Glossary Of Terms

This is the place to find definitions to a list of commonly used terms for the ezboard network of communities.

Account

What is created upon registration for the ezboard service. An ezboard account can either be Global or Local.

Administrator / Admin

A user who manages an ezboard community and is responsible for customizing, managing and promoting the community. Also see ezOp.

Bandwidth

In ezboard terminology, the amount of traffic a community or site generates, measured in Megabytes of data requested.

BMP / .bmp

A MS Windows image format that stands for bitmap. Bitmap files tend to be large in file size.

Browser

A software application such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Communicator that allows users to view, navigate and download documents over the Web.

CGI

An interface creation program that enables a web page to be created "on the fly" based on information from buttons, text input, etc.

Community

An online or virtual gathering place for people with similar interests (e.g., professional, social or demographic) to engage in two-way communication and share ideas, knowledge, information and opinions. A community is made up of one or more forums.

Community Chat

A feature that allows for real time chat between registered ezboard users. Each chat room can have up to 25 active users.

Community Chest

A payment option for subscription services that allows all community members to voluntarily share in the cost by contributing directly to a community fund that can only be used to purchase ezboard services.

Community Name

The name that appears at the top of the community. This is different from the Web ID of a board.

Control Center

The main administration page for ezboard administrators and registered users to maintain personal information, mark favorites, and manage and customize ezboards and forums.

Cookie

A file on your computer that records information such as where your have been on the Web, in order to remember and facilitate future requests. Users can accept or deny cookies by changing their browser settings.

Discussion

See Topic.

Emoticon

The online means to express facial expressions or gestures :-)

ezOP

Also reffered to as the community owner, the ezOP is the administrator who created the community.

ezSupporter

ezboard’s premium user account that includes features and options not available to a free user account.

Favorite

An ezboard community that is marked by a registered user for easy future reference. A Favorite can be created and accessed from the user’s Control Center.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Firewall

A network security system used to monitor and restrict traffic between an internal computer network (sometimes referred to as an Intranet) and the Internet.

Forum

A discussion area (containing post and reply messages) within an ezboard community. A community may have one or more forums. A forum may have one or more topics.

ForumFind

ezboard’s keyword based search feature. Use it to find any active ezboard community.

FTP

(File Transfer Protocol) Standard method of moving files across the Internet.

GIF / .gif

(Graphic Image File) A standard graphic file format (.gif) commonly used on the Web.

Global User

A registered user that has signed up for an account from the ezboard home page (http://www.ezboard.com) or a community, enabling the user to participate in all public ezboard communities and access his/her Control Center.

Gold Community

ezboard’s premium community service. In addition to an ad-free experience, Gold Communities receive premium features and services not available to free communities.

HTML

(HyperText Markup Language) The language used to create web pages and documents for display in a browser. HTML allows text to be linked to another file on the Internet.

HTTP

(HyperText Transfer Protocol) The format of the Web. The "http" at the beginning of an address tells a browser that it is viewing a Web page.

Hypermatch

An innovative matching tool that gives you the ability to meet people and find communities based on your interests.

Hypertext

Text that can be clicked by a user to cause another document or web page to be retrieved and displayed.

IP address

An address made up of a series of four numbers separated by periods (e.g., 149.174.211.5) assigned to every computer connected to the Internet.

ISP

Internet Service Provider - A company that provides and sells physical Internet access to users.

JPEG / .jpg

A highly compressed graphic file format (.jpg).

Java

A programming language specifically designed for Internet based programs. Using small Java programs called “applets”, Web pages can include functions such as animations, calculators, and other fancy tricks.

Javascript

An open-source HTML compatible programming language that is used by many Web developers to create dynamic content on their sites.

Keyword

Word or phrase used to identify an ezboard for search purposes.

Link

A clickable reference in text or graphics to another web page.

Local User

A user that has signed up for an account from a specific ezboard community, enabling the user to participate only in that ezboard as a registered user. Global user registration from the ezboard home page is recommended for full access to all ezboard communities and the Control Center.

Login Name

See User Name.

Member

A user who has made at least one post at a community is considered a member of that community.

Message

See Post.

Message Board

See Community.

Moderator

A registered user assigned by an administrator of a particular ezboard community and given the authority to edit posts and move, delete and close topics in a forum.

Non-Registered User

A user of ezboard that can browse ezboard communities but does not receive the benefits offered to registered users, including administrative and customization options within the Control Center.

Password

A unique case sensitive combination of letters and numbers that is provided to registered users to login. A password may be changed by the user at any time to maintain secrecy and privacy.

Post

A user-generated message or reply found within a forum or discussion area.

Public Profile

Information about a user that is provided by the user and viewable by others.

Profile Skin

The look and feel of your public profile – the colors and graphics that form the background and shape the layout of the profile. Profile skins allow you to create a unique identity for yourself on ezboard.

Registered user

A user of ezboard that registers either as a global or local user in order to gain the benefit of many ezboard features that are not available to non-registered users.

Reply

A user-generated message posted in response to another post.

Server

Host computer that houses and serves up text, graphics and multimedia content (such as ezboards) over the Web to users.

Support Client

Email based help available to ezboard users.

Thread

A series of user-generated posts that make up one particular topic or discussion.

Topic

A user-generated post which begins a new threaded discussion. A forum may have one or more topics.

URL

(Universal Resource Locator) The address of a particular site or page on the Web, such as http://www.ezboard.com.

Unregistered User

A user of ezboard that can browse ezboard communities (that choose to allow unregistered users) but does not receive the benefits offered to registered users, including administrative and customization options within the Control Center.

User Name

The name or handle that you use for identification and access to the ezboard network. If you are a registered Global or Local user, you will also have a password associated with this login name.

Web ID

The name of a community that is part of its URL. For example, the text after the last slash is a WebID: for a community with a URL of http://go.ezboard.com/bcc , the Web ID is “bcc”.

Web Page

Collection of electronic information on the Web, formatted in HTML and addressed by a single URL.