Responsive Web Design Responsive web design (or “RWD”) is a type of web design that provides a customized viewing experience for different browser platforms. A website created with RWD will display a different interface depending on what device is used to access the site. For example, a responsive website may appear one way on a …
RTMP Stands for “Real-Time Messaging Protocol.” RTMP is a protocol designed for transmitting audio and video over the Internet. It is used to stream multimedia content on demand and also supports live streaming. Streaming over RTMP requires a media server, such as Adobe Media Server (AMS). Clients connect to the streaming server over TCP, typically …
Scraping Scraping, or “web scraping,” is the process of extracting large amounts of information from a website. This may involve downloading several web pages or the entire site. The downloaded content may include just the text from the pages, the full HTML, or both the HTML and images from each page. There are many different …
Search Engine A search engine is a web-based software tool that helps locate information on the Internet. A search engine first creates an index of web pages using page titles, content and other metadata. When a user enters a query into a search engine, it looks for matching pages in its index, runs an algorithm …
Servlet A servlet is a Java program that runs on a Web server. It is similar to an applet, but is processed on the server rather than a client’s machine. Servlets are often run when the user clicks a link, submits a form, or performs another type of action on a website. Both servlets and …
Session In the computing world, a session refers to a limited time of communication between two systems. Some sessions involve a client and a server, while other sessions involve two personal computers. A common type of client/server session is a Web or HTTP session. An HTTP session is initiated by a Web browser each time …
Sitemap A sitemap (sometimes spelled “site map”) is an overview of the webpages on a website. It typically includes a link to every page on the website, or at least those pages the webmaster considers important. A sitemap can help visitors to a website find a specific page while also providing web crawlers with an …
Skyscraper While not as common as the banner ad, the skyscraper is another prevalent form of Web advertising. Skyscraper ads, which are tall and narrow, get their name from the tall buildings you often see in big cities. They are typically placed to the left or right of the main content on the page, which …
Slashdot When a website experiences a sudden and overwhelming surge in traffic due to a mention on a high-traffic site, the server may become completely unreachable. This phenomenon is called being “slashdotted.” The term originated in October 1998 after a press release was published on Slashdot.org, a popular technology news website. The publication caused a …
Smishing Smishing is a combination of the terms “SMS” and “phishing.” It is similar to phishing, but refers to fraudulent messages sent over SMS (text messaging) rather than email. The goal of smishing is to capture people’s personal information. In order to do this, “smishers” send out mass text messages designed to capture the recipients’ …