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ActiveX
This Microsoft-developed independent program is designed to provide multimedia effects and interactive content for the World Wide Web. It uses modules that work together in a Windows environment. These modules are referred to either as ActiveX objects, ActiveX controls, or ActiveX components, and range from single buttons to large programs. Often thought of as a competitor of Sun's Java.

Go to CNET's ActiveX.com.

ADSL
See DSL.

alt.
Name of the alternative set of newsgroups. There are more alt. newsgroups than any other set because Usenet was set up so anyone could create an alt. group. The result has been thousands of groups, many of them bizarre.

anchor
An anchor is the destination for a link within the same Web page rather than on a different page or different Web site. The links within this glossary that cross-reference the words are done with anchors.


anonymous FTP
See FTP. Method of logging into an Internet site with the account name "anonymous" to retrieve files that are available to the public.


animated GIF
An animated GIF is one of the simplest forms of Web page animation. Most banners you see on Web pages are animated GIFs. The GIF89a format of saving graphics allows you to save several images at once and are displayed by Web browsers one after another, creating the illusion of movement. There are freeware and shareware animated GIF builders available for download.
Visit Animation and More Animation for lots of free animations you can use on your Web site.


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