Not everyone is conversant with Internet and the new terminologies it has brought about. Every year new jargons pop up. Here are a few of the commonly used internet buzzwords that everyone needs to know, whether you create and sell amazing website designs or are just in the Internet marketing space.
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Above the Fold: Refers to that section of the screen that is seen without scrolling.This is where important pieces of content should be.
Back-End: Part of the website that visitors do not see.
Bitmap: are not made up of geometric shapes but pixels.The size of a bitmap image depends on the resolution.
Browser Testing: It refers to testing of website before being made public.This is to ensure it will show up properly.
Call to Action: It is a button that encourages visitors to take action.
CMYK: An abbreviation for “Cyan Magenta, Yellow and Key”.It is responsible for the colour spectrum seen on printed materials.
Content Development: It refers to communicating the unique selling proposition and the products in a way that excites the target market.
Content Management System (CMS): It is software that enables one to update and manage web contents without any knowledge in programming.
Conversion Rate: It is the number of visitors divided by the number of leads or contracts received from the website.
CSS: An abbreviation Of Cascading Style Sheet. It is also a coded language used in adding styles, spacing, colours, etc. to a web documents.
Domain name: It refers to the website address. It mostly ends in .com,.net or .org.
Dynamic web: This web can be updated every now and then.
Flat design: The design narrows down to the basics of the graphics.It is all about simplicity.
Front-End: Part of the website that visitors can see.
FTP: An abbreviation for Transfers of Protocol.It is meant for transferring and managing files over a server on the internet.
Grid system: It refers to pages on the website consisting of rows and columns.
Hosting: It is a way of making one’s website available to the public. It can be “shared hosting”, “managed hosting” or “dedicated hosting”
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a coded language used in website creation.
Infinite scrolling: Have long pages that must be scrolled for a very long time.
Information Architecture: It refers to organizing and labelling of contents of the website in a way that is easy to find.
jQuery: It helps in things like filling out the web form properly, creating complex animations and handling page transitions.
Landing page: It is the page that gets someone to become a lead.It always has a form.
Lead form: It is a page found on any page of the website.It is filled out to request information or download something.
Localization: It refers to the technique of changing messaging and photographs and cultural references so as to be more acceptable in international markets.
Masonry grid: Invented by Pinterest. It is composed of parallel and asymmetrical pieces of content filled on the grid.
Meta tags: Are of two types:”Meta keyword” and “meta description” tags.They are a summary of the content in a web page.
Metro Design: Also called “Microsoft Design Language”. It originated from public transportation signs.
Mobile First: It makes web design more compact and to the point.It was developed due to need for web mobility.
Mockup: Are the real size models of how the design is supposed to look.
Parallax scrolling: It refers to the technique of moving the background images lower than the foreground images, thereby creating and illusion of depth.
PHP: Coded language used in website creation.
QA: An abbreviation for Quality Assurance.It involves testing of the website on web browsers and other different features.
Responsive Design: It ensures that the site looks great on all devices.
RGB: An abbreviation for “Red, Green and Blue”. It is the colour model for web design.
SEO: Refers to Search Engine Optimization. It is the art of optimizing the website so that the business can be found in search engines like Google.
Sitemap: It is an outline of how the web content will be arranged.It can either be Microsoft Word or Excel.
Skeuomorphism: Makes apps and graphics more real.
Static web: A static web can only be updated by somebody skilled in web development.
SVG: It is the short form of Scalable Vector Graphics.SVG speeds up the performance of the website by creating a high resolution artwork without loading graphic files.
Template: Its work is to instruct the content management system on how to render pages on the website.
Textures: Is usually used as backgrounds to create atmospheres on webs.
Typography: It refers to how the words look on the screen.It is a way of bringing out the mood and emotion.
UI design: It is an abbreviation for User Interface design. It refers to designing of pages that visitors will see.
UX design: An abbreviation for User Experience.It refers to the making of the desired path more interesting for visitors to use.
Vector: are graphic visuals made up of geometric shapes.They are normally used for icons, logos and info-graphic designs.
Web 2.0: This is a web design trend characterized by fascination with round corners, shiny buttons and streamlined appearance.
White space: It is the space between elements.It has an aesthetic value in the design.
Wireframe: They are the early stage designs.It is meant to organize content and structures of pages before designing them graphically.
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