Hacking/Hacker

Hacking is the process of causing a computer system to do something it was not designed to do. This may involve stealing, changing and/or destroying information from a computer system. A hacker is the person responsible for doing this act.

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HTML

Short for Hyper Text Markup Language. This is a language for describing web pages, it uses < tags > (Markup tags) to insert commands before the texts, and this essentially lets the computer know how the content should be displayed. For example, if you wanted one word in bold the HTML code would look like this:

Text <b>text</b> Text
Text text text

HTTP

Also known as Hypertext Transfer Protocol, this is an application which exchanges files such as text, graphics, sounds and other multimedia files, on the World Wide Web.

Hyperlink

This is a link from one electronic document to another which can be triggered by the user selecting the link, this then diverts them to the relevant linked page. In some cases the information loads in another window, in other cases it loads in the same window.