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absolute URL The Internet address
of a page or other World Wide Web
resource that includes the protocol
and complete network location of the
page or file. The absolute URL includes
a protocol, such as "http," network
location, and optional path and file
name. For example, http://www.acme.com/welcome.html
is an absolute URL.
active
hyperlink A hyperlink that is
currently selected in a Web browser.
Some Web browsers indicate the active
hyperlink by changing its color.
active
page The page currently being
edited in the FrontPage Editor.
ActiveX
control A component that can be
inserted in a page to provide functionality
not directly available in HTML, such
as animation sequences, credit-card
transactions, or spreadsheet calculations.
ActiveX controls can be implemented
in a variety of programming languages
from Microsoft and third parties.
address
A paragraph style usually used to
render addresses on a page or to supply
signatures or other indications of
authorship. Address paragraphs are
usually displayed in italics and are
sometimes indented.
anonymous
FTP A file transfer (FTP) service
in which any user can copy files by
logging on with the name "anonymous."
See also FTP.
applet
See Java applet.
ASCII
(American Standard Code for Information
Interchange) The predominant method
for encoding 7-bit characters on a
personal computer. HTML tags and URLs
must be in ASCII. The FrontPage Editor
generates these elements automatically.
authentication
database A database on a server
that matches user names to passwords.
background
sound A sound file that you associate
with a page. When the page is displayed
in a Web browser, the sound file repeats
the number of times that you specify.
base
URL An optional URL that you assign
to a page to convert relative URLs
on the page into absolute URLs. A
base URL should end with a document
name part, such as http://sample/sample.htm,
or a trailing slash, such as http://sample/subdir/.
BMP
A resolution-dependent file format
for images created by Windows Paint,
PaintBrush, and other applications.
bookmark
A named set of zero or more characters
in a paragraph that can be the target
of a hyperlink. In a URL, a bookmark
is preceded by a number sign character.
broken
hyperlink In the FrontPage Explorer,
a hyperlink that does not correctly
point to a page or other Internet
file. A broken hyperlink either indicates
an incorrect URL or a missing page
or file.
browser
See Web browser.
bulleted
list A paragraph style that creates
a single list element, usually indicated
by a bullet character. Also called
an unordered list.
bulletin
board An Internet service that
makes multiple discussion groups available.
cell
The smallest component of a table.
In a table, a row contains one or
more cells.
cell
padding The space between the
contents and inside edges of a table
cell.
cell
spacing The amount of space between
cells in a table. Cell spacing is
the thickness, in pixels, of the walls
of each cell.
CERN
image map dispatcher The program
HTIMAGE.EXE, which handles server-side
image maps in the Personal Web Server
when the image map style is set to
"CERN" in the FrontPage Explorer Web
Settings dialog box.
CGI
(Common Gateway Interface) A standard
mechanism for extending Web server
functionality by executing programs
or scripts on the Web server in response
to Web browser requests. A common
use of CGI is in form processing,
where the browser sends the form data
to a CGI script on the server, and
the script integrates the data with
a database and sends back a results
page as HTML.
change
style dropdown A dropdown control
on the FrontPage Editor toolbar in
which you can choose the format of
the currently selected paragraphs.
check
box A form field that presents
the user with a selection that can
be chosen by clicking on a box. When
the box is selected, it is usually
displayed with a check mark or X.
Check boxes can represent a set of
non-exclusive choices.
client
On the Internet, a program that requests
files or services from a server.
client-side
image map An image map that encodes
the destination URL of each hotspot
directly in the page. Client-side
image maps do not require processing
from your server to respond to clicks
on the image map, so they are more
efficient. However, not all browsers
support client-side image maps.
client-side
program On the Internet, a program
that is run on the client machine
rather than on the server machine.
