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PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
You can download PHP from any of the members of the PHP network of sites. These can be found at http://www.php.net/ . You can also use anonymous CVS to get the absolute latest version of the source. For more information, go to /anoncvs.php . Frequently Asked Questions about php: http://www.php.net/FAQ.php
Flash is Macromedia's vector-based, web multimedia product. Depending on context, 'Flash' can refer to both the authoring tool and the completed 'interactive movies' authored with the product. These movies are usually played within a web browser equipped with the free Flash plugin. The ubiquity of this plugin has made Flash the defacto standard for web multimedia, with the ability to integrate video, program logic, graphics and sound into a self contained package at a relatively low bandwidth overhead.
Cold Fusion is Macromedia's (and before that Allaire's) server-side scripting technology. It supports a range of databases including MS Access, dBASE, FoxPro, and Paradox.
Dynamic HTML is an implementation of JavaScript written to allow high level client-side browser manipulation.
Originally developed by Netscape Communications and since adopted as a Web standard, JavaScript is a cross-platform, world wide web scripting language most commonly (but not exclusively) used for client side applications.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is an extremely simple dialect of SGML. The goal is to enable generic SGML to be served, received, and processed on the Web in the way that is now possible with HTML. XML [XML] has been designed for ease of implementation and for interoperability with both SGML and HTML.
Server Side Include - a file spliced into a Web document on the Web server. May be performed by the Web server itself, or commonly by a server side script such as Perl, ASP, ColdFusion or PHP.
Cascading Style Sheets for a set of formatting rules interpreted by the Web browser (or other client) that may contain the styling and formatting information intended for the presentation of a Web page. The W3C recommends the use of CSS to help keep Web content (HTML/XHTML) separate from its formatting information.
Build fancy DHTML effects that can be instantly reused in any project; Code accessible JavaScript that won't trouble older browsers; Make search engine optimised pages, dyanmic menu systems, and inbuilt functionality that can deliver your solution via a DHTML solution and web applications using remote scripting techniques/AJAX.
AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML. It's a development technique that mixes (X)HTML, JavaScript, CSS, DOM, XML and XSLT to create interactive Web applications.
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