Search engines are online services which can trawl through the contents of the Web (Websites, newsgroups, e-mail addresses) looking for specific phrases or words. The engine asks you for keywords and then provides a list of websites that contain your chosen words. Clicking on the listed websites will take you to the relevant web page. The most commonly used search engine on the web is Yahoo.

Q. What is a URL?
URL,(Uniform Resource Locator) – The standard way to give the address of any resource on the Internet that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW). A URL looks like this: http://www.techcoastdesigns.com.

Q. What is HTML?
(HTML) Hypertext Markup Language. The programming language of the World Wide Web, HTML software turns a document into a hyperlinked World Wide Web page.

Q. What are Meta Tags?
Meta Tags are invisible tags that are placed within your site in order that your site can be found by the search engines.

Q. What are jpg’s?
A jpg is widely-used graphic file format. Acronym of the Joint Photographic Experts Group. (It’s pronounced ‘Jay-peg’.)

Q. What is an Applet?
An applet is a small executable module, that normally doesn’t have the complete features and user interface of a normal application. Java is the language most commonly associated with applets. An applet is like a small piece of executable code that needs a full application to contain it.

The applet runs inside of the application in a “sand box” or “virtual machine,” which is a set of computer resources and instructions that make up an environment for the applet’s execution. An example of a java applet can be found on the navigation buttons within this site, the applet enables the buttons to move when you mouse over them.