Category: Technology

English (en) CGI Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the creation of still or animated visual content using imaging software. The images and animations created with software for cartoons, video games, movies and commercials. The special effects in today's movies, which mix real actors with aliens and monsters, are generated in the computer. There is no limit...

English (en) Illustration An illustration is a visual representation of an idea, concept, real or imaginative objects and/or scenes. These could be in the form of a drawing or a painting. They may also be digitally created using a computer. A photograph too is considered as an illustration if its purpose is to elucidate an...

English (en) HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) is a protocol that secures communication and data transfer between a user's web browser and a website. HTTPS is the secure version of HTTP. The protocol protects users against eavesdroppers and man-in-the- middle (MitM) attacks. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (https) is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer...

English (en) HTTP HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is the set of rules for transferring files such as text, images, sound, video and other multimedia files over the web. The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems that allow users to communicate data on the World Wide Web. Other languages: Yoruba,...

English (en) HTML HTML, also known as Hypertext Markup Language, is a formatting system for displaying material retrieved over the Internet. Each retrieval unit is known as a Web page (from World Wide Web), and such pages frequently contain hypertext links that allow related pages to be retrieved. Other languages: Yoruba, Hausa Related terms HTTP,...

English (en) Hypertext Hypertext is text which contains links (hyperlink) to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965. Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically...

English (en) Hyperlink A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a digital reference to data that the user can follow or be guided to by clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. Other languages: Yoruba, Hausa Related terms HTML,...

English (en) Hostname In computer networking, a hostname (archaically node name) is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication, such as the World wide Web. A host name is a unique name or label assigned...

English (en) Host A host is any hardware device that has the capability of permitting access to a network via a user interface, specialised software, network address, protocol stack, or any other means. A host is any computer connected to a network. It can provide information, applications or services to other hosts or nodes on...

English (en) Homepage A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website. The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens. Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain. Other languages: Yoruba, Hausa Related...