(HyperText Markup Language) The document format used on the Web. Web pages are built with HTML tags (codes) embedded in the text. HTML defines the page layout, fonts and graphic el

(EXtensible Markup Language) An open standard for describing data from the W3C. It is used for defining data elements on a Web page and business-to-business documents. XML uses a s

In the bustle of announcements surrounding OSCON, Blackhat, and the Ajax Experience one single, incredibly important, announcement was made: The introduction of two new Mozilla pro

Server-side scripting is a web server technology in which a user's request is fulfilled by running a script directly on the web server to generate dynamic HTML pages. It is usu

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a software component that can be added to or is included with Microsoft Windows operating system. It provides a large body of pre-coded solutions to

Information in more than one form. It includes the use of text, audio, graphics, animation and full-motion video. Multimedia programs are typically games, encyclopedias and trainin

The word Web is usually capitalized when referring to the World Wide Web: Many sites on the Web have information about used cars.

An object-oriented programming language that is platform independent (the same Java program runs on all hardware platforms without modification). Developed by Sun, Java is widely u

The different notations used to communicate algorithms to a computer. A computer executes a sequence of instructions (a program) in order to perform some task. In spite of much wri

Soft skills refer to the cluster of personality traits, social graces, facility with language, personal habits, friendliness, and optimism that mark people to varying degrees. Soft

A computer database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system so that a computer program or person using a query language can consult it to

The software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The operating sy

Software Testing is the process of executing a program or system with the intent of finding errors. Or, it involves any activity aimed at evaluating an attribute or capabilit

SAP is the name of the company founded in 1972 under the German name (Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing) is the leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) soft

In the world of computers, networking is the practice of linking two or more computing devices together for the purpose of sharing data. Networks are built with a mix of computer h

Microsoft Office is an office suite from Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X operating systems. Along with core office applications, it includes associated servers a

This Chapter introduces you to accounting as a profession, and as it is used to make financial and business decisions. Billions of dollars exchange hands every day, in millions of