Client-side programs do not communicate
over the Internet.
clip
art A collection of icons, buttons,
and other generally useful graphics
files that can be inserted into pages.
clipboard
A temporary storage area on the computer
for cut or copied items.
comment
Text that you can view in the FrontPage
Editor but that will not be displayed
by a Web browser. Comment text is
displayed in purple and retains the
character-size and other attributes
of the current paragraph style.
column
In a table, a vertical collection
of cells.
configuration
variable Information about a FrontPage
web or page that can be displayed
by WebBot form results components
or WebBot Substitution components
when the page is browsed. FrontPage
includes standard web configuration
and page configuration variables.
You can define new configuration variables
by editing the Parameters tab of the
FrontPage Explorer Web Settings dialog
box.
confirmation
page A page that is displayed
in the browser after a form has been
submitted by a user. The confirmation
page usually echoes the user's name
and other data from the form. You
specify a form's confirmation page
in the form handler's dialog box.
converter
A tool that converts a file, or a
portion of a file, from one format
to another. For example, FrontPage
includes a Microsoft Word to HTML
converter.
current
FrontPage web The FrontPage web
currently opened in the FrontPage
Explorer.
custom
dictionary A dictionary of words
that are not in the standard dictionary
but that should be accepted by the
spelling checker as correct. The custom
dictionary is built by the spelling
checker Microsoft FrontPage\data\Fpcustom.dic.
You can edit this file with a text
editor.
default
hyperlink In an image map, the
hyperlink to follow when the user
clicks outside of any hotspots on
the image. You set the default hyperlink
by editing the Default Hyperlink field
in the Image Properties dialog box.
definition
The style of the second of a pair
of paragraphs composing a definition
list entry. The first paragraph in
the pair is the term.
definition
list A list of alternating term
and definition paragraphs. Definition
lists are often used to implement
dictionaries in FrontPage webs. See
also term and definition.
discussion
group A FrontPage web that supports
interactive discussions by users.
Users submit topics by entering text
in a form, and they can search the
group using a search form or access
articles using a table of contents.
discussion
group directory A directory in
a FrontPage web containing all of
the articles in a discussion group.
The name of a discussion group directory
begins with an underscore character
and is created automatically by FrontPage.
Discussion group directories are not
normally visible from the FrontPage
Explorer. However, they can be searched
by a WebBot Search component.
domain
name See network location.
drop-down
menu field A form field that presents
a list of selections in drop-down
menu style. A drop-down menu form
field can be configured to permit
the selection of many fields or a
single field.
editor
An interactive program that can create
and modify files of a particular type.
For example, the FrontPage Editor
is an HTML editor.
e-mail
(electronic mail) A service for
sending messages electronically, over
a computer network.
emphasis
text The HTML character style
used for mild emphasis. Certain browsers
display emphasized text as italic.
EPS
(Encapsulated PostScript) An extension
of the PostScript graphics file format
developed by Adobe Systems. EPS lets
PostScript graphics files be incorporated
into other documents. FrontPage supports
importing EPS files.
Ethernet
A commonly used local area network
(LAN) technology.
extended
attribute An HTML attribute not
directly supported in FrontPage. In
FrontPage, extended attributes are
assigned to an object such as a page
or image using the Extended button
in the object's properties dialog
box.
external
hyperlink A hyperlink to any file
that is outside the current FrontPage
web.
FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions) A
common type of document on the Internet
that contains a list of questions
and answers on a common theme. On
the World Wide Web, questions are
often hyperlinks to the answers.
file
A named collection of information
that is stored on a computer disk.
Also, an Internet protocol that refers
to files on the local disk. You can
create file hyperlinks () in
the FrontPage Editor using the Hyperlink
command.
file
server A program running on a
network that stores files and provide
access to them. Also called server.
file
type The format of a file, usually
indicated by its filename extension.
Editors usually work on a limited
set of file types. Use the Options
command in the FrontPage Explorer
to select the application with which
to edit different file types in FrontPage.
finger
An Internet program that displays
information about the users currently
logged on to a computer.
firewall
A method of protecting one network
from another network. A firewall blocks
unwanted access to the protected network
while giving the protected network
access to networks outside of the
firewall. A company will typically
install a firewall to give users access
to the Internet while protecting their
internal information. FrontPage works
with firewalls.
folder
In a URL, a single part of the
path to a page. A folder is a named
storage area on the computer containing
files and other folders. In http://my.web.site/sample/test.htm,
sample/ is a folder.
