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+<h2><a name="pagetop">Glossary</a></h2>\r
+<p class="normaltext">This page contains definitions for many of the words and\r
+expressions you may encounter while working with Moodle.</p>\r
+<p class="normaltext">If you don't find the answer here try the <a href="http://moodle.org/mod/forum/index.php?id=5">Using \r
+ Moodle</a> course on moodle.org, and search the forums for keywords. You may \r
+ have to try a few different search phrases before you find a resolution.</p>\r
+<p class="normaltext">If you still can't find any answers try posting your question \r
+ on the appropriate forum in <a href="http://moodle.org/mod/forum/index.php?id=5">Using \r
+ Moodle</a> - someone should be able to help you.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="active-x"></a>Active-X</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A proprietary method of controlling certain functions (applets) in a web page</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="applet"></a>applet</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Most late version browsers can run these small\r
+programs if the <a href="#active-x">Active-X</a> or <a href="#java">Java</a> feature in the browser has been enabled.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="ascii"></a>ASCII</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">American Standard Code for Information Interchange</p>\r
+<p class="answer">Certain file types require that you upload in ASCII mode when using your <a href="#ftp">FTP</a> program.\r
+It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings. </p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="binary"></a>binary</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Certain file types require that you upload in binary mode when\r
+using your <a href="#ftp">FTP</a> program. It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="css"></a>Cascading Style Sheets</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#css">CSS</a> below.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="css"></a>CSS</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Abbreviation for "Cascading Style Sheets".\r
+CSS is used as a style template to make it easier to update the look of many\r
+web pages at the same time and CSS also makes it possible to have several pages\r
+that all follow a similar theme. CSS is an extremely efficient method of building\r
+complex web sites. Will eventually be replaced by <a href="#xsl">XSL</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="cvs"></a>CVS</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Concurrent Versioning System is simply a method of storing files\r
+on a <a href="#server">server</a> that ensures that all persons working on that file are always working on the\r
+most recent version of that file.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="database"></a>database</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">The term " database ", as used in Moodle, applies to\r
+an electronic collection of information.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="dataroot"></a>dataroot</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">The place where Moodle can save uploaded files. This\r
+directory should be readable and writeable by the web server user\r
+but it should not be accessible directly via the web.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="domainname"></a>domain name</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A unique address on the internet. ie. http://www.moodle.org</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="directory"></a>directory</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#dirroot">dirroot</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="dirroot"></a>dirroot</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A root directory has content and a name. This root directory may contain\r
+several sub-directories and the name is the location on your <a href="#server">server</a>\r
+where your Moodle files will reside after you <a href="#upload">upload</a> them.\r
+A website may contain several root directories each containing a seperate Moodle\r
+installation. Your Moodle installation may be located at http://www.yoursite.com/moodle/\r
+in which case your " dirroot " would be ie. http://www.moodle.org/moodle\r
+<br>\r
+If you had two Moodle sites on the same server then each would have a distinct\r
+" dirroot "\r
+<br>\r
+ie. http://www.yoursite.com/school26 & http://www.yoursite.com/school27\r
+<br>\r
+Therefore /school26 is a dirroot and /school27 is a dirroot.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="ftp"></a>FTP</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">File transfer protocol - the upload method you must use to\r
+transfer your Moodle installation to your web <a href="#server">server</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="hostingprovider"></a>hosting provider</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A business that will host your web site for a fee. They\r
+typically provide everything you need. All you have to provide them with\r
+is the content, a <a href="#domainname">domain name</a> and some local currency. </p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="html"></a>html</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A language that standardized a method of writing the hypertext language.\r
+This language is called HTML or Hypertext Mark-up Language. It can only be used to\r
+describe how a page will display its' content.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="hypertext"></a>hypertext</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A method of writing text that provides hyper links to additional\r
+content or information in different locations. This ability to hyper re-locate\r
+a user to a new location is the foundation of the world wide web and was the\r
+concept which demanded a need to standardize a method of writing this hypertext language.\r
+That language evolved into HTML. <i>also see<a href="#xhtml">XHTML</a></i></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="index"></a>index</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">It is literally a directory index.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="java"></a>Java</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run\r
+on multiple operating systems.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="javascript"></a>javascript</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run\r
+on multiple operating systems.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="moodle"></a>Moodle</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">The word <a href="http://www.moodle.org/">Moodle</a> is an acronym for\r
+Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="mysql"></a>mySQL</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A server powered by <a href="http://mysql.com/">mySQL</a> programming.\r
+MySQL is the world's most popular open source database,\r
+ recognized for its speed and reliability.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="nightly"></a>nightly</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">A Moodle Nightly is the most recent version available for download\r
+from the Moodle site. You are always downloading a version that is less than 24\r
+hours old if you use a nightly.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="php"></a>PHP</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">PHP is a server-side scripting language which executes commands on\r
+the server side then delivers dynamic HTML pages to the web browser. Your server\r
+must be PHP enabled in order to run Moodle.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="server"></a>server</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">This is where your web site or <a href="#database">database</a>,\r
+or both, resides. You may choose to run your own server or have a\r
+<a href="#hostingprovider">hosting provider</a> look after this for you. </p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="stylesheet"></a>style sheet</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#css">CSS</a> above.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="upload"></a>upload</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">To upload is simply to move your files from your computer\r
+to a <a href="#server">server</a>. Please see <a href="#ftp">FTP</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="url"></a>URL</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Uniform Resource Locator is the address that is used to\r
+reach a website. The URL also contains information that describes the method of transmission- HTTP\r
+or Hypertext Transfer Protocol.</p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="xhtml"></a>XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">XHTML will, eventually, replace HTML as the language used\r
+to program web pages for display in your web browser. XHTML will, hopefully,\r
+make writing code for browsers easier as XHTML code will cause the page to display\r
+exactly the same in any web browser. XHTML will be an intermediate step on the\r
+path to XML. see also <a href="#xml">XML</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="xml"></a>XML</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Extensible Mark-up Language is just what the name implies, extensible.\r
+The programmer has a very wide latitude when writing XML as the programmer may\r
+choose to add instructions as she/he writes. This is in direct opposition to\r
+HTML which has a clearly defined and documented set of instructions available and\r
+no freedom exists to " extend " this set of rules. Due to its' extreme\r
+versatility XML may be the end of the evolutionary path for HTML. also see\r
+<a href="#xhtml">XHTML</a>\r
+\r
+</p><h3 class="question"><a name="xsl"></a>XSL</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Extensible Style Language is the style definition language\r
+that will complement <a href="#xml">XML</a>. also see <a href="#css">CSS</a></p>\r
+\r
+<h3 class="question"><a name="topic"></a>future TOPIC</h3>\r
+<p class="answer">Place answer here</p>\r
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