Affiliate: internet partners promoting products or services, earning rewards for sales generated from their efforts

Application: a program or piece of software designed for a particular purpose

Audit: examination of systems

Backup: process of copying and storing computer data

Blog(site): a website used as an online journal, with chronological entries made by individuals

Browser: a computer program that makes it possible to read information on the internet, like Internet Explorer

Button: a clickable image or text to navigate to another area or page of a website

Cache: compressed content in the memory of a computer or a server

Categories: labeling to group or sort content in different sections

Cloud: place on the internet to store files

CMS (Content Management System): an application used to create and manage content of a website

Code: computer programming language

Control panel or Dashboard: where all of the behind-the-scene details of a website are managed

Dashboard or Control panel: where all of the behind-the-scene details of a website are managed

Domain: an address on the internet, ending in .com, .net, etc. such as ‘www.gritwebstudio.com’

Ebook: digital book to be read on a computer or other electronic device

Ebusiness or Ecommerce: the buying and selling of goods and services on the internet, or a company that does this

Ecommerce or Ebusiness: the buying and selling of goods and services on the internet, or a company that does this

Email: electronic mail that is sent and received via the internet

Emoji: a digital image that is added to a message in order to express an idea or feeling

Extension or File(name) extension: an identifier specified as a suffix to the name of a computer file and indicating the format of the file

Facebook: online social networking service

File(name) extension or Extension: an identifier specified as a suffix to the name of a computer file and indicating the format of the file

Flash: a system that allows people to run animations and dynamic presentations on the web

Google: best known for its search engine, email and other applications on the internet

Google+: internet-based social network owned by Google

Hack: an illegal modification (from outside) that causes a computer or online account to be compromised

Home page: the first page of a website, which usually gives an introduction to the business it belongs to

Html (Hyper Text Markup Language): a computer language devised to allow website creation

Instagram: internet-based photo sharing network service

Internet: the system of connected computers around the world that enables people to share information and communicate with each other

Internet Service Provider (ISP) or Provider: an organization that provides access to the internet

Keywords: words people use to search on your topic or expertise

Kindle: electronic device to read ebooks in Kindle format

LinkedIn: online networking service for professionals

Link: clickable text that brings the visitor to another area of the website or to an external site

Maintenance: actions to keep a site up to date, protected and healthy

Malware: malicious, hostile and intrusive software

Menu bar or Navigation: a list of options on a horizontal or vertical bar, to navigate between the pages of a website

Meta description: describes and summarizes the contents of your page to search engines

Navigation or Menu bar: a list of options on a horizontal or vertical bar, to navigate between the pages of a website

Online: connected to the internet

Open source software: free software that is developed by a user community and available for everyone

Page: static entry that remains where assigned on the website

PayPal: an e-commerce business that facilitates payments and money transfers through the internet. Payment can be made via a PayPal account or credit card.

PDF (Portable Document Format): a file format which can be easily viewed and printed on any type of computer with the free downloadable reader from Adobe

Permalink or Permanent link: URL (address) of a page or post that will remain unchanged

Plugin: a tool (small program) used to extend the functionality of a website or add fun parts to it

Podcast: episode of a series of digital audio/video files

Post: dynamic journal entry on a blog organized by date

Provider or Internet Service Provider (ISP): an organization that provides access to the internet

Ransomware: malware that threatens to publish user’s personal info or block access to it in exchange for a ransom

RSS (Really Simple Syndication): visitors can subscribe via RSS to a site’s updates or blog posts

Search engine: software system to search information on the internet

SEO (Search Engine Optimization): strategies, techniques and tactics used so that a site can be found easier by search engines, which leads to an increase of visitors to the site

Server:  a computer that provides services (e.g. delivering data) to other computers

Side bar: a column on the left or right side of a web page

Site or Website: a collection of web pages with a variety of content (text & media) hosted on a web server

Site maintenance: actions to keep a site up to date, protected and healthy

Skype: application that allows video and voice calls via the internet

Social media: tools used to create and share information through virtual communities on the internet (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.)

Spam: unwanted email, usually advertisements

Spyware: software that gathers information without the user’s knowledge

Static site: website with content that does not change (often)

Tag: keyword or term assigned to a piece of information

Template or Theme: pre-designed web page that can be customized with images or text to fit user’s needs

Theme or Template: pre-designed web page that can be customized with images or text to fit user’s needs

Twitter: online social networking service allowing limited number of characters for expressions

URL: Uniform Resource Locator or web address refers to a location on the internet, like ‘https://www.gritwebstudio.com/contact/’

User friendly: easy to use or understand

Web or World Wide Web: the system of connected digital documents (text & media) on the internet

Web browser: a computer program that makes it possible to read information on the internet, like Internet Explorer

Web hosting: the service that allows someone to rent space from the internet to build a website

Web mail: e-mail that can be accessed with any internet connection in the world (i.e. Gmail)

Web master: a person who manages a website and its content

Web shop: shop on a website where ordering and payment occur online

Website or Site: a collection of web pages with a variety of content (text & media) hosted on a web server

Widget: element of interaction visible on the site, like a button, calendar or list

World Wide Web or Web: the system of connected digital documents (text & media) on the internet

WordPress: the most popular tool (CMS) to create and manage any website, even a webshop