Folder
View In the FrontPage Explorer,
the view of a FrontPage web that shows
the containment relationship between
folders in the FrontPage web. You
can create, delete, copy, and move
folders in the Folder View.
form
A set of data entry fields on
a page that are processed on the server.
The data is sent to the server when
the user submits the form by clicking
on a button or, in some cases, by
clicking on an image.
form
field A data-entry field on a
page. A user supplies information
in a field either by typing text or
by selecting the field.
form
handler A program on a server
that executes when a user submits
a form. A FrontPage form is associated
with a form handler in the Form Properties
dialog box.
formatted
text A mono-spaced paragraph style
in which all white space (such as
tabs and spaces) is displayed by the
browser. In other text styles, extra
white space may be ignored by the
browser.
formatting
toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar
containing commands that reformat
selected paragraphs or text.
forms
toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar
containing commands that create form
fields.
frame
A named element of a frame set. A
frame appears in a Web browser as
a scrollable window in which pages
can be displayed. You assign a page
to a frame when you create a hyperlink
to the page.
frame
set A page that defines a set
of named scrollable windows in which
other pages can be displayed. Use
a frame set when you want the contents
of one part of the page to remain
unchanged while the contents of other
parts of the page change based on
hyperlinks that the user selects.
To create a frame set in FrontPage,
from the FrontPage Editor File menu,
choose New and choose the Frames wizard.
FrontPage
Editor The FrontPage tool for
creating, editing, and testing Web
pages.
FrontPage
Explorer The FrontPage program
that lets you create, view, modify,
and administer FrontPage webs.
FrontPage
Server Extensions A set of programs
and scripts that support FrontPage
and extend the functionality of the
Web server. The FrontPage Server Extensions
are available for the Microsoft Internet
Information Server and other popular
Windows NT and UNIX Web servers. If
you are not sure if your Web server
is supported, visit /www.microsoft.com/frontpage/.
FrontPage
web A home page and its associated
pages, images, documents, multimedia,
and other files that is stored on
a World Wide Web server or on a computer's
hard drive. A FrontPage web also contains
files that support FrontPage functionality
such as WebBot components, and that
allows the web to be opened, copied,
edited, and administered in the FrontPage
Explorer.
FrontPage
web name The name of the FrontPage
web. A FrontPage web name corresponds
to a directory name on a Web server
and is subject to the length, character
restrictions, and case sensitivity
of that server.
FrontPage
web title A descriptive name for
a FrontPage web. The FrontPage web
title is displayed in the title bar
of the Front Page Explorer window
when the FrontPage web is open. A
FrontPage web title must start with
a letter and can have a maximum of
31 characters.
FTP
(File Transfer Protocol) The Internet
service that transfers files from
one computer to another. You can create
ftp hyperlinks (ftp://) in the FrontPage
Editor.
gateway
script See CGI.
GIF
(Graphics Interchange Format)
A commonly used method of encoding
images that contain up to 256 colors.
gopher
The Internet protocol in which files
are displayed in a hierarchical menu
and are retrieved based on user input.
You can create gopher hyperlinks (gopher://)
in the FrontPage Editor.
heading
A paragraph type that is displayed
in a large, bold typeface. The size
of a heading is related to its level:
Heading 1 is the largest, Heading
2, the next largest, and so on. Use
headings to name pages and parts of
pages.
hidden
field A form field that is invisible
to the user but that supplies data
to the form handler. Each hidden field
is implemented as a name-value pair.
When the form is submitted by the
user, its hidden fields are passed
to the form-handler along with name-value
pairs for each visible form field.
You add hidden fields to FrontPage
by clicking Add in the Form Properties
dialog box.
hidden
folder A folder in a FrontPage
web with a name beginning with an
underscore character, as in _hidden.
