Internet Word of the Day Archive

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  • August 01, 2008

    career-limiting move - Word of the Day Jargon

    Used among microserfs to describe an ill-advised activity. Trashing your boss while he or she is within earshot is a serious CLM.


  • August 02, 2008

    careware - Word of the Day Jargon

    A form of shareware in which the author requests that you donate the fee to a designated charity.


  • August 03, 2008

    OPS - Word of the Day Jargon

    An Internet standard for handling the privacy of user information, similar to P3P. OPS assures the secure transfer of data from a user's browser but doesn't require a Web site to embed its privacy policy in its HTML code. Where a P3P-enabled browser automatically sends the profiling information approved by the user, an OPS browser requires the user to manually choose what info will be sent to the Web site.


  • August 04, 2008

    clickable graphic - Word of the Day Jargon

    An image or graphic that has been coded to contain interactive areas. When it's clicked on, it launches another Web page or program. There's a subtle distinction between an imagemap and a clickable graphic. An imagemap usually has many different hyperlinked areas, known as links. For example, an imagemap of a country could be coded so that when a user clicks on a city or region, the browser is routed to a document or Web page about that place. A clickable graphic, on the other hand usually contains just one link.



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