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Absolute URL | Browser | Content | CSS | <div> Tag | Domain Name | <font> Tag | FTP | Google | Homepage | HTML | Image Optimization | index.html | Internet | Link | Meta tag |Network Neutrality | URL | Time Berners-Lee |W3C | WWW

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Absolute URL -

A URL that contains a page's exact address.

Browser -

A browser is a type of software that allows users to find and digest information posted in the internet.

Content -

The information posted within a website.

CSS -

An acronym for Cascading Style Sheets which is an extension of HTML through which the asthetics of a web site can be specified.

<div> Tag

A HTML tag that gives stuctue and context to a block of content on a website, giving the designer control to easily make changes to sections of content.

Domain Name -

The unique location, also known as an address, of a web page on the internet.

<font> Tag

A tag that controls a text's style, size, and color, that can be used to apply attributes directly to an element outside of CSS.

FTP -

An acronym for File Transfer Protocol which is a software protocol in which Files are transfered from a computer to a network.

Google -

The most commonly used search engine on the internet.

Image Optimization -

Image optimization for the web is the process of reducing a files size with out reducing it's look. This is a critical skill to have for website design.

Homepage -

The first page of a website which often serves as an index for the site.

HTML -

An acoronym for Hypertext Markup Language which is a set of standards for formating and displaying information and the primary protocol for the world wide web.

index.html -

The page of a website which is the default directory for the website.

Internet -

A network of computers linked together and using the same communication protocol.

Link -

A connection to another web page on the internet.

meta tag -

An element of HTML that describes the contents of a web page and assists search engines in indexing a site.

Network Neutrality -

A principle that advocates no restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and on the modes of communication allowed via the internet.

Tim Berners-Lee -

Credited as inventing the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners Lee has devoted his career to the development and guidance of the World Wide Web. 

This journey began for Tim at CERN where he found himself frustrated with the era’s methods of storing and sharing information.  To remedy this problem Tim wrote a program called Enquire, which helped him access the desired information.    
Tim’s work with Enquire indelibly left an impression on him, which he revisited in 1989 when he proposed his idea of a web of information to CERN.  By 1991 Tim had written the programing language Hypertext Transfer Protocol and launched the worlds very first website, http://info.cern.ch/. 

Now with the seed planted, Tim turned to the Internet community where his vision of a World Wide Web came to fruition.  As the World Wide Web grew, Tim was instrumental in shepherding it to where it is today.  In 1994 Tim created the World Wide Web Consortium, which continues to be the major force driving the direction of the Web.  

Today Tim spends his time fighting to keep Net Neutrality in an increasingly intense battle over its meaning. 

URL -

An acronym for Uniform Resource Locator which is a protocol for finding addresses on the internet.

W3C -

An abbreviation for the World Wide Web Consortium which is the main standards body for the World Wide Web.

WWW -

An acronym for the World Wide Web which is a branch of the internet consisting of interlinked hypertext documents.