Terms & Definitions:
- accessibility
- Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the Web.
- (Definition from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
- domain name
- A sequence of usually alphanumeric characters (such as Merriam-Webster.com) that specifies a group of online resources (as of a particular company or person) and that forms part of the corresponding IP address.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
- e-commerce
- Commerce conducted via the Internet.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
- hosting
- A business providing hardware and services to store, maintain, and present Websites and provide Internet connection to those sites.
- (Definition from Dictionary.com)
- IP address
- The numeric address of a computer on the Internet.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
- search engine
- Computer software used to search data (as text or a database) for specified information;
- also: a site on the World Wide Web that uses such software to locate key words in other sites.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
- SEO (search engine optimization)
- The process of increasing the amount of visitors to a Web site by ranking high in the search results of a search engine. The higher a Web site ranks in the results of a search, the greater the chance that that site will be visited by a user. It is common practice for Internet users to not click through pages and pages of search results, so where a site ranks in a search is essential for directing more traffic toward the site.
- SEO helps to ensure that a site is accessible to a search engine and improves the chances that the site will be found by the search engine.
- (Definition from Webopedia)
- Website
- A group of World Wide Web pages usually containing hyperlinks to each other and made available online by an individual, company, educational institution, government, or organization.
- (Definition from Merriam-Webster OnLine)
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