The Internet , The Web and Electronic Commerce

HTML

• HTML is a language for describing web pages.

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.

• HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language

• HTML can describe web pages by using markup tags that call HTML tags

JAVASCRIPT

• An interpreted programming or script language from netscape.

• This script will make your text string form a wave and then scroll within the defined area.

• It was created using the Advanced Effect Maker that allows user to create more than 160 Flash and JavaScript effect

APPLETS

• A program written in the Java programming languge that can be include in an HTML page, much in the same way an image is included in a page.

• When you use a Java technology-enabled browser to view a page that contains an applet

• Applet's code is transferred to your system and executed by the Java Virtual Machine.(JVM)
  

BUSINESS-to-CONSUMER E-COMMERCE

• The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet between a merchant and a consumer.

CONSUMER-to-CONSUMER E-COMMERCE

• E-business transactions conducted between two individuals

• There are many sites offering free classifieds, auctions, and forums where individuals can buy and sell thanks to online payment systems like PayPal where people can send and receive money online with ease.

• Provides succinct definitions of the many terms related to managing and implementing Internet marketing today

FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL (FTP)

• A standard Internet protocol, is the simplest way to exchange files between computers on the Internet.

• Commonly used to transfer Web page files from their creator to the computer that acts as their server for everyone on Internet.

• It's also commonly used to download programs and other files to your computer from other servers.
  

FILTERS

• A program that accepts a certain type of data as input, transforms it in some manner, and then outputs the transformed data.

• A pattern through which data is passed. Only data that matches the pattern is allowed to pass through the filter.

• In paint program and image editors, a filter is an effect that can be applied to a bit map.Some filters mimic conventional photographic filters, but many transform images in unusual ways.A pointillism filter, for example, can make a digitized photograph look like a pointillistic painting.