Web design terminology beginning with the letter B

Back-end

In web design, back-end is the term applied to the software and/or database technology that sits on a server and 'drives' the interactive activity that is displayed to web surfer using a web browser. The later being the front-end.

Bandwidth

This is a method of measuring the amount of digital information that can be transported over a network within a period of time. The wider the bandwidth, the faster the connection. Hence the use of the term 'broadband' for a fast internet connection.

BBEdit

BBEdit is a Macintosh text editor for hand-coding HTML, javascript or, indeed, any other scripting or coding languages.

Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs are a form of web site navigation that displays information to the user as to the depth that they have navigated to within a web site, or section of a web site.

Breadcrumb navigation can be either static, or dynamic. Static breadcrumb navigation links would be pre-designed by the web designer – usually to represent the directory level depth of each web page. Dynamic breadcrumb navigation links might be built up as the user navigated their way through an interactive web site, such as a database or whilst using as search facility.

Browser

A program for viewing web pages on the World Wide Web (like the one you are using now). The default browser for Windows operating systems is Micrisoft's Internet Explorer, on an Apple Mac - running OS X - it is Safari. Other popular browsers include Firefox, Opera, Mozilla and Netscape.