The world of SEO and Internet Marketing has gained considerable popularity in the last few years, and has its own language and dictionary of terms. We have compiled a list of some of the most used words in Search Engine Optimization and other Internet related terms to help you.
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Term and Description |
| 1. | Name-value PairIn CGI programming, one of the data items collected from an HTML form by the browser and passed through the server to a CGI script for processing. |
| 2. | Named AnchorIn HTML, a tag within a document that can act as a destination for a hyperlink. Named anchors are useful because they allow a link to a specific location within a document. |
| 3. | Namespace1. A grouping of one or more names that represent individual objects within the group in a shared computing environment, such as a network. The names within a namespace are unique, are created according to the same rules, and can be resolved into a particular identifying item of information, such as an IP address or a network device. A namespace can be either flatóa single collection of unique names or hierarchical, as is the Internet's DNS (Domain Name System), which is based on a treelike structure that is refined through successive levels beginning with the root server and the Internet's top-level domains (.com, .net, .org, and so on). In everyday terms, a namespace is comparable to a telephone book, in which each name is unique and resolves to the phone number and address of a particular individual, business, or other entity. 2. A means of identifying elements and attributes in an XML document by assigning them a two-part name with the first part being the namespace and the second part being the functional name. A namespace identifies a set of names to prevent confusion when
multiple objects with identical functional names are taken from different sources and brought together in the same XML document. Namespaces typically reference a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) because each URI will be unique. |
| 4. | Naming ContainerAny ASP.NET control that implements the INamingContainer interface. This is a marker interface that enables a control to create a new naming scope under itself so that ID attributes assigned to its child controls are unique within the entire ASP.NET page that contains the control. |
| 5. | NapsterAn Internet music search application that allows users to search for and swap MP3 files over the Web. In response to a user request for a song or an artist, Napster searches the hard drives of all other Napster users on line. When the requested item is found, the file is downloaded to the computer making the request. Napster also includes a chat room and a library of most popular items. The introduction of Napster in 1999 sparked heated debate over copyright and digital distribution issues. |
| 6. | narrowbandA bandwidth set aside by the FCC for mobile or portable radio services, such as advanced two-way paging systems, including transmission rates between 50 bps and 64 Kbps. Narrowband formerly referred to the bandwidth from 50 to 150 bps. |
| 7. | narrowband ISDNName used to distinguish current ISDN lines from the developing broadband ISDN technology. |
| 8. | NarrowcastTo transmit data or programming to a defined or limited area or audience. A cable television company narrowcasts its programs only to subscribers, whereas network television stations broadcast to everyone with reception equipment in their transmission range. On the Web, content delivered to users via push technology represents a form of narrowcasting. |
| 9. | NASNetwork-Attached Storage. |
| 10. | NATNetwork Address Translation. |
| 11. | National Science FoundationA U.S. government agency intended to promote scientific research by funding both research projects and projects that facilitate scientific communication, such as NSFnet, the former backbone of the Internet. |
| 12. | Navigation BarOn a Web page, a grouping of hyperlinks for getting around in that particular Web site. |
| 13. | NBPName Binding Protocol. |
| 14. | NCNetwork Computer. |
| 15. | NCSANational Center for Supercomputing Applications. |
| 16. | NCSA serverThe HTTP server developed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications of the University of Illinois. This server and the CERN server were the first HTTP servers developed for the World Wide Web and are available free through downloading. |
| 17. | NCSA TelnetA freeware telnet client program developed and distributed by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. |
| 18. | NDISNetwork Driver Interface Specification. |
| 19. | NDMPNetwork Data Management Protocol. |
| 20. | NDSNovell Directory Services. |
| 21. | Net1. Short for Internet. 2. Short for Usenet. |
| 22. | net address1. A World Wide Web address (URL). See also URL. 2. An e-mail
address. 3. The DNS name or IP address of a machine. See also DNS
(definition 1), IP address. 4. The address, burned into a network adapter,
that is used to uniquely identify a node on a network. |
| 23. | NetBEUINetBIOS Extended User Interface. |
| 24. | NetBIOSAn application programming interface (API) that can be used by application programs on a local area network consisting of IBM and compatible microcomputers running MS-DOS, OS/2, or some version of UNIX. |
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