The Art World and the World Wide Web

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Hashtag

A word or a phrase prefixed with the symbol #, a form of metadata tag. Also, short messages on microblogging social networking services such as Twitter or Instagram may be tagged by including one or more with multiple words concatenated. HTML5

A standard for the primary website programming language that allows sites to display rich multimedia without proprietary plugins like Flash. HTML5 is also capable of displaying video, and dynamic drawing of 2D shapes. http:// (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)

The standard protocol for information transfer on the Internet. Domain names are prefixed by this in the browser’s address bar. Image Optimization

The act of preparing an image, whether scanned or imported from a digital camera, for the Web, using resizing, cropping and compression. IP Address

The unique numerical address of a computer on the Internet, for example, 216.239.37.99. Javascript

A scripting language embedded in Web browsers that allows advanced functionality to be added to a website. JPEG / JPG

A graphics format that is adept at displaying images.

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