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absolute URL The full Internet address of a page or other World Wide Web resource. The absolute URL includes a protocol, such as “http,” network location, and optional path and file name. For example, http://example.microsoft.com/ is an absolute URL. See also URL.
active hyperlink A hyperlink that is currently selected in a Web browser. Some Web browsers indicate the active hyperlink by changing its color.
active page The page currently being edited in the FrontPage Editor.
ActiveX control A component that can be inserted in a page to provide functionality not directly available in HTML, such as animation sequences, credit-card transactions, or spreadsheet calculations. ActiveX controls can be implemented in a variety of programming languages from Microsoft and third parties.
address A paragraph style usually used to render URLs on a page or to supply signatures or other indications of authorship. Address paragraphs are usually displayed in italics and are sometimes indented. See also network location.
All Files View The FrontPage Explorer view that displays all the files in a FrontPage web in a single list, along with information about each file, such as name, size, and file type. Views in the FrontPage Explorer provide different ways of looking at the information in your FrontPage web, so that you can effectively manage your site.
All Folders Pane In the FrontPage Explorer’s Folders view, the left portion of the screen, which shows all the folders and files in the current FrontPage web.
All Pages Pane In the FrontPage Explorer’s Hyperlinks view, the left portion of the screen, which shows all the pages in the current FrontPage web.
animated GIF A file containing a series of GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) images that are displayed in rapid sequence by some Web browsers, giving an animated effect. See also GIF.
anchor See bookmark.
anonymous FTP A file transfer (FTP) service in which any user can copy files by logging on with the name “anonymous.” See also FTP.
applet See Java applet.
article A single entry in a discussion group or newsgroup. An article can be a response to a previous article.
ascender The part of a lowercase letter that rises above the main body of the letter.
ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) The predominant method for encoding 7-bit characters on a Personal Computer. HTML tags and URLs must be in ASCII.
ASP (Active Server Page) A method for creating programs that run on a Web server, first available on the Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0. See also IIS.
aspect ratio The ratio of an image’s width to its height.
authentication database A database on a server that matches user names to passwords.
