An advertising network has the ability to deliver unique combinations of audiences as they can deliver banners across multiple sites. An animation created by combining multiple GIF images which are displayed one after the other at determined time intervals to give the appearance of movement. Most advertising banners are animated GIFs. Applet A small program that can run inside another program to provide additional capabilities e.g. Java in Netscape, or Notepad in Windows. Application A software product such as WordPerfect, Corel Draw, Excel, and Access.
Applications are programs that perform complex tasks for computer users.
Archie A database service that automatically gathers, indexes, and catalogues files on Internet servers. The initial implementation of Archie provided an indexed directory of filenames from all anonymous FTP archives on the Internet. Later versions provide other collections of information. A branch of computer science that is working towards endowing computers with capabilities of human intelligence. For example, speech recognition.