vocabulary book


  • lesson 1

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  • lesson 2

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  • lesson 3

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  • lesson 11

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  • lesson 12

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  • lesson 13

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  • lesson 14

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lesson 1

Backbone: the large transmission lines that travel long distance.

l  Checksum: a number that allows packet to be checked for errors when it is received.

l  Computer network: often just called a network,

l  Domain Name System: a system that assigns names to IP addresses.

l  Header: information that is attached to an IP packet that gives information about the packet itself.

l  Internet: is a collection of computer networks that communicate with each other using a common set of rules.

l  Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN):

l  Internet Protocol (IP): the rules that define how data is routed over the internet.

l  Internet Society (ISOC): the group that organizes the groups that are responsible for internet standards.

l  IP address: an internet address.

l  IP packet: a packet of data that can travel over the internet.

l  Local area network (LAN): a network that typically spans only one building or a group of buildings in the same area.

l  Name server: a computer that translate a named address into an IP address.

l  Network:

l  Packet: the small pieces of data that travel over a packet-switched network such as the internet.

l  Packet-switched network: a network in which data is transmitted in small pieces called packets.

l  Protocol: a set of rules that determine how communicate occurs.

l  Router: a device that examines packets and decides the packets should take.

l  Transmission Control Protocol (TCP): the rules that define how data is broken down into packets.

l  World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): a group of people involved in the development of specifications and recommendations about


lesson 2

client server operation: An operation requester requests to execute a client operation. The requester can be a service, an operation step, another operation

client-side operation: refers to operations that are performed by the client in a client-server relationship in computer network.

cluster:   consists of a set of loosely connected or tightly connected computers that work together so that in many respects they can be viewed as a single system.

HTML (Hypertext make up language):  a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages.

plug in: is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing software applicarion. When an application supports plug-ins, it enables customization. The common examples are the plug-ins used in web browers to add new features such as search-engines, virus scanners, or the ability to utilize a new file type such as a new video format. Well-known browser plug-ins include the adobe flash player, the quicktime player, and the Java plug-in, which can launch a user-activated java applet on a web page to its execution a local jave virtual machine.

server-side operation: refers to operations that are performed by the server in a client-server in computer networking.

streaming:  is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider. Its verb form, "to stream", refers to the process of delivering media in this manner; the term refers to the delivery method of the medium rather than the medium itself.

telecommuting: is a work arrangement in which employees do not commute to a central place of work.

web browser:  is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the world wide web. An information resource is identified by a uniform resource identifier  (URI/URL) and may be a web page  image, video or other piece of content. hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily to navigate their browsers to related resources.

web server: can refer to either the hardware (the computer) or the software (the computer application) that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the internet


lesson 3
  • Document toolbar: you can change page views titles the page, and acess short cuts.
  • Document window:is the primary workspace for creating and editing web pages.
  • Font face:is a set of characters (letters and numbers) that have a defined style.
  • Heading:a heading that display larger and bloder than regular text and has extra white space above and below it.
  • Horizontal Space:(H Space) each of these space can be adjusted independently.
  • Menu bar:
  • Panel:is a small window that contains commonly used tools that is docked at the top, buttom, or right side of the dreamweaver interface.
  • Sans serif font:a font that has no caps on its ends and has an appearance of being plain.
  • Serif font:a font that has caps on itsends and has an appearance of being fancy.
  • Title bar: display the filename and the middle.
  • Vertical Space:(V Space) and the space to the right and left.
  • Visual interface: is a set of menus and tools used in place of writing code.
  • Web safe colors:generally appear the same across all browsers.

lesson 11

lActive white space:is blank areas on a web page.
lAlignment:means that the content of a page has the same alignment.
lConsistency:have uniformity from page to page.
lGrid:is a conceptual desing tool that divides a page into rows and columns in order to help a webmaster structure the layouts of a page.
lPassive white space:is the blank areas on a web page that are a result of incomplete or mismatched shapes.
lProximity:refers to how close on elements is to another.
lRepetition:similar to consistency,is the process of reapiting elements throughout a web site.


lesson 12

print-based layout method: the first method, which takes into account that people are already accustomed to viewing content in printed material in a certain way.

screen-based layoyt methid: the second method of guiding the eye


lesson 13

anolougus colors-are the colors on the color wele that are side by side 

bit-is the smallest unit of information that a computer understands 

color wheel-is an odored progression of hues that helps a designer understand and select color combinations 

complementary colors-is the color that intersec or are pair toghether primary and secondary 

cool colors-contain the color blue 

primary hues-red green and blue

secondary hues-cya magenta and yellow 

shade-the opposite of darkening 

split-complementary colors-an uneven triangle on the color weel 

tint-lightening a hue 

tear tiary hues-are paired colors 

triad colors-they are the colors on the color weel that have an equal amount of diastnce between each other 

typhography-is the act or art of expresing an idea by utklizing types faces or symbols 

value-lighteness or darkness

warm colors-hues that contain red 


lesson 14

clip art: is ready-made art that is available to use without having to edit it in any graphics applications.
compression: means to make smaller, in the sense that the amount of information is reduced.
file format: is the agrrangement in which data is saved in order to display it in a certain way.
gif: is a file format that can be viewed equally well on every kind of computer. 
icon: a small symbolic graphic, can be used as part of the user's interface or can be set alongside of certain peices of information to help the user identify types of information.
index color: in most cases, when creating a GIF, all 256 colors will not be used.
jpeg: stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.this tipe of format is best used with photo-like graphics.
raster: graphic is an image that is made up of pixels.
vector: image is based on a mathematical formula.