Web Design Glossary

Important terms related to Web Design & Development


GLOSSARY | Offshore Web Design and Development Company in India

Keywords starting with letter "B"

Backlink

In Hyper-G and possibly other hypertext systems, a backlink is a link back to the page or one of the pages that currently link to the page you're using.

Backlinks are already supported to some extent in the present Web system. Using JavaScript or a similar technique, you can add a button to your page that, when clicked, results in a request to the Alta Vista search engine to locate all the Web sites that link to your page (that is, to your home page backlinks)

Bitmap

A bitmap is a pixel-based image file. Each pixel within the image is assigned a colour value creating the final image.

JPEG and GIF images are examples of bitmap file types

Blog

A blog (weblog) is a type of website, which is maintained by an individual with regular entries of comments, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to your website.

Bookmark

It is adding a website’s address (URL) to your personal index or list of favorites.

The value of bookmarks is recognized by the services which store such lists, allowing the users to backup this information or access it from a remote location.

Breadcrumb

They are type of web navigation where current location within the website is indicated by a list of pages above the current page in the hierarchy, up to the main page. It not only shows users where they are currently located in the site's architecture, but it also lets them back up levels one at a time. It is a recursive path.