Web Style Guide third edition

by Patrick J. Lynch
and Sarah Horton

Abbreviations

Ajax
Asynchronous JavaScript and xml
ARIA
Accessible Rich Internet Applications
ASP
active server page
CGI
common gateway interface
CMS
content management system
CSS
Cascading Style Sheets
dpi
dots per inch
DSL
digital subscriber line
fps
frames per second
GIF
Graphic Interchange Format
GUI
graphic user interface
HSB
hue, saturation, brightness
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
http
HyperText Transfer Protocol
IE
Internet Explorer
ISDN
integrated services digital network
IIS
Internet information server
ISP
Internet service provider
IT
information technology
JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
JSP
Java server page
kbps
kilobytes per second
LZW
Lempel Zev Welch
MOSS
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
NTSC
National Television System Committee
PDA
personal digital assistant
PDF
portable document format
PHP
Hypertext preprocessor
PNG
Portable Network Graphic
ppi
pixels per inch
QA
quality assurance
RFP
request for proposal
RGB
red-green-blue
ROI
return on investment
RSS
Really Simple Syndication
SEO
search engine optimization
SMIL
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
SVG
scalable vector graphics
UCD
user-centered design
URL
uniform resource locator
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
WAI
Web Accessibility Initiative
WYSIWYG
what you see is what you get
XHTML
Extensible HyperText Markup Language
XML
Extensible Markup Language
XSLT
Extensible Style Language Transformation