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3-D Secure ✔✔An XML-based protocol used by credit card companies to add security to online
credit and debit card transactions.
Active Server Pages (ASP) ✔✔a pr
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WGU C779 Vocabulary Latest Updated
2022 Already Graded A
3-D Secure ✔✔An XML-based protocol used by credit card companies to add security to online
credit and debit card transactions.
Active Server Pages (ASP) ✔✔a proprietary technology available only on Microsoft-specific
systems or systems with a special interpreter installed.
AJAX ✔✔Asynchronous JavaScript and XML: A programming methodology that uses a number
of existing technologies together and enables Web applications to make incremental updates to the
user interface without the need to reload the browser page.
application cache ✔✔A directory on a computer where applications, such as Internet apps, can be
stored and run without access to the original application.
Application Programming Interface (API) ✔✔A set of universal commands, calls and functions
that allows developers to communicate with an application or operating system.
bandwidth ✔✔The amount of information, sometimes called traffic, that can be carried on a
network at one time. The total capacity of a line. Also, the rate of data transfer over a network
connection; measured in bits per second.
block-level element ✔✔A markup element that affects at least an entire paragraph.
brand ✔✔A concept or collection of symbols associated with a product, service or person.
business-to-business (B2B) ✔✔An e-commerce model in which a Web-based business sells
products and/or services to other businesses.
business-to-consumer (B2C) ✔✔An e-commerce model in which a Web-based business sells
products and/or services to consumers or end users.
canvas ✔✔An HTML5 Application Programming Interface (API) used for rendering visual
images on the fly by providing scripts with a bitmap canvas.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) ✔✔A technology that allows greater style definition and formatting
control of HTML elements. Formatting can be placed within the HTML or called remotely from
an external style sheet.
character set ✔✔The group of symbols used to render text on a page.
client ✔✔An individual computer connected to a network. Also, a system or application (such as
a Web browser or user agent) that requests a service from another computer (the server) and is
used to access files or documents.
client-side script ✔✔Code embedded into an HTML page and downloaded by a user; resides on
the client and helps process Web form input. Common clientside scripting languages include
JavaScript and VBScript.
cloud computing ✔✔Software, infrastructure and platform services that are hosted by a remote
data center and provided to organizations or individuals over the Internet.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) ✔✔A program that processes data submitted by the user.
Allows a Web server to pass control to a software application, based on user request. The
application receives and organizes data, then returns it in a consistent format.
consumer-to-consumer (C2C) ✔✔An e-commerce model in which individual consumers sell
products or services to other consumers.
cookie ✔✔A text file that contains information sent between a server and a client to help maintain
state and track user activities. Cookies can reside in memory or on a hard drive.
customs ✔✔National departments responsible for controlling items entering and leaving the
country.
demographics ✔✔The study of groups of people. Specifically, the practice of gathering statistical
data by studying populations based on characteristics such as age, income and education.
dithering ✔✔The ability for a computer to approximate a color by combining the RGB values.
document type declaration () ✔✔A declaration of document or code type
embedded within an HTML, XHTML, XML or SGML document; identifies the version and
markup language used. Denoted by the declaration at the beginning of the
document.
Document Type Definition (DTD) ✔✔A set of rules contained in a simple text file that defines the
structure, syntax and vocabulary as it relates to tags and attributes for a corresponding document.
drag-and-drop ✔✔Functionality that allows a user to grab an object and move it to a different
location on a computer screen.
drop zone ✔✔An area of a Web page that has been defined as a place where dragged items can be
placed.
Dynamic HTML (DHTML) ✔✔An umbrella term that describes the combination of HTML,
script, styles and the Document Object Model (DOM) to provide Web page interactivity.
electronic commerce (e-commerce) ✔✔The integration of communications, data management and
security capabilities to allow organizations and consumers to exchange information related to the
sale of good and services.
emulator ✔✔A type of software that imitates a computer then allows non-native software to run
in a foreign environment. Sometimes also a hardware device.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) ✔✔A markup language that describes document content
instead of adding structure or formatting to document content. A simplified version of SGML.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
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