A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ Gateway A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another network. Geotagging The process of including location information, such as providing the location a photo was taken or using the GPS of a cell phone to 'geotag' where you were when making an update to your blog or a social networking site. GIF Graphics Interchange FormatGIF is one of the most common file formats for graphic images on the World Wide Web. Gigabyte 1024 megabytes. Commonly rounded down to one billion bytes. Glocalisation The combination of globalisation and localization. Provision of local services on a global scale via the internet. GNU GNU is a Unix-like operating system that comes with source code that can be copied, modified, and redistributed. Google Google is a very popular Web search engine. Google AdSens Google’s search advertising program for web publishers. This is a fundamental and popular form of monetization, particularly for Web 2.0 startup companies. Google AdWords Google’s search advertising program for advertisers. Googlebot Google uses several user-agents to crawl and index content in the Google.com search engine. Googlebot describes all Google spiders. All Google bots begin with "Googlebot"; for example, Googlebot-Mobile: crawls pages for Google’s mobile index; Googlebot-Image: crawls pages for Google’s image index. Google Earth A version of Google Maps that offers a three-dimensional view of maps and terrain along with some enhanced functionality. Google Gears An open source web browser extension that enables developers to provide offline usage of their web applications. The program can easily be resynchronized when an Internet connection becomes available. Google Maps Google’s mapping web service, hugely popular in mashups. Graphics In web terms graphics describe pictures (opposite to text). Graphic Monitor A display monitor that can display graphics. Graphic Printer A printer that can print graphics. GUI Graphical User InterfaceAs you read this, you are looking at the GUI of your particular Web browser. The term came into existence because the first interactive user interfaces to computers were not graphical; they were text-and-keyboard oriented and usually consisted of commands you had to remember and computer responses that were infamously brief.
