Wow!!! I wish I could have said that! Maybe next time I can! Naw--- ---------- > 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 !! > > > > > > > > > > > ==== DanvilleCrossing Mailing List ==== > Hi Ho! Hi Ho! Now where did my ancestors go ?? >