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| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (the first prefix of a web address) retrieves hypertext documents from a remote location for viewing on a local computer. |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol, or FTP, is a client-server protocol which allows a user on one computer to transfer files to and from another computer over a TCP/IP network. |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider. This is your connection to the Internet. You use an ISP to connect onto the Internet every time you log on. |
| IRC | An acronym for Internet Relay Chat. Worldwide real-time conferencing on the Internet, There are hundreds, maybe thousands of IRC channels, also called chat rooms. These chat rooms typically focus on specific topics, issue or commonality. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator - Acronym for a standard Web address |
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File Extension Acronyms The following acronyms refer to file formats we will see and use while exploring or developing materials for the World Wide Web. A "file extension" is a "suffix" usually comprised of three letters that follow the end point on a file or web address. |
| .doc | A DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows word document |
| .exe | A DOS/Windows program or a DOS/Windows Self Extracting Archive |
| .html or .htm | HTML (Hypertext Markup Language), the code the web is written in. |
| Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader Plug-in) | |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator - Acronym for a standard Web address |
| .txt | A plain old Text File |
| .zip pkzip | A common DOS/Windows compression format |
| .gif | GIF (Graphical Interchange Format), though not the most economical, is the most common graphics format found on the Internet. |
| .jpg, .jpeg | Joint Photographic Experts Group - JPEG/JFIF, a 24 bit graphic format |
| .png | An Acronym for Portable Network Graphics |
| .psd | The name of a Photoshop file |
| .tiff, .tif | TIFF is a very large high quality image format. (used for hardcopy publications) |
| .aiff | Audio Interchange File Format – a sound format commonly used by Apple and SGI |
| .au or .snd | audio/sound for Sun, Mac, NeXT, UNIX |
| .mid midi | common sound file format |
| .mpg, .mpeg | Moving Picture Experts Group - the standard movie platform for the 'net. (requires MPEG 3 plug-in) |
| .mov, .qt | QuickTime Movie, Apple Macintosh native movie platform (requires Quicktime plug-in) |
| .avi | Audio-Video Interleaved – Microsoft’s file format – desktop movies |
| .ram | RealAudio file (requires RealPlayer G3 plug-in) |
| .wav | Windows Wave format sound file |
| .voc | vocal Soundblaster |
Media Tertia - The Middle Medium 1999