Internet Glossary - L
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Link
When you are browsing the Web and you see a highlighted and underlined
word or phrase on a page, there is a good chance you are looking at a
link. By clicking on a link, you can "jump" to a new Web page
or a completely different Web site. While text links are typically blue
and underlined, they can be any color and don't have to be underlined.
Images can also serve as links to other Web pages. When you move the cursor
over a link in a Web page, the arrow will turn into a little hand, letting
you know that it is a link. The term "hypertext" comes from
the way links can quickly send you to another Web destination.
Link Farm
A collection of web sites that link to each other to artificially boost
link popularity.
Link Popularity
The number of inbound links to a particular site. Many search engines
use link popularity as a factor in determining the search engine ranking
of a web site.
Linux
An open source operating system created by Linus Torvalds. His reason
for developing it was that he wasn't happy with the currently available
options in UNIX. So he did what anybody else would do, and created his
own operating system. He freely distributed his OS, which helped it gain
popularity. Today, Linux is used by millions of people around the world.
Linux is very customizable and you can actually add your own code to the
operating system. Linux is also the OS of choice for many Web hosting
companies since it is far cheaper to set up and maintain than a Windows-based
server.
Log File
A file that contains a list of actions that have occurred on your web
server. The statistics of your site are created by referencing the activity
log file. This file is located in your "log" directory and is entitled
"access log".
