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Domain Name A unique name (www.yourcompany name.com) which people use to access your website. Having your own domain name is highly recommended as it helps to raise your organization's profile. You can use it for your website and email (e.g. johnsmith@yourcompanyname.com), regardless of who your Internet Service Provider or website hosting company is, either now or in the future. A domain name is portable and in most cases has to be renewed yearly for a fee.
Download To copy a file from another computer to your computer over the Internet.
FAQs Pronounced as separate letters, or as "faq," and short for frequently asked questions, a FAQ is an online document that poses a series of common questions and answers on a specific topic. FAQs originated in Usenet groups as a way to answer questions about the rules of the service. Today, there are FAQs on the Web for many topics, ranging from programming langauges to gardening tips. Frequently, FAQs are formatted as help files or hypertext documents.
GIF A graphics file format. This file format limits the image to 256 colors or less, and it is compressed, creating a smaller file format than, say a BMP (Windows Bitmap) or TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) file.
Hosting/Web Hosting Your website consists of a number of files which must be stored on a computer (file server) connected to the Internet. Hosting is a service whereby you "rent" space on a file server owned by a hosting company. It is their responsibility to ensure your website is accessible world-wide, 24 hours a day. Fees are usually paid monthly or yearly, and vary depending on the size of your website and how it is built. Your hosting company should not be chosen on price alone. Future hosting requirements, support provided, and provision of useful web statistics should also be considered.
HTML HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) is the set of markup symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page. The markup tells the Web browser how to display a Web page's words and images for the user. Each individual markup code is referred to as an element (but many people also refer to it as a tag). Some elements come in pairs that indicate when some display effect is to begin and when it is to end.

Hyperlinks / Links

 Website links which, when clicked, take you to another area of the same website or to another website entirely.
Hyperlinks can be applied to text, images or buttons. Hyperlinked text is usually underlined or highlighted in some way. All hyperlinks show as a hand when you position the mouse over them
ISP (Internet Service Provider) An ISP provides you with access to the Internet either by dialing up through their server, or with a direct connection. There are a large number of ISPs offering different plans at different rates. Most ISPs provide services such as Email and web hosting. Some even provide free space for a personal web page. This is not usually suitable for business purposes. You do not have to host your website with your ISP.
JPG or JPEG A compressed graphics file format, suited for web use. JPGs work best with photographs or images with large areas of smooth color.
Navigation Navigation is your visitors means of finding their way around your website. With well planned navigation, your visitor can quickly and easily find what they are looking for. It is even more important than the actual content of your website. Various navigation methods can be used depending on the nature of the site, including :

page links - buttons or text, usually along the top or left drop-down menus - enabling visitors to go directly to a topic which they would otherwise have to click through several pages to get to hyperlinks on text or images throughout the main site content, taking you to other pages site maps - like an index - ideal for large sites

PDF file A universal file format that preserves the fonts, formatting, colors, and graphics of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. PDF is the standard for distributing formatted documents over the Internet. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed using free Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software, downloadable from www.adobe.com. Documents can be converted into PDF files with Adobe Acrobat software. Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader Software for free. You can also purchase Adobe Acrobat Writer software so that you can create your own PDF files.
Search Engines Programs that enable you to search the Internet for websites using specific words or phrases. Some popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN, Alta Vista, Ask Jeeves. All engines work differently and are changing constantly, so you will notice different results when you enter the same information into different engines.
Search engine optimization Means designing and building a website in order to get the maximum exposure in search engines. Among other things, this involves building key words and phrases into the site which aren't seen by visitors.
Search engine registration Is the act of registering your website with a number of search engines, either locally and/or internationally. Knowing which engines to register with, to target your audience, is half the battle. Registering with any engine doesn't guarantee that your site will show in the results list. Some allow you to register for free, while others make you pay.
URL Uniform Resource Locator. The URL is your web page's unique web address. You type the URL in the web browser to tell the browser to find a specific page on the web.
Website Maintenance Website maintenance refers to on-going changes to a site once it is published on the Internet. As things change in your organization, your website must be updated to reflect the changes. There is nothing more harmful to your credibility than having out-of-date information on the Internet for all the world to see. Maintenance must be planned for in the early stages of your project. You should appoint someone in your organization the responsibility of checking the site regularly, and arranging for updates to be done as necessary. Decisions must be made about who will manage site content and how. The right option for you will depend on what needs to change and how often. If website maintenance is to be provided by your web designer, an hourly rate or contract fee should be discussed and agreed on.

Web Browser The software used to view web pages. Common web browsers are Netscape's Navigator, Netscape's Communicator, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Web Page A single page of HTML. Unlike a regular page in a word processing document, a web page does not have graphics embedded: rather, they are linked. Also, a web page doesn't have a set end to the page. A web page can contain many pages of text and graphics. A web page is simply a single HTML file.
Web Server A computer connected to the Internet. Generally, you will upload your pages to a web server to create your website. Once you've uploaded your pages to the web server, your page is officially on the web.