By default, pages and files in hidden
folders cannot be viewed from the
FrontPage Explorer.
home
page The starting point on a Web
server. It is the page that is retrieved
and displayed by default when a user
visits the Web server. The default
home-page name for a server depends
on the server's configuration. On
most Web servers, it is index.html
or index.htm. Some servers support
multiple home pages.
horizontal
line A horizontal graphic element
on a World Wide Web page often used
to separate sections of the page.
host
See server.
host
name See network location.
hotspot
A graphically defined area in
an image that contains a hyperlink.
An image with hotspots is called an
image map. In browsers, hotspots are
invisible. Users can tell that a hotspot
is present by the changing appearance
of the pointer.
HTIMAGE.EXE
The CERN image map dispatcher. This
program handles server-side image
maps when the image map style is "CERN".
HTML
(HyperText Markup Language). The
standard language for describing the
contents and structure of pages on
the World Wide Web. The FrontPage
Page Editor reads and writes HTML
files. You do not need to know anything
about HTML syntax to use FrontPage.
HTML
attribute A name-value pair used
within an HTML tag to assign additional
properties to the object being defined.
FrontPage assigns some attributes
automatically when you create an object
such as a paragraph or image map.
You can assign other attributes by
editing the Properties dialog box.
HTML
character encoding A table which
associates a numeric index with each
character in a character set. The
table is used when you create a Web
page for use in a specific language.
HTML
tag A symbol used in HTML to identify
a page element's type, format, and
structure. The FrontPage Editor automatically
creates HTML tags to represent each
element on the page.
HTTP
(HyperText Transport Protocol)
The Internet protocol that allows
World Wide Web browsers to retrieve
information from servers.
hyperlink
A jump from text or from an image
map to a page or other type of file
on the World Wide Web. In World Wide
Web pages, hyperlinks are the primary
way to navigate between pages and
among Web sites.
Hyperlink
View A view in the FrontPage Explorer
that graphically shows the hyperlinks
among pages and other files in your
FrontPage web along with the hyperlinks
from your FrontPage web to other World
Wide Web sites.
hypertext
Originally, any textual information
on a computer containing jumps to
other information. The hypertext jumps
are called hyperlinks. In World Wide
Web pages hypertext is the primary
way to navigate between pages and
among Web sites. Hypertext on World
Wide Web pages has been expanded to
include hyperlinks from text and hyperlinks
from image maps.
IIS
(Internet Information Server)
Microsoft's high-performance, secure,
and extensible Internet server based
on Windows NT Server. IIS supports
the World Wide Web, FTP, and gopher.
image
A graphic in GIF or JPEG file
format that can be inserted in a World
Wide Web page. FrontPage lets you
import images in the following formats
and insert them as GIF or JPEG: GIF,
JPEG, BMP (Windows and OS/2), TIFF,
TAG, PCD, RAS, EPS, PCX, and WMF.
image
alignment In FrontPage, the specification
of how images and text are aligned
with each other on the page. You specify
image alignment in FrontPage by editing
the Image Properties dialog box.
image
form field A form field that displays
an image in a form. By clicking the
image, the user either submits or
clears the form.
image
map An image containing one or
more invisible regions, called hotspots,
which are assigned hyperlinks. Typically,
an image map gives users visual cues
about the information made available
by clicking on each part of the image.
For example, a geographical map could
be made into an image map by assigning
hotspots to each region of interest
on the map.
image
toolbar The FrontPage Editor toolbar
that contains commands that operate
on images. You use the image toolbar
to create hotspots, for example.
IMAGEMAP.EXE
The NCSA image map dispatcher. This
program handles server-side image
maps when the image map style is "NCSA"
and you are using the FrontPage Personal
Web Server.
inline
image An image that is embedded
in a line of text rather than in its
own window. In FrontPage, images are
inline by default.
interlaced
image A GIF image that is displayed
full-sized at low resolution while
it is being loaded, and at increasingly
higher resolutions until it is fully
loaded and has a normal appearance.
internal
hyperlink A hyperlink to any file
that is inside the current FrontPage
web.
internal
web A World Wide Web site created
within an organization and accessible
only to members of that organization
on an intranet.
