| The online world is full of acronyms and internet | | | | 6 IM |
| abbreviations. If you are starting online, knowing | | | | Instant Messaging is a term for online chat. This is a |
| what these initials are and what they mean can help | | | | real time text communication between two or more |
| your journey online a little easier. These common | | | | people via the use of a software program. Some |
| internet acronyms are very useful. | | | | software clients also have enhanced features such as |
| 1 CMS | | | | voice calling or video calling. |
| Content Management Systems allow website owners | | | | 7 RSS |
| to make changes to their websites easier. You do | | | | Really Simple Syndication is a web feed. These are |
| not need to learn a programming language, software | | | | used to publish frequently updated things like blog, |
| or programmer to make text or picture changes. This | | | | news headlines, audio and video. RSS are used to add |
| means basically an easy to use website. | | | | content automatically to websites. Readers may also |
| 2 CSS | | | | subscribe to an RSS feed to know when a site is |
| Cascading Style Sheet are used to define the layout | | | | updated. |
| of Web pages. On this page, the text style, shape | | | | 8 SEO |
| and other aspects are set. Rather than having to set | | | | Search Engine Optimization this is a process of |
| up each page this sheet gives a uniform look across | | | | improving a website for search engines. By using SEO |
| all pages of a website. | | | | on your website it brings traffic to your website |
| 3 CTR | | | | naturally or un-paid. This means traffic will come to |
| Click Through Rate and is used to figure the number | | | | your website without having to pay to be on the |
| of clicks your website attracts. Expressed as a | | | | search engines. |
| percentage this is the average number of clicks per | | | | 9 URL |
| hundred ad impressions. | | | | Short for Uniform Resource Locator which identifies |
| 4 DM | | | | where a resource is located. The most common use |
| Direct Message is a private message you send to | | | | of URL is also called the address of a web page. |
| someone specific. This is commonly used on Twitter. | | | | Many people use URL interchangeably with web |
| It is typically a D followed by the user name. | | | | address. |
| 5 HTML | | | | 10 WP |
| HyperText Markup Language is a programming | | | | WordPress is sometimes shortened to WP. Many |
| language commonly used on websites. There are | | | | plugins have WP as the start of their name to explain |
| other languages used but developers commonly use | | | | what program with which they are used. WordPress |
| languages that HTML programs can understand. | | | | is a popular CMS, more specifically this is blogging |
| HTML is used to embed pictures or other things on a | | | | platform. |
| websites. | | | | |