Like all new technologies the World Wide Web quickly developed its own jargon.
Some words are technical, and some are just cute.
We provide definitions for some of the most common terms here, but a search on the the Internet will come up with hundreds of Web dictionaries. Active-X Microsoft's answer to Java. Adobe ImageReady makes GIF animation easy, and many Web sites offer other tools and animation. Applet Standalone application written in Java that can be run from an HTML document on any type of 32-bit operating system. Edge Technology A wry way to describe leading edge technology taken to its limits, with the page designers keeping their fingers crossed that it works on-line.