Web Glossary
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- Apache
- An open-source software platform that runs as an HTTP webserver. It is one of the most popular webserver software platforms in the world. Apache can run on Unix, Linux, and Windows servers.
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets. CSS is a language that allows you to control how a webpage or website looks without actually placing that information within the HTML file(s). This can be handy for changing the look of a website because it allows you to manipulate one file instead of multiple files.
- Folksonomy
- A form of classification used on web sites that is often used in blogs, search engines, photographic sites, and applications that are considered to be a part of Web2.0. With folksonomy, average people use keyword tags to classify different kinds of stuff. It’s easier to show than explain…look at the tags used in technorati, librarything, del.icio.us, and flickr and you will understand what I mean. Have fun.
- HTML
- This is an acrostic that stands for Hypertext Markup Language. HTML is the language of the internet. This is the markup schema that give webpages their structure. It is easy to learn and is one of the most basic tools of web design. Anyone who wants to build a church website needs to learn, at the very minimum, some basic HTML. There are many good books and websites that explain HTML, and I would suggest that you look at the w3schools website for a very basic tutorial on how to use HTML.
- RSS
- This acrostic can mean several things: Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary, RDF Site Summary. To make a long story short, an RSS file is a type of XML file. And you are saying, “WHAT?” Read the entry below for XML. .
- Server
- The term server can refer to either a piece of software or a computer. When referring to a piece of software, the term means software that exists on a central computer that is networked to other computers. These other computers, often called clients, access the software on this central computer and are thus “served” by it. When the term server refers to a computer, it indicates the central computer that is networked to other computers. In other words, the server (ie. software) exists on the server (ie. computer). For more on servers, read this Wikipedia article on servers.
