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are some common internet terms used in web design.
Online Credit Card Processing Service
An Online Credit Card Processing Service is a commercial company that furnishes software and services which enable credit card transactions initiated on a website to be immediately electronically processed over the Internet.
Search Engines and Directories
Internet search engines and directories are online services that
function like a phone directory for the Internet and are used when
trying to find a website for which the domain name is unknown.
Secure Server
A secure server is a type of web server used to send and receive content such as credit card sales transactions
in an encrypted form to prevent interception or theft. The address
of a web page transmitted by a secure server starts with the prefix
https: instead of the normal http: prefix used for standard web servers.
Secure Site Certificate
A secure site certificate is issued by an Internet Verification Service to verify for a visitor’s browser that a
website using a secure server to receive information is in truly what
it claims to be.
Shopping Cart
A shopping cart is a software program installed on a website that
enables online sales to be consummated, by keeping track of individual customers as they wander around a website
selecting various items to purchase, and processing the resulting
customer orders.
URL
Every web page has a unique numerical address on the Internet, which is
called its Universal Resource Locator (URL).
Web
The Web is an abbreviation for World Wide Web (also abbreviated www)
which is a fundamental part of the Internet, where information is
transmitted over the Internet in a document format called a web page,
using a cross-platform programming language (HTML).
Web Browser
A web browser is a software program that a computer needs in order
to view a web page on the Internet. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator are examples of
browsers.
Web Host
A web host is a commercial company that makes
web pages available on the Internet, usually for a monthly fee, by
storing the web pages on web servers owned and maintained by them.
Web Page
A web page is a document created in a particular format designed for
transmission over the Internet, which is coded in the HTML programming
language understood by web browsers.
Web Server
A web server is a special computer used to store web sites and make them
available over the Internet. These computers
are capable of storing large amounts of data and also have multiple
connections to the Internet, creating the ability to simultaneously
handle multiple communication transactions.
Website
A web site is a collection of related web pages stored together on a web
server and accessible by a shared domain name.
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