Internet Glossary - I
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Image Map
An image that contains more than one hyperlink on a Web page. Clicking
on different parts of the image links the user to other resources on another
part of the Web page, a different Web page, or a file. Often an image
map, which can be a photograph, drawing, or a composite of several different
drawings or photographs, is used as a map to the resources found on a
particular Web site.
Impression
An advertisement's (usually a banner ad) appearance on a web page. For
example, if the page you're on shows five ads, that's five impressions.
Ad space is often sold on a cost per thousand (CPM) basis.
Inbound Link
A link from an external domain to a web site. Inbound links are used to
measure link popularity.
Internet Service Provider
An organization that provides access to the Internet.
Invisible Web
The invisible web (or deep web or hidden web) is the name given to pages
on the World Wide Web that are not indexed by search engines. It consists
of pages which are not linked to by other pages, such as password-protected
content on the Web available only to members and subscribers.
IP address
Internet Protocol address. The standard way of identifying a computer
that is connected to the Internet, much the way a telephone number identifies
a telephone on a telephone network.
ISP
Abbreviation for Internet Service Provider. An organization that provides
access to the Internet.
