Glossary You Are @ Home/ Glossary A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z H Home Page The starting point for a website. It is the page that is retrieved and displayed by default when a user visits the website. The default home-page name for a server depends on the server's configuration. On many web servers, it is index.html or default.htm. Some web servers support multiple home pages. Horizontal Play/Horizontal Hub Cuts across many industries, usually providing a common service. HTML HyperText Markup Language. The standard language for describing the contents and appearance of pages on the World Wide Web. HTTP HyperText Transport Protocol. The Internet protocol that allows World Wide Web browsers to retrieve information from servers. Hub 1. A large retailer or manufacturer having many trading partners. 2. A common connection point for devices in a network. 3. A Web "hub" is one of the initial names for what is now known as a "portal". It came from the creative idea of producing a website, which would contain many different "portal spots" (small boxes that looked like ads, with links to different yet related content). This content, combined with Internet technology, made this idea a milestone in the development and appearance of websites, primarily due to the ability to display a lot of useful content and store one's preferred information on a secured server. The term "hub" was ditched for portal. Hyperlink Also known as link. The text you find on a website which can be "clicked on" with a mouse which, in turn, will take you to another web page or a different area of the same web page. Hyperlinks are created or "coded" in HTML.