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1. Web Site †††-A website (or "web site") is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are hosted on one web server, usually accessible via the Internet.


2. Internet - ††† The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels.

3. Web Pages ††† -A web page or webpage is a document or resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser and displayed on a computer screen.

4. URL †††-In computing, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it.[1] In popular usage and in many technical documents and verbal discussions it is often, imprecisely and confusingly, used as a synonym for uniform resource identifier. The confusion in usage stems from historically different interpretations of the semantics of the terms involved.[2] In popular language, a URL is also referred to as a Web address.

5. Traffic †††- Web traffic is the amount of data sent and received by visitors to a web site. It is a large portion of Internet traffic. This is determined by the number of visitors and the number of pages they visit.

6. HTML †††-HTML, an acronym for HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant markup language for web pages.

7. HTTP††† -Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems.[1] Its use for retrieving inter-linked resources led to the establishment of the World Wide Web.

8. Hyperlinks ††† - In computing, a hyperlink, usually shortened to link, is a directly followable reference within a hypertext document.

9. World Wide Web †††- In computing, a hyperlink, usually shortened to link, is a directly followable reference within a hypertext document.


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