Web page.
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 StyleSheet Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XML Parser
A tool in most browsers used for reading XML documents.
Nouseover
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.
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