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HTML is an acronym for Hypertext Markup Language. It spawned the WWW by allowing access to documents in a format that was platform independent. Most people consider html coding using text editors as obsolete due to the advent of powerful WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editors like Front Page. However, these editors don't allow full control over
the layout of a page. Therefore, experience with writing html is essential for every aspiring web developer. Read this section to get an introduction to writing html the good old-fashioned way!
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GNU – GNU’s Not Unix is the organization
behind a lot of free software projects including Linux. A major
concern of people using free software has been the lack of
detailed documentation. This section provides documentation for
more than 40 free software projects.
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PHP is a scripting language designed for building dynamic web pages. Perl has been a leader in this domain due to its text-processing prowess. However, PHP is becoming increasingly popular because it focuses on web development and web database connectivity.
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Search for words using the database section. You can access these free databases through a simple search form:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wordnet 1.6
US Gazetteer (1990)
Jargon File (1996)
Free Online Dictionary of Computing (FOLDOC)
The Elements (1997)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
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