Cyberspace Web Site Review Sheet
Common Web Site Acronyms
FTP: File Transfer Protocol - a method used to transfer documents across the Internet
HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol - the WWW protocol that performs the request and retrieve functions
of a server. The primary function of HTTP is to establish a connection with a web server and transmit
HTML pages to a browser.
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language - a language for creating hypertext documents.
URL: Uniform Resource Locator - the unique address to a file on the Internet.
CGI: Common Gateway Interface - a server side program or script that can be run from a web page.
Web Site Structure Information
index.html - This is the name of the homepage (main page) for your web site. Nearly every web site
created uses index.html as the main page of its web site.
public_html - This is the name of the folder in your Temple University astro account in which all files
must be placed in order to use them with your web site.
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