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background sound A sound file that you associate with a page. When the page is displayed in a Web browser, the sound file plays or repeats the number of times that you specify.
banner An image, usually displayed at the top of each page in a Web site, containing text and design elements.
Banner Ad Manager A FrontPage component that shows each of a series of designated images for a specified number of seconds, then transitions to the next image using any of several transition effects.
base URL A URL that you can assign to a page to convert relative URLs on that page into absolute URLs. A base URL should end with a document name part, such as http://example.microsoft.com/sample.htm, or a trailing slash, such as http://example.microsoft.com/subdir/. See also absolute URL.
baseline In text, the imaginary line drawn along the bottom of the main body of the letters. Descenders descend below the baseline. In a table, the cell property that aligns the baseline of text in a cell with the baseline of the tallest text in the row.
basic authentication An authentication protocol supported by Microsoft Internet Explorer. There is no encryption in this protocol.
bevel A three-dimensional effect applied to the border of an image. The FrontPage Editor’s image toolbar contains a Bevel command.
BMP The standard bitmap image format on Windows-compatible computers. Bitmap images can be saved for Windows or OS/2 systems and support 24-bit color.
bookmark A named location on a page that can be the target of a hyperlink. A bookmark can be applied to a set of characters or it can exist on a page separately from any text. Bookmarks allow authors to link to a specific section of a target page. In a URL, a bookmark is preceded by a pound-sign character (#). Also called anchor.
broken hyperlink In the FrontPage Explorer, a hyperlink that does not correctly point to a page or other Internet file. A broken hyperlink either indicates an incorrect URL or a missing page or file.
browser See Web browser.
bulleted list A paragraph style that creates a single list element, usually indicated by a bullet character. Also called an unordered list.
bulletin board An electronic forum that hosts posted messages and articles related to a common subject.
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