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A list of abbreviations and acronyms to better understand the web.... by JAYANTA KUMAR BORAH, B.Tech/B.E.,fresher, Annamalai university

A list of abbreviations and acronyms to better understand the web....

By : JAYANTA KUMAR BORAH, B.Tech/B.E.,fresher, Annamalai university
Industry : IT Services Functional Area : Homes
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  • AJAX- Asynchronous Javascript and XML. AJAX is used to create web-aplications.
  • Captcha- Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. CAPTCHAs prevent computers from automatically abusing or excessively using a web resource.
  • CGI- Common Gateway Interface ( often used to produce forms).
  • CSS- Cascading Style Sheets ( mainly used for website formatting).
  • FTP- File Transfer Protocol( transfer all kinds of files around the internet including HTML files).
  • HTML- Hypertext Markup Language ( format websites , create links).
  • HTTP- Hypertext Transfer Protocol ( tell web browsers that the user wants to load a website).
  • HTTPS- secure version of HTTP (transmit secure and sensitive information).
  • IP- Internet Protocol ( a technology that transmits data in a series of packets across networks).
  • RSS- Really Simple Syndication ( a type of XML that allows website content to easily be reproduced on other websites).
  • TCP- Transmission Control Protocol ( a basic internet technology that makes it possible for different computers to connect to each other).
  • URL- Uniform Resource Locator ( URLs tell computers where to go to access internet.
  • www- World Wide Web, all resources and materials that depend on HTTP( and HTML) to transmit and display content.
  • API- Application Programming Interface.
  • ASP- Active Server Page( a Microsoft programming language used to create complex websites).
  • DNS- Domain Name Server ( DNS translates easy to remember website addresses like www.toostep.com into numerical IP addresses that computers can process).
  • JSP- Java Server Pages ( Java version of PHP and ASP).
  •  LAMP- refers to a set of free software tools commonly used to create web servers and websites.
  • .NET- A Microsoft standard used to create websites and web-applications.
  • PHP- Hypertext Preprocessor ( a scripting language often used with MySQL databases to connect websites to databases).
  • SSL- Secure Sockets Layer ( secure websites for financial transactions ).
  • XML- eXtensible Markup Language ( highly flexible way of organising and displaying information).

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  Commented by  NATTERAJA R. ARIKRISHNAN, AREA SALES MANGER, UNIFLEX CABLES LTD    | 04 29 2011 17:42:43 +0000 
Very useful for the computer students and sometimes for people like us. Thanks for the referral Mr.Jayanta Kumar.
  Commented by  jagadeesh sangem, MCA student, mother teresa p.g.college    | 04 19 2011 11:37:13 +0000 
I need this type of information and thank you for sharing.
  Commented by  manish kumar, freelancer    | 04 17 2011 14:49:02 +0000 
wow, thank u
  Commented by  Prof TKG Namboodhiri, Director, Metallurgical Consultancy    | 04 17 2011 06:10:11 +0000 
Thank you for sharing this information.
  Commented by  SHRIKANT MANOHAR DANKE, Consultant, Project Management Consultancy Firm    | 04 16 2011 12:23:37 +0000 
Thanks, for giving this useful information, JAYANTA.
Keep posting & thanks for referral.
  Commented by  Rathin Deb, Freelance Retail Consultant    | 04 14 2011 04:32:37 +0000 
God one Jayanya.
  Commented by  Rohit Thakur, Sr. MEP QA/QC Engineer, QA/QC INCHARGE, CONSTRUCTION SPECIALIST-MEP    | 04 13 2011 18:36:18 +0000 
nice info..i was unware about most of them! thanks for sharing!
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