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A hardware or software set-up that translating between two protocols, for example AOL has a gateway that translates between its internal, proprietary e-mail format and Internet e-mail format. Another meaning of gateway is to describe any mechanism for providing access to another system, e.g. AOL might be called a gateway to the Internet.
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The name for a Web site that is no longer maintained but is still online and available for browsing. Some ghost sites continue to be useful because the content may not be outdated.
The difference between a ghost and abandoned sites is that ghost sites contain a statement acknowledging that they are no longer being updated.
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A common format for web image files, particularly suitable for images containing large areas of the same color. GIF format files of simple images are often smaller than the same file would be if stored in JPEG format, but GIF format does not store photographic images as well as JPEG.
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1000 or 1024 Megabytes, depending on who is measuring.
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The process of applying very complex compression to images to reduce their file size (while keeping acceptable quality) in order to keep web pages fast loading. A crucial process in web design.
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