Iink: A connection between one area and another. A primary feature of interactive products is the ability of users to explore linked materials.

pixel: The smallest lighted segment on a computer monitor’s screen; the smallest segment of color in a digital image file.

platform: A set of hardware components, operating system, and delivery media that provides specific functions and capabilities for the production or playback of digital programming.

resolution: The granularity of a display or image typically indicated by dots per inch (dpi). The greater the dpi, and correspondingly smaller the individual dots, the greater the detail.

search engine: A database that allows internet users to find pertinent websites by entering specific subject terms. They are indexed by a variety of different methods, depending on the particular engine.

server: An Internet computer established by ISPs to respond to information requests from other computers on the network.

site: All the Web pages that branch from a particular home page.

URL (Uniform Resource Locator): An address for a file or location on the Internet.

World Wide Web (WWW): The part of the Internet made up of the collective websites that are often linked to various other sites to create a “web” of information. The Web is different from email and newsgroups.

XML (eXtensible Markup Language): A metalanguage written in SGML that allows one to design a markup language; allows for the easy interchange of documents on the World Wide Web.

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