C - Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster

Cable modem - A device allowing high speed access to the Internet over the same wiring used by Cable Television networks.

Cabling - Cables used to link computers together so they form a network and can communicate with each other.

Cache - A folder on a computer that stores pages already visited on the web. Used to reduce download times, especially when clicking the 'back' button on a web browser.

CD-ROM - One of the most popular formats for storing large amounts of electronic information. A CD-ROM can store 400 times as much information as a floppy, equivalent to 300,000 pages of text or one hour of video and audio footage.

CGI - (Common Gateway Interface) -This is the mechanism by which a 'script' receives the data entered by a web user (when you fill in an online form and click 'submit', for example).

Client/server - A type of computer system that has a powerful main computer (the server or file server) and a string of computers linked to it (clients).

Co-location - This is where a company places its own server (high-powered computer) in the data centre of a hosting company. Responsibility for the maintenance of the server resides with the company that owns it.

Configuration - The way a computer or piece of software is connected or set up to operate in a particular way.

Cookie - An information item placed on your computer by certain web sites you visit. This information can then be read by the same web site should you return at a later date. Some individuals see cookies as an invasion of privacy and so configure their web browser not to accept them.

Coverage - The land area where mobile phone services are available.

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