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Glossary of Internet, Web and Related Terminology: S - Z
- Server-side Code/Script/Programming
- Server-side code, as the name implies, refers to code, (also known as programs or scripts) that run on the web server.
- Web Design
- Web Design is distinguished from Web Development in ways that are somewhat subjective. Typically a web designer is interested in the aesthetics of a site. Using XHTML and CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) a web designer will layout the web pages, choose fonts, work with color schemes and site navigation. Often, as in the case of Future Wave Designs, the same person or staff will both design a site and serve as the web developer as well.
- Web Developer
- Web development is typically used to described the programming required to construct the "back end" of a website. The back end is the area of the site that isn't seen by visitors, but which does the work required in order to present the right information in the correct format to the visitors. Web development is used to describe any database-driven web designs using dynamic scripting languages like PHP, ASP, ASP.NET and Coldfusion. It also covers database design and development. The term can also be used for client-side scripting such as JavaScript and Java.
- Web Hosting
- Every website must be hosted somewhere. The words Web Host and Web Server can be used to mean almost the same thing. A web host, or web hosting provider, runs a web server that makes your site available on the web.
- Web Server
- A web server is an application that runs on a computer that is on the internet. So, a web server is a combination of hardware - the computer and components - and software, which runs on the computer system. The web server, serves the website when someone on the internet requests the web page in a browser.
- XML
- From Wikipedia: "The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose specification for creating custom markup languages. It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own elements."
- XHTML
- XHTML, and HTML refer to the tags that are used to define elements on a web page. These tags can include headings, paragraphs, images, list items and much more. Often HTML is used to refer to XHTML but there is a difference, though perhaps a technical issue. XHTML stands for eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language. This is the new standard recommendation by the World Wide Web Consortium, which replaces HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) an older standard; Often HTML is used to refer to the XHTML mark-up or file.