Internet
The global computer network, composed
of thousands of Wide Area Networks
(WANs) and Local Area Networks (LANs),
that uses TCP\IP to provide world-wide
communications to homes, schools,
businesses, and governments. The World
Wide Web runs on the Internet.
Internet
address See network location.
Internet
database connector A Microsoft
IIS feature that allows your World
Wide Web site to access databases.
IP
(Internet Protocol) Internet software
that divides data into packets for
transmission over the Internet. Computers
must run IP to communicate across
the Internet. See also TCP.
IP
address (Internet Protocol address)
The standard way of identifying
a computer that is connected to the
Internet, much the way a telephone
number identifies a telephone on a
telephone network. The IP address
is four numbers separated by periods,
and each number is less than 256,
for example, 192.200.44.69. Your system
administrator or Internet service
provider will assign your machine
an IP address.
IP
address mask (Internet Protocol address
mask) A range of IP addresses
defined so that only machines with
IP addresses within the range are
allowed access to an Internet service.
To mask a portion of the IP address,
replace it with the asterisk wild
card character (*). For example, 192.44.*.*
represents every computer on the Internet
with an IP address beginning with
192.44.
ISAPI
(Internet Server Application Programming
Interface) A high-performance
Web server application development
interface, developed by Process Software
and Microsoft Corporation, that can
be used in place of CGI.
Java
A general-purpose programming language
created by Sun Microsystems. Java
can be used to create Java applets.
A Java program is downloaded from
the Web server and interpreted by
a program running on the machine containing
the Web browser.
Java
applet A short program written
in Java that is attached to a World
Wide Web page and executed by the
browser machine.
JavaScript
A cross-platform, World Wide Web
scripting language developed by Netscape
Communications. JavaScript code is
inserted directly into the HTML page.
JPEG
(Joint Photographic Expert Group)
A color image format with excellent
compression for most kinds of images.
JPEG is commonly used on the World
Wide Web for 24-bit color images.
LAN
(Local Area Network) A computer
network technology that is designed
to connect computers that are separated
by a short distance. A LAN can be
connected to the Internet and can
also be configured as an intranet.
line
break A special character that
forces a new line on the page without
creating a new paragraph.
link
See hyperlink.
list
A group of paragraphs formatted to
indicate membership in a set or in
a sequence of steps. In the FrontPage
Editor you can create numbered lists
or bulleted lists, menus, directories,
or definitions.
MAC
The Macintosh Paint image format.
mailto
The Internet protocol that is used
to send electronic mail. You can create
mailto hyperlinks (mailto://) in the
FrontPage Editor.
marquee
A region on a page that displays a
horizontally scrolling message.
menu
list A list of short paragraph
entries formatted with little white
space between them.
meta
tag An HTML tag that must appear
in the <head> portion of the
page. Meta tags supply information
about the page but do not effect its
display. A standard meta tag, "generator,"
is used to supply the type of editor
that created the HTML page.
Microsoft
Image Composer A powerful image
composing and editing application
that is integrated with FrontPage.
MIME
type (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
type) A method used by Web browsers
to associate files of a certain type
with helper applications that display
files of that type.
MSP
Microsoft Paint image format.
multihosting
The ability of a Web server to support
more than one Internet address and
more than one home page on a single
server. Also called multihoming.
name-value
pair The name of a form field
and the value of the field at the
time the form is submitted. Each field
in a form can have one or more name-value
pairs, and the form itself can have
one or more name-value pairs.
NCSA
image map dispatcher The program
IMAGEMAP.EXE, which handles server-side
image maps when the image map style
is "NCSA" and you are using the FrontPage
Personal Web Server.
nested
list A list that is contained
within a member of another list. Nesting
is indicated by indentation in most
Web browsers. When you create one
list element within another list element
in FrontPage, the new list element
is automatically nested.
network
location In a URL, the unique
name that identifies an Internet server.
