Web Definitions

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gateway -- A link to another online service.
GIF -- Acronym for Graphics Interchange Format, a file format commonly used with graphics or photos displayed on Web documents (originally developed by CompuServe).
gigabyte -- A unit of measure for data storage equal to 1,024 megabytes. See megabyte.
global history file -- The file that includes a record of all Web pages and sites visited since the last time the file was updated.
Gold Bar -- Trademark for The Beeline icon linked to a special, online offer (coined by Míc Miller). See Easter Egg.
Gopher -- A text-only, menu-driven Internet information system developed at the University of Minnesota that preceded the World Wide Web. Gopher sites still exist and can be accessed by most Web browsers.
graceful degradation -- Backward compatible (for example: a Web page that displays properly in older browsers).
GUI -- Acronym for Graphical User Interface, such as the Macintosh Desktop, that provides a way for an individual user to graphically view the masses of information on the Internet, with inline or external images, sounds, buttons, icons, and other methods.
guide -- A chosen or trained users to assist users of forums, chat rooms, lists, etc.
.GZ -- Filename extension for a file compressed with the Gnu Zip application.

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