Jargon Translation

Tech Stuff for the Web

"There are many Web technologies, from simple to complex, and explaining each in detail is beyond the scope of this article. However, to help you get started with developing your own Web sites, beyond simple WYSIWYG designing of Web pages in FrontPage, this article provides brief definitions of the major Web technologies along with links to sites where you can find more information, tutorials, and reference documentation."

Introduction to Web Technologies

If you have seen or heard these terms, and want a definition with links to more background material, this maybe the place to start.

• Access
  
• ActiveX Controls
  
• Apache
  
• ASP
  
• ASP.NET
  
• C#
  
• CGI
  
• CSS
  
• Databases
  
• Ecma International
  
• FrontPage Server Extensions
  
• HTML
  
• IETF
  
• Internet Information Services
  
• Java
  
• JavaScript (JScript/ECMAScript)
  
• MySQL
  
• Oracle Database
  
• Perl
  
• PHP
  
• SharePoint Team Services
  
• SQL Server
  
• VBScript
  
• Visual Basic .NET
  
• Windows SharePoint Services
  
• World Wide Web Consortium
  
• XML
  
• XSLT

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