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ISP: Short for Internet Service Provider. A company that provides connection and services on the Internet, such as remote dial-in access, DSL connections and Web hosting services. Read more – ‘ISP’.
Web Server: A computer that delivers (serves up) Web pages. Every Web server has an IP address and possibly a domain name. For example, if you enter the URL http://www.pcwebopedia.com/index.html in your browser, this sends a request to the server whose domain name is pcwebopedia.com. The server then fetches the page named index.html and sends it to [...] Read more – ‘Web Server’.
Information architect: the individual who organizes the patterns inherent in data, making the complex clear; a person who creates the structure or map of information which allows others to find their personal paths to knowledge; the emerging 21st century professional occupation addressing the needs of the age focused upon clarity, human understanding and the science of the [...] Read more – ‘Information architect’.
RSS: In a world heaving under the virtual weight of billions of web pages, keeping up with websites can be a chore. RSS feeds let you keep up to date with the latest info on all your favourite sites without having to take the trouble to visit them. In effect, bits of their sites come to [...] Read more – ‘RSS’.
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is a process to obtain confirmation that a system meets mutually agreed-upon requirements. A Subject Matter Expert (SME), preferably the owner or client of the object under test, provides such confirmation after trial or review. In software development, UAT is one of the final stages of a project and often occurs [...] Read more – ‘User Acceptance Testing (UAT)’.
Intranet: An intranet is a private network within an organisation which uses internet protocols. Intranets are primarily used as a central point in an organisation for disseminating information, tools and applications to internal staff. Intranets often have a logical structure based on the processes and activities staff perform every day. This may be reflected in the [...] Read more – ‘Intranet’.
Accessibility: Accessibility is an important idea behind many web standards. Not only does this mean allowing the web to be used by people with disabilities, but also allowing web pages to be understood by people using browsers such as voice browsers that read web pages aloud to people with sight impairments, Braille browsers, hand-held browsers, teletext [...] Read more – ‘Accessibility’.
Web standards: What are web standards? The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), along with other groups and standards bodies, has established technologies for creating and interpreting web-based content. These technologies, which we call “web standards,” are carefully designed to deliver the greatest benefits to the greatest number of web users while ensuring the long-term viability of any [...] Read more – ‘Web standards’.