A network location has two or more
parts, separated by periods, as in
my.network.location. Also called host
name and Internet address.
news
The Internet protocol for retrieving
files from an Internet news service.
You can create news hyperlinks (news://)
in the FrontPage Editor.
normal
text The default paragraph style
of the FrontPage Editor, intended
for use in text paragraphs.
NSAPI
(Netscape Server Application Programming
Interface) A Netscape-only Web
server application development interface,
developed by Netscape Communications
Corporation.
numbered
list The World Wide Web page paragraph
style that presents an ordered list
of items.
OLE
(Object Linking and Embedding)
An object system created by Microsoft.
OLE lets the author invoke different
editor components to create a compound
document.
one-line
text box A labeled, single-line
form field in which users can type
text.
page
A single document in a World Wide
Web site written using the HTML language.
You use the FrontPage Editor to create,
modify, and test pages, without having
to learn HTML.
page
title A text string identifying
a page. The page title is displayed
in the FrontPage Explorer and is used
by many FrontPage Editor and FrontPage
Explorer commands.
paragraph
style A label for a FrontPage
Editor paragraph-type. Paragraph style
specifies the type of font to use
in a paragraph, along with the font's
size, and other attributes. Paragraph
style also specifies whether to use
bullets and numbering, and controls
indentation and line spacing.
password
A text string that allows a user access
to an Internet service, if the service
requires it.
path
The portion of a URL that identifies
the folders containing a file. For
example, in the URL http://my.web.site/hello/world
/greetings.htm, the path is /hello/world/.
PCT
(Personal Communications Technology)
An enhanced version of Secure Socket
Layer. See also SSL.
PCX
A file format that compresses its
image data with RLE-type compression,
used by early versions of Windows
PaintBrush. FrontPage can import PCX
files.
plug-in
One of a set of software modules that
integrate into Web browsers to offer
a range of interactive and multimedia
capabilities.
port
One of the network input/output channels
of a computer running TCP/IP. In the
World Wide Web, port usually refers
to the port number a server is running
on. A single computer can have many
Web servers running on it, but only
one server can be running on each
port. The default port for World Wide
Web servers is 80.
properties
The settings and values that characterize
an item in a FrontPage web, such as
the title and URL of a web, the file
name and path of a file, or the name
and initial value of a form field.
protocol
A method of accessing a document or
service over the Internet, such as
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or HyperText
Transfer Protocol (HTTP). Also called
type.
proxy
server An Internet server that
acts as a firewall, mediating traffic
between a protected network and the
Internet.
push
button A form field that lets
the user submit the form or that resets
the form to its initial state.
radio
button A form field that presents
the user with a selection that can
be chosen by clicking on a button.
Radio buttons are presented in a
list, one of which is selected by
default. Selecting a new member
of the list deselects the currently
selected item.
RAS
Sun Raster Image File image format.
script
A type of computer code than can
be directly executed by a program
that understands the language
in which the script is written.
Scripts do not need to be compiled
into object code to be executed.
scrolling text
box A labeled, multiple-line
form field in which users can
type one or more lines of text.
search form
See WebBot Search component.
Secure Socket Layer
(SSL) A low-level protocol
that enables secure communications
between a server and FrontPage
or a browser.
selection bar
An unmarked column along the left
edge of the FrontPage Editor window
that is used to select text with
the mouse.
server
A computer that offers services
on a network. On the World Wide
Web, the server is the computer
that runs the Web server program
that responds to HTTP protocol
requests by providing Web pages.
Also called host.
server name
See network location.
server-side image
map An image map that
passes the coordinates of the
cursor to a CGI handler routine
on the server. Server-side image
maps require your server to compute
the target URL of the hyperlink
based on the cursor coordinates.
server-side include
A feature provided by some Web
servers that automatically inserts
text onto pages when they are
given to the browser.
SGML An
ISO (International Standards Organization)
markup language for representing
documents on computers. HTML is
based on SGML concepts.
size handle
The black rectangle displayed
on a selected form field or hotspot.
