Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:38 PM
Site: Moodle - Open-source learning platform | Moodle.org
Course: Moodle in English (Moodle in English)
Glossary: Glossary of common terms
HTML | ||
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HyperText Markup Language - a language used to create web pages. |
Javascript | ||
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A scripting language that can be used to write small programs in web pages, such as popup menus. Moodle uses a little Javascript. |
MySQL | ||
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MySQL is the world's most popular open source database, recognized for its speed and reliability. |
nightly | ||
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A Moodle Nightly is built automatically every day from the most recent code, and is available from the Moodle.org download page. It can be useful if you don't have CVS, but you want to try the latest features. It can also contain bugs, since they may not have been well-tested yet. |
server | ||
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This is where your web site or database, or both, resides. You may choose to run your own server or have a hosting provider look after this for you. |
URL | ||
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A Uniform Resource Locator is the address that is used to reach a website. For example, http://moodle.org/ |