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# Glossary

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

# A

ACLs (access control list)
  A list that indicates which users or groups have permission to access or modify a particular file on Windows NT.

active memory
  An area of cached memory that stores Web pages and allows for quicker save and recalculation processes.

Administrator role
  A collection of rights that allows a user to modify all Web site content and manage site settings and accounts.

Advanced author role
  A collection of rights that allows a user to view, add, and change pages, themes, and borders, as well as recalculate links.

Anonymous user access
  The ability to access a Web server on which one does not have an account. Usually, anonymous users have more restricted access rights than users with accounts.

Author role
  A collection of rights that allows the user to view, add, and modify pages.

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# B

border
  Page regions reserved for content that you want to appear consistently on all your Web pages. Shared borders usually contain link bars ù hyperlinks to the other pages in the current Web site.

Browser role
  A user role that allows a user to view pages but not author them.

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# C

cache
  A special memory subsystem in which frequently used data values, such as files that are made available for use offline, are duplicated for quick access.

category
  A classification for labeling and grouping Web pages and files by common criteria such as page contents, file types, or similar distinction.)

CGI
  A standard method of extending Web server functionality by executing programs or scripts on a Web server in response to Web browser requests, such as in form processing. Use of a common gateway interface (CGI) can make a Web page more dynamic.

character set
  A grouping of alphabetic, numeric, and other characters that have some relationship in common. For example, the standard ASCII character set includes letters, numbers, symbols, and control codes that make up the ASCII coding scheme.

Contributor role
  A user role that enables a user to view pages but not author them.

CSS (cascading style sheet)
  A cascading style sheet is a document containing style information that can be referenced by multiple web pages. Styles define appearance and formatting of content on web pages and allow authors more control over how content is displayed in browsers.

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# D

data type
  The characteristic of a field that determines what type of data it can hold. Data types include Boolean, Integer, Long, Currency, Single, Double, Date, String, and Variant (default).

database
  A collection of data related to a particular subject or purpose. Within a database, information about a particular entity, such as an employee or order, is categorized into tables, records, and fields.

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# E

external hyperlink
  A hyperlink pointing to a page or file that is outside of the current Web site.

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# F

frames page
  A Web page that divides a Web browser window into different scrollable areas that can independently display several Web pages. One window can remain unchanged, while the other windows change based on hyperlinks that the user selects.

FrontPage Server Extensions
  A set of programs and scripts that support authoring in FrontPage and extend the functionality of a Web server.

FrontPage-patched Apache Web server
  The version of Apache Web server used by FrontPage Server Extensions. The patch is available as part of the FrontPage Server Extensions 2002 download for UNIX.

full-text search index
  An index that allows Web site users to perform a full-text search on a Web site. On the Windows platform, full-text search is provided by Index Server. On UNIX, it is provided by Wide Area Information Server (WAIS).

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# H

home page
  Main page of a Web site. Usually has hyperlinks to other pages, both within and outside the site. One Web site can contain many home pages. For example, the Microsoft home page contains a Products home page, which contains other home pages.

HTML Administration Pages
  Web pages with options for managing your web site. Use the Server Administration pages to set up a server and use the Site Administration pages to manage Web settings such as accounts.

hyperlink
  Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file, a location in a file, an HTML page on the World Wide Web, or an HTML page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher, Telnet, and FTP sites.

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# I

iCalendar
  An Internet standard for creating and sharing electronic calendaring and scheduling information

image file cache
  An area of cached memory that stores data about images in a Web site.

include file cache
  In FrontPage, you can use the Include Page component to insert other pages into the current page. This area of cached memory stores data about these included files.

in-memory document cache
  Same as active memory. An area of cached memory that stores Web pages and allows for quicker save and recalculation processes.

Internet Services Manager
  An administration tool included with Windows 2000 used for administering Internet Information Services.

ISAPI
  A Web server application-development interface, developed by Process Software and Microsoft, that can be used in place of CGI. Stands for Internet Server Application Programming Interface.

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# J

JavaScript
  A cross-platform, World Wide Web scripting language. JavaScript code is inserted directly into an HTML page. JavaScript makes it possible to build Java programs.

