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DNS, How The Internet Keeps Track of Names
The way computers communicate is, in a way, very similar to something very familiar: the postal system that delivers letters and packages. Here’s how…
The Internet is just what the name suggests, a large inter-connected set of networks. But those networks are pointless without the one part that forms what is called [...]
The Internet and How It Works
In one sense, detailing the statement in the title would require at least a book. In another sense, it can’t be fully explained at all, since there’s no central authority that designs or implements the highly distributed entity called The Internet.
But the basics can certainly be outlined, simply and briefly. And it’s [...]
Internet Country Codes
US Based TLD’s:
.com - Commercial
.edu - Educational
.gov - US Government
.int - International Organisations
.mil - US Dept of Defense
.net - Networks
.org - Organisations
.pro - Professionals
.biz - Businesses
.info - Informational
.aero - Travel
.museum - You guessed it!
.coop - Co-operative
.name - Personal names
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.ac Ascension Island
.ad Andorra
.ae United Arab Emirates
.af Afghanistan
.ag Antigua and [...]
Paths - URLs - and URIs
Learn some more webmaster lingo today. Here we’ll show you paths, urls, and uri’s. Check out the rest…
Paths
A path specifies the location of a file or directory (folder) on a computer. A simple path looks like this:
/user/jones/notes
The components of a path are separators (the “/” character) and file or directory names. There is always [...]
Bits and bytes to - KBs? MEGS? GIGS?
Have you ever wondered how many Bytes are in a KB? How many KB’s are in a MB? How many MB’s are in a GB? Hmmmm….? Read on….
Bits and Bytes
8 bits = 1 byte
1,024 bytes = 1 kilobyte (Kb)
1,024 kilobytes (Kb) = 1 megabyte (mb or meg)
1,024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte (gb or gig)
Web Glossary
This is an alphabetical list of Web Building Glossary Terms. Nice little glossary for referencing terms you may not know the meaning to.
Access
A database system from Microsoft. A part of Microsoft Office. Mostly used on low traffic web sites running on the Windows platform.
ADO (ActiveX Data Object)
A Microsoft technology that provides data access to any [...]
Press Release Content Basics
There are seven basic elements that every press release should have in terms of content and how it appears.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: These words should appear in the upper left-hand margin, just under your letterhead. You should capitalize every letter.
Contact Information: Skip a line or two after release statement and list the name, title, telephone and [...]
10 Essential Tips to Ensure Your Press Release Makes the News
You don’t want to waste time when writing your press release if it’s not up to par. Read our ten essential tips to ensure your press release makes the news as you intended.
1.) Make sure the information is newsworthy.
2.) Tell the audience that the information is intended for them and why they should continue to [...]
