E-Commerce
E-Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services across the Internet. An E-Commerce site can be as simple as a web page that lists a product along with a phone number. On the other end of the spectrum is a website with downloadable goods and real-time credit card processing.

Editor
An interactive program that can create and modify files of a particular type.

E-Mail (electronic mail)
A service for sending messages electronically, over a computer network.

Emphasis text
The HTML character style used for mild emphasis. Certain browsers display emphasized text as italic.

EPS (Encapsulated PostScript)
An extension of the PostScript graphics file format developed by Adobe Systems. EPS lets PostScript graphics files be incorporated into other documents.

Ethernet
A commonly used local area network (LAN) technology.

External hyperlink
A hyperlink to any file that is outside the current web page.

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
A common type of document on the Internet that contains a list of questions and answers on a common theme. On the World Wide Web, questions are often hyperlinks to the answers.

File
A named collection of information that is stored on a computer disk. Also, an Internet protocol that refers to files on the local disk.

File server
A program running on a network that stores files and provide access to them. Also called server.

File type
The format of a file, usually indicated by its filename extension. Editors usually work on a limited set of file types.

Finger
An Internet program that displays information about the users currently logged on to a computer.

Firewall
A method of protecting one network from another network. A firewall blocks unwanted access to the protected network while giving the protected network access to networks outside of the firewall. A company will typically install a firewall to give users access to the Internet while protecting their internal information.

Flash
Flash is a programming tool that allows multimedia graphics and interactive content to be easily presented on Web pages. It requires a browser that supports additional software that supports the Flash program.

Folder
In a URL, a single part of the path to a page. A folder is a named storage area on the computer containing files and other folders. In http://my.web.site/sample/test.htm, sample/ is a folder.

Form
A set of data entry fields on a page that are processed on the server. The data is sent to the server when the user submits the form by clicking on a button or, in some cases, by clicking on an image.

Form field
A data-entry field on a page. A user supplies information in a field either by typing text or by selecting the field.

Form handler
A program on a server that executes when a user submits a form.

Formatted text
A mono-spaced paragraph style in which all white space (such as tabs and spaces) is displayed by the browser. In other text styles, the browser may ignore extra white space.

Frame
A named element of a frame set. A frame appears in a Web browser as a scrollable window in which pages can be displayed. You assign a page to a frame when you create a hyperlink to the page.

Frame set
A page that defines a set of named scrollable windows in which other pages can be displayed. Use a frame set when you want the contents of one part of the page to remain unchanged while the contents of other parts of the page change based on hyperlinks that the user selects.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
FTP is an Internet protocol used to transfer files from one computer to another. It is commonly used to download files from a website, or to upload new web pages to a server.

Gateway script
See CGI

GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
GIF files are the most common type of graphics file used on the Internet. They are compressed so that they take up very little space and can be quickly downloaded. Unlike JPEG graphics files, GIF files are limited to 256 colors.

Gigabyte
A gigabyte (GB) is equivalent to 1,073,741,824 bytes, or 1,000 megabytes (MB).

Graphic
A picture or other non-text item within a document.