An access log is a list of all the requests for individual files that people have requested from a Web site. These files will include the HTML files and their imbedded graphic images and any other associated files that get transmitted. The access log (sometimes referred to as the "raw data") can be analyzed and summarized by another program.

A program from Adobe that lets you capture a document and then view it in its original format and appearance.

A programming language designed for program execution in a Microsoft Internet Explorer browser

ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) is an application program interface from Microsoft that lets a programmer writing Windows applications get access to a relational or non-relational database from both Microsoft and other database providers.

Programs that generate leads and sales from other websites, paying commissions for those sites that host their products.

Instant messaging (sometimes called IM or IMing) is the ability to easily see whether a chosen friend or co-worker is connected to the Internet and, if they are, to exchange messages with them. Instant messaging differs from ordinary e-mail in the immediacy of the message exchange and also makes a continued exchange simpler than sending e-mail back and forth. Most exchanges are text-only. However, some services allow attachments.

A name that is substituted for a more complicated name. For example, a simple alias may be used instead of a more complicated mailing address or for a mailing list.

Text placed within a web page, for when you mouse over an item, text, graphic, or logo, displays text matching that explaining what it is. Specifically needed for the seeing impaired who rely heavily on alt tags to view web pages. Also, key in weighting down a page with key words optimizing it for Search Engine Placement.

Pictures or words that move on the screen. Caution: Using too much animation becomes annoying

A small Java program that can be embedded in an HTML page. Applets differ from Java applications in that they do not have access to certain resources on a local computer, such as files, modems, or printers. They are also prohibited from communicating with most other computers within a network.

A collection of files stored on a computer.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP address) to a physical machine address that is recognized in the local network. For example, in IP Version 4, the most common level of IP in use today, an address is 32 bits long. In an Ethernet local area network, however, addresses for attached devices are 48 bits long. (The physical machine address is also known as a Media Access Control or MAC address.) A table, usually called the ARP cache, is used to maintain a correlation between each MAC address and its corresponding IP address. ARP provides the protocol rules for making this correlation and providing address conversion in both directions.

Where the Internet began; the Advanced Research Projects Agency (of the U.S. Department of Defense) computer network that was the forerunner of the Internet.

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange, a standard way for computers to use bits and bytes to represent characters. An ASCII file contains simple text without any special formatting codes.

Active Server Pages (ASP). Dynamic programming on a Microsoft environment, usually using VB/JScript

An electronic document, picture, video or audio clip, or any other type of file, sent with an e-mail.

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) is a policy that a user must agree to follow in order to be provided with access to a network or to the Internet. It is common practice when you sign up with an Internet service provider (ISP), you will usually be presented with an AUP, which states that you agree to adhere to certain stipulations. AUTHENTICATION - A security measure for checking authenticity of users identity.

A security measure for checking authenticity of users identity.

People use this to inform others when they are away from there computers and unable to answer e-mail for awhile automatically.

Short for Audio Visual Interleave. The file formats for Microsoft's video for Windows Standard.