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CSS

Cascading Style Sheets
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Deprecated Feature

An existing feature that has become outdated and is in the process of being phased out, usually in favor of a specified replacement. Deprecated features are no longer recommended for use and may cease to exist in future versions of the specification.
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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language
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IANA

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority:
the organization under the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) of the Internet Society that under a contract from the U.S. government has overseen the allocation of Internet Protocol addresses to Internet service providers (ISPs).
More Info: http://www.iana.org

Implementation Conformance Statement

A questionnaire or checklist for providing information about an implementation to a specification, by presenting in a uniform manner the implemented capabilities (e.g., functions, features) and options as well as limitations of the implementation.
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Informative

Text in a specification whose purpose is informational or assistive in the understanding or use of the specification, and which contains no conformance requirements or test assertions.
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ISP

Internet Service Provider:
a company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services such as Web site building and virtual hosting.
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Normative

Text in a specification which is prescriptive or contains conformance requirements.
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Open Software Foundation

a pioneer industry-sponsored organization whose purpose was to foster identify and in some cases develop software technologies that could serve as industry and perhaps eventually national and international standards
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Server-Side Include

a piece of code written into an HTML page that activates programs and interpreters on the server. An include is designed to create active web pages and reduce server overhead
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Test Suite

A set of documents and tools providing tool developers with an objective methodology to verify the level of conformance of an implementation for a given standard.
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XML

Extensible Markup Language:allows multiple HTML links and is a chopped down version of SGML. Useful for shopping sites and others that can have multiple results needed for an action. Allows you to create your own customized markup language
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