Here's
a list of website development technical terms used at proshay.com.
Just a little helpful glossary.
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D -
Database
- A collection of information stored in an organized fashion,
suitable for updating and viewing the information contained
within frequently and easily. A database application is required
to access the information in a database.
DDE - Short for Dynamic Data Exchange; the
method by which different applications can communicate with
eachother. For example, installation programs use DDE to communicate
with your Start Menu (or the Program Manager in Windows 3.x)
to add new program icons.
Deep
crawl Deep crawls are performed once a month by the
main Google spider
Googlebot; all pages of a site are visited during a deep
crawl.
Default
An original, factory setting. For example, the taskbar is
located at the bottom of the Windows screen by default, but
you can move it to any side of the screen by dragging it with
the mouse.
Defragment
Using the Disk Defragmenter application, you can fix all the
files on your hard disk that have become fragmented . When
many files become fragmented, your hard disk performance is
slower, and the danger of file corruption is greater, so it
is a good idea to defragment often. This is also known as
Optimizing your hard disk.
Desktop
The blank area on your screen behind all the windows. The
dekstop can hold icons, because it is really a directory on
the hard disk. Right-click on the desktop to change its many
properties.
Directory
A container for files - it can have any name, but always has
a yellow folder for its icon. Also called Folder. Every directory
has its own icon, into which other icons can be dropped. As
opposed to search engines, search directories use humans to
review and place websites in alphabetical order under defined
categories and sub-categories. The best-known directories
are Yahoo! and the Open Directory Project (OPD).
Disk
A storage device used to hold files and directories. There
are hard disks and floppy disks.
Diskette
Another name for floppy disk.
Driver
A piece of software that assists your computer in using a
specific device, such as a printer or scanner. Buggy drivers
cause the majority of problems with a computer. (more information)
Document
This is the file you create in an application - an example
is a letter that you've written in a Word Processor. Every
document has its own icon.
Domain
Name - The top level web address or uniform resource
locator (URL) that corresponds in the DNS records to the IP
address where the site is hosted. Garden-tips.com is a domain
name.
DOS
Disk Operating System - the first Operating System available
for the PC platform. See Command Prompt. Easily recognized
by the C:\> prompt.
Dynamic
Content - Content on a page from a database which
is called based on the query parameters. This content is generally
not able to be indexed by the search engines.