When you select a size handle,
the cursor becomes abi-directional
arrow. Click and drag a size handle
to reshape the field or hotspot.
special character
A character not in the
standard 7-bit ASCII character
set, such as the copyright mark
(©). In FrontPage, you add
special characters in the FrontPage
Editor using the Symbol command
on the Insert menu.
standard toolbar
The FrontPage Editor
toolbar containing the most commonly
used menu commands.
status bar
The area at the bottom of the
FrontPage Editor or FrontPage
Explorer that displays information
about the currently selected command
or about an operation in progress.
strong text
The HTML character style used
for strong emphasis. Certain browsers
display this style as bold.
table
One or more rows of cells on a page
used to organize the layout of a
page or arrange data systematically.
In FrontPage, you can place anything
in a table cell, including text,
images, forms, and WebBot components.
table cell
See cell.
tag See
HTML tag.
tag selection
In the FrontPage Editor, a method
of selecting a group of paragraphs
and other objects on a page. Use
tag selection to select the members
of a list, an entire form, or a
WebBot component. To tag select
a set of objects, move the cursor
to the left of the objects until
the cursor becomes the tag selection
cursor (an arrow pointing to the
upper-right), and then double-click.
task An
item on a FrontPage To Do List representing
one action you need to perform to
complete a FrontPage web. Some tasks
are automatically generated by FrontPage
Wizards. You can also add your own
tasks to the To Do list.
TCP (Transmission
Control Protocol) Internet
networking software that controls
the transmission of packets of data
over the Internet. Among its tasks,
TCP checks for lost packets, puts
the data from multiple packets into
the correct order, and requests
that missing or damaged packets
be resent. Computers must run TCP
to communicate with World Wide Web
servers.
template
A set of designed formats for text
and images on which pages and FrontPage
webs can be based. After a page
or FrontPage web is created using
a template, you can modify the page
or FrontPage web.
term The
first of a pair of paragraphs formatted
as a definition list entry. The
second paragraph is the definition.
thumbnail
A small version of an image on a
World Wide Web page, often containing
a hyperlink to a full-size version
of the image.
TIFF (Tagged Image
File Format) A tag-based
image format. TIFF is designed to
promote universal interchanges of
digital images.
To Do List
The FrontPage tool that maintains
a list of the tasks required to
complete a FrontPage web. To complete
a task on the list, click on it;
the program required to do the task
starts up with the correct file
opened.
type See
protocol.
typewriter font
The text style that emulates fixed
pitch typewritten text. Every character
in this font is the same width.
Typewriter font is useful for computer
code examples and for presenting
sample input from the user.
UNIX
An operating system typically used
on proprietary workstations and
computers. Some World Wide Web servers
run on UNIX systems.
unordered
list See bulleted list.
URL (Uniform Resource
Locator) A string that
supplies the Internet address of
a resource on the World Wide Web,
along with the protocol by which
the resource is accessed. The most
common URL type is "http," which
gives the Internet address of a
World Wide Web page. Some other
URL types are "gopher," which gives
the Internet address of a Gopher
directory, and "ftp," which gives
the address of an FTP resource.
VBScript
A subset of the Microsoft Visual
Basic programming system. Microsoft
Internet Explorer version 3.0, along
with other browsers, can read VBScript
programs embedded in HTML pages.
VBScript programs can be executed
either on the browser machine or
the World Wide Web server. In the
FrontPage Editor you can insert
and edit VBScripts.
veronica
An automated Internet search service
available through gopher. See also
gopher.
video clip
A short video sequence that can
be embedded into a World Wide Web
page. Video clips can be inserted
into FrontPage using ActiveX Controls,
VBScripts, Java applets, or plug-ins.
visited hyperlink
A hyperlink on a page that has been
activated. Visited hyperlinks are
usually displayed in a unique color
by the browser.
Visual SourceSafe
A document source-control system
developed by Microsoft. FrontPage
integrates with Visual SourceSafe
if you have it installed.
WAIS
(Wide Area Information Service)
Supports searching over the Internet.
