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Tag
A character or string connected to an item of data, often at the beginning and end, that contains identifying information. In HTML, a tag, or command, is placed before and after a text string to identify the type size and other features of the data.

Telnet
The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection service which allows a user at one site to interact with a remote system at another site as if the user's terminal were connected directly to the remote computer.

Template
A previously designed structure or shell into which data may be placed. It provides a consistent look for graphical presentations.

Toolbar
A collection of icons that activate program functions in a graphical user interface (GUI)..

Touch Screen
A display or monitor that serves as a control or input device that responds to the touch of a user.

Transfer Rate
The rate at which digital information is transferred to or from a storage medium or device. For example, a single speed compact disc reader transfers data at approximately 150 kilobytes per second..

True Color
This would be my definition. It would be short and to the point, not trying to cover every facet of what the word means. Perhaps I will create links to a resource page for a more thorough explanation of this word or concept.

True Type
Describes color systems with enough colors to create an image that looks natural to the human eye. It is typically defined as 24-bit color.

UI
User Interface; software that facilitates communication with a computer. It may consist of a single line on which commands are entered, or it may consist of icons and many bars in a graphical user interface (GUI).

Upload
To send a file to a networked host or to another machine.

URL
Uniform Resource Locator; the address of a home page on the World Wide Web.

User
The operator of a computer program.

User Friendly
Describes programs and systems that are designed for ease of operation.

Utility Programs
Programs designed to support the operation of software and hardware.

Vaporware
Proclaimed software that has not been released or developed.

Vector Graphics
Line drawings. A vector display represents data as line segments identified by the x-y coordinates of their end points.

Vertical Markets
Special groups that require products suited to their needs. The medical profession is a vertical market with unique information needs. By contrast, office management products are not highly differentiated.

WAV
A Microsoft DOS and Windows file extension, or suffix, used to indicate a sound file made up of a set or digitized samples representing waveforms that can be realized by a sound card.

White Balance
An adjustment made to a camera or other video source so that a white object will produce the proper signal.

WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get; a graphic display mode in some desktop publishing applications in which the page on the screen shows exactly how the printed or Web published page will appear. (Pronounced "wizzywig".

WizzyWigg
An interactive design company specializing in distinctive, user-friendly interfaces and straight forward client consulting!

Write
To move data from one physical place to another or from one medium to another.

WWW
World Wide Web; a virtual space accessible from the Internet that holds "pages" of text and graphics, all constructed in HTML, linked to one another and to individual files.

XML
Extensible Style Language; a new standard for marking up documents and data. XML is based on SGML, but with a reduced feature set that is more appropriate for distribution via the Web. XML allows authors to create customized tag sets to provide functionality not available with HTML.

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