A Directory of Geek Speak

ASP.Net development
A series of steps to build or grow Active Server Pages. ASP.NET is a set of web development technologies marketed by Microsoft. Programmers can use this set of technologies to build web applications and XML web services.

XML web services
XML is short for Extensible Markup Language. A version of SGML that allows one to design a customized markup language, used to allow for the easy interchange of documents and data on the World Wide Web or between software components.

Meta tags
A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page. Unlike normal HTML tags, meta tags do not affect how the page is displayed. Instead, they provide information such as who created the page, how often it is updated, what the page is about, and which keywords represent the page's content. Many search engines use this information when building their indices.
SGML: Short for Standard Generalized Markup Language. A standardized markup language for describing the structure and formatting of a computer document. Sections of the document are set off by embedded tags. The tags and the relationships among the groups they represent are described in a DTD (Document Type Definition). The tags do not directly specify what the display of the document will look like, so different applications can display the information differently.

SQL
Structured query language. An industry-standard language for creating, updating and, querying relational database management systems. SQL was developed by IBM in the 1970s.

Databases
A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval.

Developers
One who programs, sets routines, and organizes symbolic computer languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation.

Shopping carts
Online catalogs: Virtual graphic catalog of what you are offering. Similar to a mailing type catalog, however, offered over the Internet.

WCTP
Wireless Communications Transfer Protocol. WCTP provides a simple way to make a link between the Internet and a TAP (connection) compliant paging terminal. In order to send to a carrier uses WCTP you must define their carriers settings.

Freight calculators
A program to calculate freight prices without proceeding to the secure checkout.

E-commerce
Commerce that is transacted electronically, as over the Internet.

Hits
Contacts made to a particular location; such as visits per day to an online retail store.

SKU navigation
The process of searching out a particular area or specific product. Often refers to the “Search” ability or “Find” function.

Coding
Computers. the symbolic arrangement of statements or instructions in a computer program in which letters, digits, etc. are represented as binary numbers; the set of instructions in such a program: That program took 3000 lines of code. No coding skills required at all with STRADAMODA Online Systems. If you can type in Word, you have the skills necessary.

E-mail marketing
Using electronic mail to market your product or service.

BLOG
A user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide information such as opinions or comments on a particular subject; some function as more personal online diaries. Some typical blogs combine text, images, and links to other blogs or webpages related to its topic. The ability to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual.

Title
Specifies a title about the element. Some browsers will display this information when the mouse pointer hovers over the element, others display the information in the right-click menu. Source

Alt
The alt attribute is an attribute of the img tag and is meant to be an alternative for non-visual browsers when they come across images. This means, that the text is meant to be used when the image is not visible on the page. Instead, what is displayed (or read) is the alternative text.
Many browsers also display the alt text when the customer rests their mouse on the image. This means that the text should be clear and easy to read and not create a huge popup nightmare for any reader pausing their mouse on your page.
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