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Latest Web Glossary Definitions

Real Time Web

The Real Time Web is a phrase used by some people to distinguish sites which publish content on a frequent basis from those web sites that publish less frequently. News web sites and active blogs are usually classed as part of the real time web where as a regular company web site is not.  full definition »

H.264

H.264 is an industry standard algorithm used for compressing video for use on the web, mobile phones and digital television.  full definition »

Content Delivery Network (CDN)

A CDN is a specialist network of computers optimised to deliver web sites, pictures, videos and software downloads to people visiting a web site in the quickest, most efficient way possible. Computers in the network work together to share the load of delivering these files and to enable companies to deal with large peaks in demand.  full definition »

Geoblocking

Geoblocking is a technology that is used to prevent access to web sites from visitors in particular countries or regions.  full definition »

Blog

A blog is a type of web site that usually has some defining characteristics which separate it out from other web sites. These make it very like a magazine. They are:  full definition »

CAPTCHA

When we sign up for services online, or log in to secure pages we are usually asked to provide a username and password. In order to disincentivise people writing software to sign up to things in bulk you are sometimes shown a picture of some letters which have been distorted in some way. This method of stopping fraudulent sign ups and spam is called a CAPTCHA.  full definition »

WCAG

WCAG, stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and is a set of guidelines used by web designers and developers to help improve the accessibility of their web sites to people with disabilities.  full definition »

QR Codes

A QR code is like a bar code. It can be read by pointing your mobile phone at it if you have a QR reader installed on your phone.  full definition »

Heat Map

A heat map is a picture of a web page that shows where users click when they visit a particular page.  full definition »

Browser Testing

When a web designer builds a web site they should ensure that the web site looks and behaves as expected in a variety of the most common web browsers.  full definition »

Utility Computing

In a utility model, resources such as storage, bandwidth and computer processing time are charged for based upon how much you actually use over a given time period.  full definition »

Adobe AIR

The Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR) is an interesting development that enables web designers and developers to use the technologies used to build web sites - HTML, Javascript, Flash - to build applications that are used on the desktop.  full definition »

Blogstorm

A blogstorm is a word used to describe a large and sudden influx of visitors to your web site caused by bloggers writing about your website and putting links to your web site in articles on their blog.  full definition »

Direct Traffic

When a visitor to a web site types the name of a web site directly into the address bar of their browser, they arrive at site they have requested. This is called Direct Traffic. Web sites of well known companies with strong brands usually receive more direct traffic than other web sites.  full definition »

Referral

All types of traffic to a web site are identified by where the visitor was before they arrived at your web site. When a person clicks on a link on a web site and arrives at another web site this is called a referral.  full definition »