H - Web Design & Internet Jargon Buster

Hard disk - Situated inside the computer, the hard disk stores permanent data.

Home page - The first page you see when you connect to a website. Getting your home page right is one of the first essentials for e-commerce.

Host - A company that leases its server (computer) space to websites.

HTML (hypertext mark-up language) - The computer language web pages are written in. You do not need to learn to write HTML code, as there are inexpensive software packages that will do the coding for you, behind the scenes. Variants, such as DHTML and XML, are now becoming more popular types of code. Pages written in these new formats can be used in newer internet browsers.

HTTP (HyperText Transport Protocol) - The communications mechanism used to exchange information on the Internet.

Hyperlink - A connection linking different pieces of information on the web. Hyperlinks (or 'hot links') appear as hot spots on a web page, in the form of highlighted words or images. By clicking on the hyperlink, the reader can instantly jump to another part of your site or to a completely different website.

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