Glossary of often used terms

I just thought that the best way to start off this post, whose title is self-explantory ;), would be to introduce for some and refresh for the others, all the terms we may need to familiarize ourselves with, that are oft used on the web:

URL: Universal Resource Locator and in terms we are more likely to understand - a web page address :D For example: http://www. abcd.com

In this again:
http is hyper text transfer protocol
www is the world wide web
abcd.com is the domain name

HTML: Hypertext markup language which helps us define the page layout, fonts and graphic elements as well as the hypertext links to other documents on the Web.

In this again:
Hypertext is an umbrella term for all links. It transfers the reader to related information on the web.

WYSIWYG: Problogger explains this best:

WYSIWYG stands for What You See Is What You Get. This acronym is used to distinguish a category of various media editors (graphics editors and text editors, for example), which represent the content you edit in almost the same way as the final product.

For instance, if you're talking about a WYSIWYG text editor, this implies that you're going to see your text on your screen in the same way it will look when you print it out – the same families and sizes of fonts, the same formatting, etc.

RSS:

Really simple syndication or the generally used term feeds. RSS benefits readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favoured websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.

Feeds is what helps us read all our subscriptions to various blogs in Google reader. We can also go a step ahead and look for websites that interest us on various topics and subscribe to their feeds. Looking at one place i.e. the reader will help you update yourself on all the new content and information that is available on your favourite websites.

Now I can't think anything more, but as and when I do, I'll make sure I update this post. My posts going forward will be on some tools that help ease your way on the web and in life in general.