Web Development

These provide a method of sending messages to a list of recipients at once

Not automated; processed by humans.

In CSS, a margin is a property that allows the author to specify how much space will be inserted between other exterior elements and the current element border.

Markup is the textual description of data that provides information about the data type. It is the codes and characters that change a text document into an XHTML or other Markup Language document. Text is marked up with elements, delineated by tags that are keywords contained in pairs of angle brackets

A masthead is a graphic image placed on top of a Web page that tells end users what page they are on. Masthead images can contain photos, text, shapes, and/or image maps.

A type of bank account that enables you to accept and process credit card payments online. Merchant accounts handle fraud checks on each transaction and manage the transfer of funds from your customer's credit cards to your bank account. You must have a merchant account in order to perform online credit card transactions. Additionally, you will need an online payment gateway.

A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page. Unlike normal HTML tags, meta tags are not visible to users and do not affect how the page is displayed. Instead, they provide information such as who created the page, how often it is updated, what the page is about, and which keywords represent the page's content. Many search engines use this information when indexing Web pages.

Searching more than one source at a time.

A search engine that searches several different search engines in order to return a SERP.

A Website that is a replica of an existing Website. Mirror sites are useful when the original site generates too much traffic for a single server to support.

The top level domain designated for United States military entities.

A modem (modulator/demodulator) is the hardware required to connect telephone lines and is essential for dial-up connections to the Internet.

The person who categorizes the topics and selects posts is the moderator. Thus, a moderation discussion list or newsgroup is a service in which the moderator organizes participants' comments or suggestions are organized into topics or categories.

The process of updating an existing domain name record, contact record, or host (name server) record to reflect changes in existing information. Modifications include: changing information on an existing contact record; replacing an existing contact on a domain name record with a new contact; changing information on an existing host record; changing the name servers listed on an existing domain name record; changing information about the organization who registered a domain name (there are some cases when changes in the organization's name may require a new, separate registration). There is no additional charge to modify an existing domain, contact, or host record. Keeping these records up to date is critical to the smooth operation of the Domain Name System (DNS), and it is the responsibility of the registrant to ensure that domain name record(s) are kept up to date.

A popular special effect for Web graphics, generally programmed in JavaScript, that changes switches color or a graphic image when you place your cursor over it. Mouseovers can also be used to trigger navigation changes and pop-up windows.

Mozilla is a free, cross-platform open source Web browser and application framework. The Mozilla Suite is available for many Operating Systems and includes a Web browser, mail and news reader, HTML editor and an IRC client. Mozilla comprises the Gecko rendering engine which is also used in other browser products such as Mozilla Firefox, a cross-platform browser and Camino, a Web browser for Mac OS X. Mozilla Thunderbird is a cross-platform mail and news reader.

Using a computer to present multiple types of media simultaneously, in an integrated manner. These can include sound, graphics, video, text, animation, or any other form of information representation.

MySQL is a popular relational database system. It is open source and integrates well with PHP. In addition to supporting standard SQL (ANSI), it compiles on a number of platforms and has multithreading abilities on Unix servers, which make for great performance.