The Design of Sites: Patterns for Creating Winning Web Sites, Second Edition

Appendix . Glossary

This glossary is meant to be a comprehensive resource that you can go to when you have a question about Web design. Even if a topic may not be covered exhaustively in the book, we include it here to give you the important distinctions you need to get your job done.

24/7 • Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Usually this term refers to the reliability of a system, one that cannot fail under any circumstances. Sometimes found as 24/7/365, meaning 365 days a year as well. Also found as 24/7/360, meaning 360 degrees around the globe.

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accelerator

A way to speed up a task for the customer, such as a keyboard shortcut, a macro, or automatic storage of information.

access provider

See Internet service provider.

account management ...