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The online world has its own language and dictionary of terms. While a lot of this dialog has become well-known and commonplace among the general public, others have not caught on as fast - and even more are being created every day!
In an effort to explain some of the more common terms, we have created this glossary. This is not meant to be an all-encompassing encyclopedia, but rather a brief glimpse at some of the most frequently used words and acronyms. If you would like to suggest an Internet term that is not part of this list, please send an eMail to info@gravityfree.com.
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OCR (Optical Character Recognition) - Software that converts scanned images of text documents into files, which can then be imported into a word processor.

ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) - A standard database access method developed by Microsoft Corporation. The goal of ODBC is to make it possible to access any data from any application, regardless of which Database Management System (DBMS) is handling the data.

ODP (Open Directory Project) - A web directory owned by AOL, and staffed by volunteers.

Online - Being connected to the Internet via an ISP or OSP. Used as an adjective to describe a variety of activities that you can do on the Internet, for example: online chat, online shopping, and online games.

Optimization - Changes made to a Web page to improve the positioning of that page with one or more search engines. A means of helping potential customers or visitors to find a Web site. Optimization may involve design/layout changes, new text for the title-tags, meta-tags, alt- attributes, headings, and changes to the first 200-250 words of the main text.

OS (Operating System) - DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 98, UNIX, OS2, etc. are basic operating systems for computers.

Outbound Link - A link from a page of your site to another site.

Overture - A pay per click search engine.

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