Don't feel bad, Ronda...the computer great sysops and gurus of the world seem to delight in creations that involve initials...and while we get used to using the initials and in context begin to learn what they apply to, the actual words they stand for often get lost in the shuffle...plenty of computer savy people don't know that when you pin them down so you aren't alone in not knowing. I bet if I asked the sysop where I work (who can manage to fix a lot of things), she would not have a clue what some of the simple initials she tosses around like I talk about truffles and scones really stand for. In answer to your question: 1. HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. In simple words it is a way of typing things (format commands) so that web pages actually look like they do. When your browser goes to them it reads the WAY the underlying code (which you can't see) is written and it interprets it so that you see what you see....think of it as the webpage you see is not really like that underneath at all...it is Russian and you are Spanish and you have to have an interpreter not only to read it but to SEE it...your browser is the interpreter. If you wanna really LOOK at some of the gobblety gook sometime on your browser go up top and click on "view", then look at "source"...that is what html really looks like. That funny writing puts in the font, the colors, the pictures, you name it. 2. URL stands for uniform resource locator or universal resource locator. Sounds about as foreign as the initials, right? It really is pretty simple too, though, once you know. They are SIMPLY the ADDRESS you type in to go to a website! They move from general to specific. When you write an old time snail mail letter, you move from specific to general ....like Jim WhoEver; 400 WHatsit Drive; Jingle Bells, Outta here; 40000....well with website addresses it is is opposite: http://www(world wide web). ourworld(server address or domain)/JimWhoever (directory)/index.htm (the specific file it is all in). Sheesh...all ya really have to know is if someone wants you to go to a URL they are talking about a website addy, and if they say don't send in HTML they mean use plain text.... oh boy. Hope this helped. jan Listowner: Tnstewar-L@rootsweb.com Tnstewar-D@rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tinitiger6@aol.com> To: <DanvilleCrossing-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 4:18 PM Subject: Re: From Listowner - Please Read > What do the initials HTML, URL stand for? I do not know most of the > abbreviations used in computer language. Haven't been doing this that long. > Thanks for your help. > > Ronda > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > GENEALOGY is like Hide & Seek: > They Hide & I Seek !! > > > >