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# L

LAN
  A computer network technology designed to connect computers separated by a short distance. A local area network (LAN) can be connected to the Internet and can also be configured as an intranet.

link bar
  A collection of graphic or text buttons representing hyperlinks to pages both within your Web site and to external sites.

local administrators group
  The group of users who have permission to perform administrative tasks on the local server computer. The permissions for this group are set by using the administration tools for the operating system.

Lock files
  System files that ensure that information on the Web site can only be altered by users with sufficient access rights.

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# M

Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
  In Windows NT version 4.0 and Windows 2000, a utility designed to manage servers and services through a common user interface. MMC snap-ins include FrontPage Server Extensions, Internet Information Server (IIS), and SQL Server.

MSDE
  Microsoft Data Engine. A data store based on Microsoft SQL Server technology, but designed and optimized for use on smaller computer systems, such as a single user computer or a small workgroup server.

multi-hosting
  The ability of a Web server to support more than one Internet address and more than one home page. Also called multi-homing.

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# N

network domain name
  A group of users in a network who share a common set of shared resources, such as server disk drives and printers. A large network may have several domains based upon the needs of each set of users.

network place
  A folder on a network file server, Web server, or Exchange 2000 server. Create a shortcut to a network place to work with files there.

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# P

properties
  A named attribute of a control, field, or object that you set to define one of the object's characteristics (such as size, color, or screen location) or an aspect of its behavior (such as whether the object is hidden).

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# R

recalculate web
  A feature that checks a Web site's hyperlinks to see if they are valid. This feature also performs other tasks such as deleting unused themes and updating component information on the server.

relative URL
  The Internet address of a page relative to the Internet address of the current page. For example, the relative URL Doc/Sample.htm refers to the page Sample.htm in the folder Doc, below the current folder.

remote host
  A Web server on a separate server computer. A remote host is connected to other servers by way of a network connection.

Rights
  Permission to perform specific actions with site content, such as viewing or modifying a page. Rights are enabled or disabled for a user role. Users can perform only those actions allowed by the rights assigned to their role.

Role
  A collection of rights that can be assigned to a user account. You can use the default roles, modify them, or create your own custom roles.

root web
  The default, top-level Web provided by a Web server or virtual server. To access the root Web, you supply the URL of the server without specifying a page name or subweb.

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# S

scripting language
  A programming language designed specifically for Web site programming. Examples include JavaScript and VBScript.

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
  A proposed open standard that was developed by Netscape Communications for establishing a secure communications channel to prevent the interception of critical information, such as credit card numbers.

server health
  A set of tests that you can run to help ensure the integrity of your Web site system files and security settings.

SMTP mail server
  An e-mail server that uses the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. SMTP is available with Windows NT Server version 4.0 and Windows 2000 Server.

SQL server
  A network or Web server that uses the standardized query language protocol for requesting information from a database.

subweb, child web
  A named subdirectory of the root Web that is a complete Web site. Each subweb can have independent administration, authoring and browsing permissions from the root Web and other subwebs.

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# T

template
  A file or files that contain the structure and tools for shaping such elementsáas the style and page layout of finished files. For example, Microsoft Word templates can shape aásingle document, and Microsoft FrontPage templates can shape an entire Web site.

theme
  A theme applies a set of coordinated graphic elements to a document, page or across all pages in a Web site. Themes can consist of designs and color schemes for fonts, navigation bars, and other page elements.

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# U

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
  An address that specifies a protocol (such as HTTP or FTP) and a location of an object, document, World Wide Web page, or other destination on the Internet or an intranet. Example: http://www.microsoft.com/.

usage analysis
  Data collected to evaluate how the Web site is being used, such as visitor user names, how often each page was visited, and the types of Web browsers used.

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# V

VBScript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition)
  A subset of the Visual Basic for Applications programming language optimized for Web-related programming. As with JavaScript, code for VBScript is embedded in HTML documents.

vCard
  The Internet standard for creating and sharing virtual business cards.

virtual server
  One of multiple Web sites running on the same server, each with a unique domain name and IP address. A Web server that supports virtual servers is called a multi-hosting Web server.

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# W

Web address
  The path to an object, document, file, page, or other destination. An address can be a URL (Web address) or a UNC path (network address), and can include a specific location within a file, such as a bookmark within a document or a cell range within a spreadsheet.