Internet Glossary

Technical Glossary Page for Internet terms

HTML

Acronym for Hyper Text Markup Language. The is a text formatting language used by most websites. Special tags enclose various portions of the text to indicate its formatting. You can view any website's HTML codes by selecting "View->Source" in your browser.

PHP

PHP is a server-based scripting language. When a PHP web page is loaded, the script is executed on the server and its output (usually HTML-code) is sent to the browser.

CSS

Acronym for Cascading Style Sheet. A language used to describe the look and formatting of a web page.

Javascript

Client-based scripting language. The script code is sent to the client and executed on the local computer. The result is displayed in the browser.

mySQL

A database management system running on the server. It can be accessed through PHP scripts.