Glossary of Terms

In an effort to provide our clients with a better understanding of the more commonly used Internet terminology, we have created this Glossary of Internet Terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms.

 

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J-mail  ::   Electronic junk mail.

Java  ::   A new object-oriented programming language for creating distributed executable applications. Hot Java is a browser capable of carrying out applet commands written in the Java programming language. Javascript and Java are unrelated programming languages.

JavaScript  ::   JavaScript is an object-based, client-side scripting language developed by Netscape. Embedded in the head section of a web document, It can produce interactivity to a web page dynamically.

JPG, JPEG  ::   Abbreviation for Joint Photographic Group. A compression and decompression standard for Web graphics. Unlike .gif, the .jpg format supports up to 16 million colors which makes it a superior method of presenting color photographs. JPG files cannot be animated or made transparent.