| EDDIC
|
Extended Dewey Decimal Internet Classification – The classification and indexing system suggested in this report. |
| Hits
|
An expression from the search engine world, meaning the resulting finds from a search done by a user. |
| HTML
|
HyperText Markup Language - The language that converts raw ASCII text
into formatted text, hyperlinks, and graphics for display in a World Wide Web browser. |
| HTTP
|
Hypertext Transfer Protocol - The set of rules for transferring text from a Web server to a browser over the Internet. |
| OCLC
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On-line Computer Library Center - A nonprofit, membership, library computer service and organization, dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs. |
| Spider
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Software for mapping the Internet by following the links on Web pages to all “corners” of the Web. The findings of the spiders are reported back to a search engine’s index. |
| URI
|
Universal Resource Identifier - An adressing system that provides unique identifiers for all resources in a defined universe. |
| URL
|
Uniform Resource Locator - The instance of a URI. All documents on
the World Wide Web have a unique URL pointing to them. A document formatted
using the HTTP protocol typically has the form:
“http://domain.name:port_number/directory_path/filename.html” |