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<h2><a name="pagetop">Glossary</a></h2>
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<p class="normaltext">This page contains definitions for many of the words and
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expressions you may encounter while working with Moodle.</p>
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<p class="normaltext">If you don't find the answer here try the <a href="http://moodle.org/mod/forum/index.php?id=5">Using
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Moodle</a> course on moodle.org, and search the forums for keywords. You may
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have to try a few different search phrases before you find a resolution.</p>
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<p class="normaltext">If you still can't find any answers try posting your question
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on the appropriate forum in <a href="http://moodle.org/mod/forum/index.php?id=5">Using
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Moodle</a> - someone should be able to help you.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="active-x"></a>Active-X</h3>
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<p class="answer">A proprietary method of controlling certain functions (applets) in a web page</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="applet"></a>applet</h3>
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<p class="answer">Most late version browsers can run these small
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programs if the <a href="#active-x">Active-X</a> or <a href="#java">Java</a> feature in the browser has been enabled.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="ascii"></a>ASCII</h3>
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<p class="answer">American Standard Code for Information Interchange</p>
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<p class="answer">Certain file types require that you upload in ASCII mode when using your <a href="#ftp">FTP</a> program.
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It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings. </p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="binary"></a>binary</h3>
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<p class="answer">Certain file types require that you upload in binary mode when
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using your <a href="#ftp">FTP</a> program. It's usually best to choose " AUTO " in your FTP settings.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="css"></a>Cascading Style Sheets</h3>
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<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#css">CSS</a> below.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="css"></a>CSS</h3>
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<p class="answer">Abbreviation for "Cascading Style Sheets".
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CSS is used as a style template to make it easier to update the look of many
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web pages at the same time and CSS also makes it possible to have several pages
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that all follow a similar theme. CSS is an extremely efficient method of building
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complex web sites. Will eventually be replaced by <a href="#xsl">XSL</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="cvs"></a>CVS</h3>
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<p class="answer">Concurrent Versioning System is simply a method of storing files
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on a <a href="#server">server</a> that ensures that all persons working on that file are always working on the
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most recent version of that file.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="database"></a>database</h3>
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<p class="answer">The term " database ", as used in Moodle, applies to
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an electronic collection of information.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="dataroot"></a>dataroot</h3>
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<p class="answer">The place where Moodle can save uploaded files. This
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directory should be readable and writeable by the web server user
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but it should not be accessible directly via the web.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="domainname"></a>domain name</h3>
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<p class="answer">A unique address on the internet. ie. http://www.moodle.org</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="directory"></a>directory</h3>
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<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#dirroot">dirroot</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="dirroot"></a>dirroot</h3>
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<p class="answer">A root directory has content and a name. This root directory may contain
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several sub-directories and the name is the location on your <a href="#server">server</a>
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where your Moodle files will reside after you <a href="#upload">upload</a> them.
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A website may contain several root directories each containing a seperate Moodle
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installation. Your Moodle installation may be located at http://www.yoursite.com/moodle/
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in which case your " dirroot " would be ie. http://www.moodle.org/moodle
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<br>
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If you had two Moodle sites on the same server then each would have a distinct
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" dirroot "
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<br>
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ie. http://www.yoursite.com/school26 & http://www.yoursite.com/school27
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<br>
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Therefore /school26 is a dirroot and /school27 is a dirroot.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="ftp"></a>FTP</h3>
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<p class="answer">File transfer protocol - the upload method you must use to
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transfer your Moodle installation to your web <a href="#server">server</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="hostingprovider"></a>hosting provider</h3>
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<p class="answer">A business that will host your web site for a fee. They
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typically provide everything you need. All you have to provide them with
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is the content, a <a href="#domainname">domain name</a> and some local currency. </p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="html"></a>html</h3>
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<p class="answer">A language that standardized a method of writing the hypertext language.
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This language is called HTML or Hypertext Mark-up Language. It can only be used to
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describe how a page will display its' content.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="hypertext"></a>hypertext</h3>
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<p class="answer">A method of writing text that provides hyper links to additional
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content or information in different locations. This ability to hyper re-locate
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a user to a new location is the foundation of the world wide web and was the
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concept which demanded a need to standardize a method of writing this hypertext language.
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That language evolved into HTML. <i>also see<a href="#xhtml">XHTML</a></i></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="index"></a>index</h3>
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<p class="answer">It is literally a directory index.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="java"></a>Java</h3>
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<p class="answer">A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run
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on multiple operating systems.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="javascript"></a>javascript</h3>
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<p class="answer">A programming language that can be used to write programs that may run
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on multiple operating systems.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="moodle"></a>Moodle</h3>
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<p class="answer">The word <a href="http://www.moodle.org/">Moodle</a> is an acronym for
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Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="mysql"></a>mySQL</h3>
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<p class="answer">A server powered by <a href="http://mysql.com/">mySQL</a> programming.
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MySQL is the world's most popular open source database,
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recognized for its speed and reliability.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="nightly"></a>nightly</h3>
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<p class="answer">A Moodle Nightly is the most recent version available for download
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from the Moodle site. You are always downloading a version that is less than 24
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hours old if you use a nightly.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="php"></a>PHP</h3>
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<p class="answer">PHP is a server-side scripting language which executes commands on
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the server side then delivers dynamic HTML pages to the web browser. Your server
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must be PHP enabled in order to run Moodle.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="server"></a>server</h3>
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<p class="answer">This is where your web site or <a href="#database">database</a>,
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or both, resides. You may choose to run your own server or have a
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<a href="#hostingprovider">hosting provider</a> look after this for you. </p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="stylesheet"></a>style sheet</h3>
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<p class="answer">Please see <a href="#css">CSS</a> above.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="upload"></a>upload</h3>
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<p class="answer">To upload is simply to move your files from your computer
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to a <a href="#server">server</a>. Please see <a href="#ftp">FTP</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="url"></a>URL</h3>
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<p class="answer">Uniform Resource Locator is the address that is used to
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reach a website. The URL also contains information that describes the method of transmission- HTTP
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or Hypertext Transfer Protocol.</p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="xhtml"></a>XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language</h3>
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<p class="answer">XHTML will, eventually, replace HTML as the language used
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to program web pages for display in your web browser. XHTML will, hopefully,
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make writing code for browsers easier as XHTML code will cause the page to display
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exactly the same in any web browser. XHTML will be an intermediate step on the
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path to XML. see also <a href="#xml">XML</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="xml"></a>XML</h3>
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<p class="answer">Extensible Mark-up Language is just what the name implies, extensible.
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The programmer has a very wide latitude when writing XML as the programmer may
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choose to add instructions as she/he writes. This is in direct opposition to
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HTML which has a clearly defined and documented set of instructions available and
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no freedom exists to " extend " this set of rules. Due to its' extreme
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versatility XML may be the end of the evolutionary path for HTML. also see
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<a href="#xhtml">XHTML</a>
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</p><h3 class="question"><a name="xsl"></a>XSL</h3>
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<p class="answer">Extensible Style Language is the style definition language
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that will complement <a href="#xml">XML</a>. also see <a href="#css">CSS</a></p>
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<h3 class="question"><a name="topic"></a>future TOPIC</h3>
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<p class="answer">Place answer here</p>
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<p align="center" class="normaltext"><a href="#pagetop">Page Top</a></p>
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