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Web Hosting Glossary - A

ADO
ActiveX Data Objects. Different data sources can be accessed in the same way within a single data model. The data can be located in various locations, like spreadsheets, databases or ordinary files.

AIFF
Audio Interchange File Format. High quality audio file format introduced by Apple.

AU
Audio file format for Unix systems.

AVI
Audio/Video Interleave. Audio file format used by Microsoft Widows.

Ad banner
A targeted advertisement on a Web page that links to an advertiser’s Web site. Currently, ad banners are one of the most common forms of Internet advertising and can cost anywhere from "no charge" up to $15,000 - $150,000 per month depending on the amount of page views the Web site (and the ad banner) receives. This form of advertising got it's name because the original online ads were in the shape of a banner, usually at the top or bottom of a page. Today, there are many sizes of online ad "banners". According to to the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), the standard size for an ad banner is 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high.

Adobe acrobat
Acrobat is a program created by Adobe Systems, Inc., that reads, decodes and converts documents to a Portable Document Format (PDF). This allows graphics and type to be displayed and printed from any computer utilizing any platform (Macintosh,Windows, DOS, or UNIX) - regardless of the fonts or software programs used to create the original.

Aliasing & Anti-aliasing
Visual effects on a computer screen are known as aliasing- which can take many forms; one of the most common is images with "jagged" edges or stair-style edges where there is supposed to be a smooth curved surfaces like an "S" or an "O". Sometimes called the jaggies. anti-aliasing is a technique used in many imaging systems (such as Adobe Photoshop) to make these edges "curved" in order to look smooth and continuous.

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