Acronym for Backus-Naur Form. This was originally a syntax used to define the ALGOL programming language in the late 1950s/early 60s. First created by John Backus and refined a year later by Peter Nau [..]

Also known as a web client or User Agent. A World Wide Web access program that can request documents or other files from a web server, and render/execute them on a user's display device.

Acronym for Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (formerly known as Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support.) CALS is a Department of Defense (DoD) strategy for achieving effective c [..]

Abbreviation for Character Data. CDATA is a data type model used in SGML and XML with DTDs. According to HTML 4.0, "CDATA is a sequence of characters from the document character set and may inclu [..]

Acronym for 'Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire.' This is a research center for high energy physics in Geneva, Switzerland - It is also the birthplace of the World Wide Web. See al [..]

Acronym for 'Common Gateway Interface'. This is the specification governing how Web browsers can communicate with and request services from Web servers. CGI also includes the format and synt [..]

Color dithering simulates a color value that can't be displayed using a mixture of displayable colors, eg: gray can be created by mixing black and white values. This allows non-displayable colors [..]

Acronym for Document Type Definition. This is a formal SGML specification for a document. A DTD defines the structural elements and combinatorial rules that can be used to create instances of document [..]

Acronym for European Computer Manufacturer's Association - a standards body. One standard they have created is EcmaScript (the standards-version of JavaScript.)

Acronym for File Transfer Protocol. A TCP/IP-based protocol used on the Internet to copy files to and from FTP servers elsewhere on a network.