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Anchor
Synonymous
with hyperlinks, anchor refers to non-linear links among
documents. Or more simply put, it's the word or phrase that can
be selected to connect to another page or resource.
Anchor Color
You
guessed it--the color on screen that represents the anchors. The
reason so many are blue is that is often the default color. This
color can be changed to any combination of red, green and blue.
Agent
Agents
are search tools that automatically seek out relevant online
information based on your specifications. Agents are also called
intelligent agents, personal agents, knowbots or droids.
Annotations
Personal
notes you can attach to the documents you have saved in your Web
browser. The notes are available to you whenever the document is
viewed.
Archie
Derived
from the word archive, Archie is a Net-based service that
allows you to locate files that can be downloaded via FTP.
ASCII
(pronounced
"Ask-ee") An acronym for American Standard Code for
Information Exchange, ASCII is an international standard in
which numbers, letters, punctuation marks, symbols and control
codes are assigned numbers from 0 to 127. Easily transferred
over networks, ASCII is a plain, unadorned text without style or
font specifications.
Asychronous
Connection
The
type of connection a modem makes over a phone line, this
connection is not synchronized by a mutual timing signal or
clock.
AU Sounds
This
is an audio format developed for Sun workstations and often used
to distribute sound clips via the Web.
Authoring
Software
This
term refers to software that enables the creation of multimedia
or hypertext documents and presentations.
Avatar
This term refers to an interactive representation
of a human in a virtual reality environment; term was
popularized by Neal Stephenson's novel "Snow Crash."
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