ActiveX controls, Reusable software components that incorporate
ActiveX technology. ActiveX controls can be embedded in Web pages to
produce animation and other multimedia effects, interactive objects,
and sophisticated applications. They can be written in a variety of
programming languages, including C, C++, and Visual Basic.
animated GIF, A file containing a series of GIF (Graphics Interchange
Format) graphics that are displayed in rapid sequence in a Web
browser, giving the appearance of a moving picture. See also GIF.
anonymous FTP, The ability to access a remote computer system on which
one does not have an account, via the Internet's File Transfer
Protocol (FTP). Users have restricted access rights with anonymous FTP
and usually can only list, view, or copy files to or from a public
directory on the remote system. Many FTP sites do not permit anonymous
FTP access in order to maintain security. See also FTP. |
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