Website Glossary Terms
This is an introductory glossary of web terms. Familiarity with the concepts will empower you to acquire a better web site and a better web production experience.
- Content Management System (Web version)
- A program that allows control over the text, style, and structure of a website
- Additional Reading: Content Management
- Cross Browser Compatibility
- A website that supports all versions of all browsers, and delivers the same user experience regardless of the technology used.
- Additional Reading: Browser Compatibility
- Domain
- The name people use to access your website, for example www.justasimplesite.com
- Additional Reading: Domain Names
- Web Host
- A company that provides space on their servers to store your webpages for display to the public
- Additional Reading: Web Hosting
- Standards Compliance
- Adherance to formal standards and technical specifications for producing web sites
- Additional Reading: Web Standards Compliance
- Useability
- A degree of clarity to the structure of information presented via a web site
- Additional Reading: Web Useability
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
- WAI: Strategies, guidelines, resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities
- Additional Reading: W3 Web Accessibility Initiative