WAN (Wide Area Network)
A computer network that spans a
long distance and that uses specialized
computers to connect smaller networks.
watermark
An image that appears on the backgrounds
of pages in a Web site to decorate
and identify the pages, but which
does not scroll as the page scrolls.
Web browser
A client program that retrieves
World Wide Web pages and displays
them to the user.
Web Wizard
The FrontPage interactive tool that
guides the author through the creation
of a FrontPage web.
WebBot component
A dynamic object on a page that
is evaluated and executed when the
author saves the page or, in some
cases, when the user browses to
the page. Most WebBot components
generate HTML.
WebBot component
cursor The robot-shaped
cursor that appears when you move
the FrontPage cursor over an area
of the page containing a WebBot
component.
WebBot Confirmation
Field component A FrontPage
WebBot component that is replaced
with the contents of a form field.
It is useful on a form confirmation
page, where it can echo the user's
name or any other data entered into
a field.
WebBot Discussion
component A FrontPage form
handler that allows users to participate
in an online discussion. The WebBot
Discussion component collects information
from a form, formats it into an
HTML page, and adds the page to
a table of contents and to a text
index. In addition, the WebBot Discussion
component gathers information from
the form and stores it in one of
a selection of formats.
WebBot
form component A FrontPage
WebBot component that supplies processing
of a form.
WebBot
HTML Markup component A
FrontPage WebBot component that
is replaced with any arbitrary text
you supply when you create the WebBot
component. This text is substituted
for the WebBot component when the
page is saved to the server as HTML.
Use this WebBot component to add
non-standard HTML commands to a
page.
WebBot Include component
A FrontPage WebBot component
that is replaced with the contents
of another page in the FrontPage
web. This lets you update parts
of many pages in one step.
WebBot Registration
component A WebBot form
component that allows users to automatically
register themselves for access to
a service implemented as a World
Wide Web site. The WebBot Registration
component adds the user to the service's
authentication database, then optionally
gathers information from the form
and stores it in one of many available
formats.
WebBot Save Results
component A WebBot form
component that gathers information
from a form and stores it in one
of a selection of formats. When
a user submits the form, the WebBot
Save Results component appends the
form information to a file on the
server in a specified format.
WebBot Scheduled
Image component A FrontPage
WebBot component that is replaced
on the page by an image during a
specified time period. When the
time period has expired, the image
is no longer displayed. This is
useful for displaying graphical
information that has a limited lifetime,
such as the announcement of a new
product.
WebBot Scheduled
Include component A FrontPage
WebBot component that is replaced
with the contents of a file in the
FrontPage web during a specified
time period. When the time period
has expired, the contents of the
file are no longer displayed. This
is useful for displaying textual
information that has a limited lifetime.
WebBot Search component
A FrontPage WebBot component
that creates a form that provides
full text-searching capability in
your FrontPage web when the FrontPage
web is browsed. When the user submits
a form containing words to locate,
the WebBot Search component returns
a list of hyperlinks to the pages
in your FrontPage web containing
matches for the words.
WebBot Substitution
component A FrontPage WebBot
component that is replaced by the
value of a selected page configuration
or web configuration variable.
WebBot Table of Contents
component A FrontPage WebBot
component that creates an outline
of your FrontPage web, with hyperlinks
to each page. The WebBot Table of
Contents component updates this
outline each time the FrontPage
web's contents change.
WebBot Timestamp
component A FrontPage WebBot
component that is replaced by the
date and time the page was last
edited or updated.
Wizard A
FrontPage program that creates FrontPage
webs and pages based on interaction
with the author.
WMF (Windows MetaFile)
A device-independent method of representing
an image.
World Wide Web
The graphical Internet hypertext
service that uses the HTTP protocol
to retrieve World Wide Web pages
and other data from World Wide Web
servers. Pages on the World Wide
Web usually contain hyperlinks to
other pages or to multimedia files.
WPG An image
format used by WordPerfect.
WYSIWYG (What You
See Is What You Get). An
editing interface in which the file
being created is displayed as it
will appear to the end-user. The
FrontPage Editor is a WYSIWYG editor.
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