Introduction
The main or introductory page of a website.
HTML
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the computer programming language used to define the structure and layout of a text.
Internet
A large collection of computers, connected together to allow them to share information with one another.
Link
A link, or hyperlink, is a part of a web page that, if clicked with a mouse, opens a different web page. Links are usually shown in blue and underlined on a web page
Menu bar
This is the row of buttons at the very top of the browser window. It offers a range of things you can do with a web page. For example clicking on ‘File’ and ‘Save As’ in the drop-down menu allows you to save a copy of the web page so that it is available even when offline.
Online/Offline
When you are logged onto a computer through your modem, you are said to be online. When you are using your computer but are not connected to a computer through your modem, you are said to be working offline.
(Portable Document Format) A PDF is a type of computer file (in the same way that an MP3 or a Microsoft Word file is a type of file), which is commonly used on the Internet for presenting documents. PDFs are excellent for printing out – a printed PDF generally looks much better than a printed (HTML) Web page. PDFs are thus mainly used for material which the user is expected to print out (such as Government forms, brochures, reports), rather than material which is meant to be viewed online. PDFs require a specific piece of software, a PDFviewer, to be viewed and printed out. By far the most common PDF viewer is Adobe Acrobat, which is available for free online.
Scroll bar
The bar located to the far right of your web browser is known as the vertical scroll bar. It lets you scroll up and down a web page by placing your mouse arrow pointer on the up or down arrows along the side and holding down your left mouse key.
Toolbar
A series of selectable buttons on your screen that allow you to select desktop, application or web browser functions.
URL
The Uniform Resource Locator, or address, of a web page. Like the phone number of a particular person, this is unique and goes direct to the web page it is associated with.
Web browser
A web browser allows you to view and navigate web pages. You probably have a browser called ‘Netscape’ or ‘Internet Explorer’ on your computer.
Web portal
A web portal is a single access point or gateway to a broad array of resources and services
