Moodle Docs: Glossary

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Glossary

This page contains definitions for many of the words and +expressions you may encounter while working with Moodle.

If you don't find the answer here try the Using + Moodle course on moodle.org, and search the forums for keywords. You may + have to try a few different search phrases before you find a resolution.

If you still can't find any answers try posting your question + on the appropriate forum in Using + Moodle - someone should be able to help you.

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Active-X

A proprietary method of controlling certain functions (applets) in a web page

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applet

Most late version browsers can run these small +programs if the Active-X or Java feature in the browser has been enabled.

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ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Certain file types require that you upload in ASCII mode when using your FTP program. +It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings.

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binary

Certain file types require that you upload in binary mode when +using your FTP program. It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings.

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Cascading Style Sheets

Please see CSS below.

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CSS

Abbreviation for "Cascading Style Sheets". +CSS is used as a style template to make it easier to update the look of many +web pages at the same time and CSS also makes it possible to have several pages +that all follow a similar theme. CSS is an extremely efficient method of building +complex web sites. Will eventually be replaced by XSL

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CVS

Concurrent Versioning System is simply a method of storing files +on a server that ensures that all persons working on that file are always working on the +most recent version of that file.

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database

The term " database ", as used in Moodle, applies to +an electronic collection of information.

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dataroot

The place where Moodle can save uploaded files. This +directory should be readable and writeable by the web server user +but it should not be accessible directly via the web.

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domain name

A unique address on the internet. ie. http://www.moodle.org

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dirroot

A root directory has content and a name. This root directory may contain +several sub-directories and the name is the location on your server +where your Moodle files will reside after you upload them. +A website may contain several root directories each containing a seperate Moodle +installation. Your Moodle installation may be located at http://www.yoursite.com/moodle/ +in which case your " dirroot " would be ie. http://www.moodle.org/moodle +
+If you had two Moodle sites on the same server then each would have a distinct +" dirroot " +
+ie. http://www.yoursite.com/school26 & http://www.yoursite.com/school27 +
+Therefore /school26 is a dirroot and /school27 is a dirroot.

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FTP

File transfer protocol - the upload method you must use to +transfer your Moodle installation to your web server

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hosting provider

A business that will host your web site for a fee. They +typically provide everything you need. All you have to provide them with +is the content, a domain name and some local currency.

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html

A language that standardized a method of writing the hypertext language. +This language is called HTML or Hypertext Mark-up Language. It can only be used to +describe how a page will display its' content.

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hypertext

A method of writing text that provides hyper links to additional +content or information in different locations. This ability to hyper re-locate +a user to a new location is the foundation of the world wide web and was the +concept which demanded a need to standardize a method of writing this hypertext language. +That language evolved into HTML. also seeXHTML

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index

It is literally a directory index.

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Java

A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run +on multiple operating systems.

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javascript

A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run +on multiple operating systems.

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Moodle

The word Moodle is an acronym for +Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

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mySQL

A server powered by mySQL programming. +MySQL is the world's most popular open source database, + recognized for its speed and reliability.

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nightly

A Moodle Nightly is the most recent version available for download +from the Moodle site. You are always downloading a version that is less than 24 +hours old if you use a nightly.

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PHP

PHP is a server-side scripting language which executes commands on +the server side then delivers dynamic HTML pages to the web browser. Your server +must be PHP enabled in order to run Moodle.

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server

This is where your web site or database, +or both, resides. You may choose to run your own server or have a +hosting provider look after this for you.

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style sheet

Please see CSS above.

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upload

To upload is simply to move your files from your computer +to a server. Please see FTP

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URL

Uniform Resource Locator is the address that is used to +reach a website. The URL also contains information that describes the method of transmission- HTTP +or Hypertext Transfer Protocol.

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XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language

XHTML will, eventually, replace HTML as the language used +to program web pages for display in your web browser. XHTML will, hopefully, +make writing code for browsers easier as XHTML code will cause the page to display +exactly the same in any web browser. XHTML will be an intermediate step on the +path to XML. see also XML

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XML

Extensible Mark-up Language is just what the name implies, extensible. +The programmer has a very wide latitude when writing XML as the programmer may +choose to add instructions as she/he writes. This is in direct opposition to +HTML which has a clearly defined and documented set of instructions available and +no freedom exists to " extend " this set of rules. Due to its' extreme +versatility XML may be the end of the evolutionary path for HTML. also see +XHTML + +

XSL

Extensible Style Language is the style definition language +that will complement XML. also see CSS

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