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 * What we need to know? **

**1. Gantt Chart -** A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart developed as a production control tool; it is frequently used in project management through graphical illustration of a schedule that helps to plan, coordinate, and track specific tasks in a project.



A Gantt chart is constructed with a horizontal axis representing the total time span of the project A vertical line is used to represent the report date

2. PHP - john PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. The goal of the language is to allow Web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.

In an HTML page, PHP code is enclosed within special PHP tags. When a visitor opens the page, the server processes the PHP code and then sends the output (not the PHP code itself) to the visitor's browser. It means that, unlike Java, you don't have to worry that someone can steal your PHP script.

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Example of PHP Example  

3**. RAID** - **[|Redundant Array of Independent Disks].** **Click the link above.**

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4. MySQL - john MySQL is a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of database. []

5. Web 2.0 technologies - john Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of web sites and applications that allow people to create, share, collaborate and communicate. Web 2.0 Technologies differ from other types of web sites, as it does not require any web designs, or publishing skills; which makes it easier for people to create, publish, and communicate their information to the world. []

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Example - wikipedia, blos, RSS, etc

Java script is a script language developed by Netscapethat that allows people to create visual effects in webpages. It can interact with HTML source code so that sites can contain dynamic content. People don’t have to purchase a license to use it. It can automatically change a formatted data, have linked-to page to appear in a pop ups, cause text or image to change when mouse is moved over the image.
 * 6. Java Script -** chen

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http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_intro.asp

A Web Content Management System is typically a software tool used by both technical and non-technical staff to manage the creation of structured web pages for a web based experience such as an Internet Website, Intranet or Extranet solution. [] A WCMS is a program that helps in maintaining, controlling, changing and reassembling the content on a web-page. [] media type="youtube" key="7W46dxG_R1U" width="425" height="350" Examples: OpenCMS, Joomla!, Drupal, eZ Publish, Mambo.
 * 7. Web content management system –** do yup


 * 8. Open Source –** do yup

Open Source: Software that can be used, redistributed or rewritten free of charge; it's usually created by volunteers. [|www.pbs.org/independentlens/copyright-criminals/glossary.html] Examples: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Moodle [ @http://www.moodle.org/ ] (virtual learning system) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> Mozilla [ @http://www.mozilla.org/ ] (web browser and email client)

<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] It’s a process of increasing the visibility of the website in the search engine. By ranking high in the search engine, there is more likelihood that people would find and visit the website. Some companies and web designers offer search engine optimization service which enables certain websites to appear more often. However, they are paid to do so in most cases. The owner of the site has to optimize it so that the website is ranked high in major search engines. By utilizing the search engine optimization well, the owner can increase the volume of traffic in his/her website. Ex) [|�10�] http://www.ineedhits.com/ http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-search-engine-optimization.htm  **10. Web CMS -**  Website Content Management System (WCMS)  Collection of progress to manage work flow in a collaborative environment. These procedures can be manual or computer-based. The procedures are designed to do the following:  Allow for a large number of people to contribute to and share stored data  Control access to data, based on user roles (defining which information users or user groups can view, edit, publish, etc.)  Aid in easy storage and retrieval of data  Reduce repetitive duplicate input  Improve the ease of report writing  Improve communication between users
 * 9. Search engine optimization -** chen

It is a financial system which enables transfer of money between sellers and buyers or suppliers and users. In context of e-commerce and online business, the system mainly consists of electronic payment methods for online transactions. Usually, it involves the use of PayPal, credit and smart cards to pay the price. It enables fast and easy transactions. Ex) EBay :   www.ebay.com/  Gmarket:    www.gmarket.co.kr/
 * 11. Payment Merchant system -** chen

**12. CSS –** gina <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: 115%;">C <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">ascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language written in a markup language. CSS is designed to enable the separation of document content from document presentation such as layout, colors, and fonts.

h1 { color: white; background-color: orange !important; } h2 { color: white; background-color: green !important; }

However, CSS does not work consistently in different browsers. For example, sites look different in Firefox and Internet. CSS also does not work well in early versions of the Internet.

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 * 13. Backup strategies –** do yup

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Backup strategies: Ways to make copies of original data in case of it is lost. A backup is a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device. <span style="color: green; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn]

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;">A four-step process for creating a backup strategy: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">1. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Decide what you need to back up. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Do you want to save everything? Only documents you've created? What about application settings? Things you've downloaded? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Decide where to back up your data to. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> There are plenty of options: a network server, a USB keyring, a Zip disk, a (re)writable CD or DVD, a second hard drive, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Make it easy to back up your data. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Set up your system so that you can back it up with one command. This may take a fair amount of time, but it will be worth it if your system crashes. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">4. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Make daily backups a habit. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> The longer the period between backups, the more you have to lose. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">[|http://www.rdrop.com/~half/Creations/Writings/TechNotes/backup.strategy.html]