Internet Glossary
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Hack
An elegant or creative solution to a computing problem executed by acquired knowledge, skill, and experience rather than by authorized or documented means. To perform, or attempt to perform, such a computing solution successfully
Hacker
Broadly, someone who enjoys exploring, using and extending technology, particularly but not exclusively computer technology This is to simplify the issue, however, and debate persists over what a hacker is and who qualifies for membership of the essentially meritocratic hacker community.
HDML / Handheld Device Markup Language
It is used to format content for Web-enabled mobile phones. HDML is phone.com's proprietary language, which can only be viewed on mobile phones that use phone.com browsers. HDML came before the WAP standard was created. It uses phone.com's Handheld Device Transport Protocol (HDTP), instead of WAP. To serve HDML pages, administrators must add the text/x-hdml mime type to their Web servers.
Helper Application
A program used by a browser to display or play particular files In their original incarnations, browsers understood only HTML, GIF and JPEG files.
Hexadecimal color-notation system
A way of defining colors Uses RGB scheme and associates a two digit hexadecimal number with each base color (red, green and blue)
Hit
A single request for a file as logged by a Web Server. When a browser requests an HTML page, the server must deliver not just the HTML code but any associated objects such as IMAGE files.
Holdback
A portion of the revenue from a merchant's credit card transactions, held in reserve by the merchant account provider to cover possible disputed charges, chargeback fees, and other expenses. After a predetermined time, holdbacks are turned over to the merchant. Note: MAPs almost never pay interest on holdbacks.
Home Page
On a website, the page that acts as a front door to every thing else, Such home pages typically provide a comprehensive index of the site's content and the navigation tools needed to move around it.
Host
Broadly, any computer acting as a repository for information, data or services that can be accessed by another computer across a network. On the Internet the meaning is more specific, encompassing any computer that has its own IP address and full two-way access to other nodes on the network.
Hosting Provider
An institution that provides web space to companies or individuals, usually for money
Hot / Hotlink
In Webspeak and multimedia lingo, a section of text or an image is "hot" when a mouse click on a highlighted phrase or section of an image executes a link to another file or location within a file. In a Web client program like Netscape Navigator, text is usually highlighted to indicate that it contains a hyperlink. An image or graphic can be "image mapped" to execute links to other files or images based on locations (pixel coordinates) in the digitized image itself.
Hot Java
A WWW browser from Sun based on the Java language.
Hotwired
A website originally established by Wired magazine, now owned and run by LYCOS. Hotwired is best known for its invention of the banner advertisement.
HP-UX
The version of UNIX running on Hewlett-Packard workstations
HTCPCP
Hypertext Coffee Pot Control Protocol (see RFC).
HTF
Hyper-G Text Format, The markup language for Hyper-G.
HTM
htm is sometimes used as a short form of the file name suffix for an HTML file.
HTML / HyperText Markup Language
Used to create documents and links on the World Wide Web. HTML is a simple, text-based set of instructions, known as TAGS, Which describe how the elements of a Web page should be laid out and how they connect to other documents or programs.
HTML comment
You can include a comment in an HTML document. A comment will not be displayed and will help you remember why you coded something a particular way. A comment might look like this:
HTTP / HyperText Transfer Protocol
The protocol used to transfer Web pages between a Web Server and a browser. A set of instructions for communications between a server and a world wide web client, It is the main protocol used on the world wide web that enables linking to other web sites. Addressing to other web pages begins with "http://" and is followed by the domain name or IP address. (see URL)
HTTPD / Hypertext Transfer Protocol Daemon
On the Web, each server has an HTTPD that waits in attendance for requests to come in from the rest of the Web. A daemon is a program that is "an attendant power or spirit" (Webster's). It sits waiting for requests to come in and then forwards them to other processes as appropriate.
HTTPS / Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS is a Web protocol that encrypts and decrypts user page requests as well as the pages that are returned by the Web server.
Hub
A hub is a network device that is used for connecting computers on a Local Are Network (LAN). It forwards all the packets it receives to all of its ports
Hyperlink
A link that connects you to other documents, other places within the same document, pictures or HTML pages, A simple click on the link will take you the places.
Hypermedia
The method of linking and displaying computer files in more than one digital medium (text, audio, image or graphics, and video), Hypermedia expands the hypertext concept to embrace all digital media. The WWW is a hypermedia environment because it allows multiple media types to all be available in the same document.
Hyperspace
Hyperspace refers to the total number of individual locations and all of their interconnections in a hypertext environment. It also connotes a perceived sense of this potentially confusing totality. Hyperspace can be considered the hypertextual or architectural aspect of cyberspace, a term that has even richer connotations.
Hypertext
Text that can be read in a non-linear fashion, by following a series of links between related sections of material, Typical applications for hypertext include reference works such as encyclopedias or dictionaries, where interesting or useful explanations of highlighted words in the text can be reached by clicking on them with a mouse.
Hz / Hertz
Hertz is a unit of frequency of one cycle per second. Broadcast transmission is at much higher frequency rates, usually expressed in kilohertz (KHz) or megahertz (MHz).
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