Dreamweaver acronyms & terms cheat-sheet
Wondering what some web or DW (Dreamweaver) acronyms, abbreviations, or terms can mean? Here's your cheet-sheet...
Dreamweaver/Ultradev terms
Dreamweaver (itself)
- DW = Dreamweaver
- DMX = Dreamweaver MX
- DMX2004 or DMX04 = Dreamweaver MX2004
- (the combo) DMX/MX2004 or DMX/04 = Dreamweaver MX/MX2004
- (old) UD = Dreamweaver Ultradev
DW Server-Side stuff
- SB = Server-Behavior
- SBB = Server-Behavior Builder
- RS = Recordset
- SM or Server Model = Server-Side language (PHP,ASP,.NET,CF,JSP)
- Conn = Connection
Web Languages
Server-Side (Server Models)
- PHP = PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
- ASP & ASP.NET (or .NET) = Active Server Pages
- CFML or CFM or CF = ColdFusion
- JSP = Java Server Pages
Server-Side (others)
- SQL = Structured Query Language
- CGI = Common Gateway Interface
- SSI = Server-Side Include
Client-Side
- XHTML = Extensible HyperText Markup Language
- HTML = HyperText Markup Language
- CSS = Cascading Style Sheets
- XML = Extensible Markup Language
- JS = JavaScript
- DOM = the Document Object Model
- DHTML = Dynamic HTML
- XSL = Extensible Stylesheet Language
- XSLT = Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations
- SGML = Standard Generalized Markup Language (father to XHTML/XML)
General Web/Tech
- DB = Database
- HTTP = HyperText Transfer Protocal
- HTTPS = HyperText Transmission Protocol, Secure
- SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
- POP or POP3 = Post Office Protocol
- DTD = Document Type Definition
- URL (or URI) = Uniform Resource Locator (Universal Resource Identifier) ... web address/links
- SSL = Secure Sockets Layer
- WWW = World-Wide Web
- FTP = File Transfer Protocal
- DOM = the Document Object Model
- IP number = Internet address
- TCP/IP = Transmission Control Protocol over Internet Protocol
- RTSP = Real Time Streaming Protocol
- VoIP = Voice over IP
- MIME = Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
- W3C = World Wide Web Consortium
- (web slang) ul = upload
- (web slang) dl = download
- P2P = Peer-to-Peer
Web Browser (popular) nicknames
- FF = Firefox
- IE = Internet Explorer
- Moz = Mozilla
- NN = Netscape (Navigator)
- AOL = America Online (not a browser but considered one)
Macromedia nicknames
- MM = Macromedia
- FW = Fireworks
- FL = Flash
- FH = Freehand
- StMX/MX2004 = Studio MX/MX2004
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