Cyberspace Copyright: Glossary


There are very few terms that really need to be defined for the purpose of this document. However, there are some terms whose definitions may not be immediately apparent and it is necessary for the reader to have a clear definition of each term. Most of these definitions are our defintions and based on how we will use the terms. The remainder should be common knowledge, but are still very relevant.
code
Refers to HTML tags used to create documents for the WWW.
content
Any text and/or graphics as used to contribute to the meaning of a document.
formating
The physical layout of a document as dictated by the embedded HTML tags.
graphic
Any non-textual element, not specifically included in the HTML specification, that is added to the document.
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language, the standard set of tags used on the World Wide Web to create Web pages.
material world
The non-cyberspace world.
papertext
Any work produced on paper.
WWW
World Wide Web

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Copyright 1996 Allan Kotmel and Paulo Morales
Created for Writing to the World Wide Web at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Questions and comments can be emailed to Allan at kotmea@rpi.edu or to Paulo at moralp@rpi.edu