Hacking
To modify a program (usually in an unauthorised manner) by changing the code itself.

Hit
The retrieval of any web pages or graphics from the web server.

Home page
This is the main page or the top-level entry point of a Web site. The home page usually consists of links to other pages of a web site. Fast eCart is a web site creator which creates home pages.

Hot link
This is a mechanism where two applications are linked together so that changes to one will affect the other. For example, hot links can be established between documents and databases or spreadsheets.

Hot spot
Any area on the screen which is sensitive to mouse clicks, and will trigger some action or bring users to different web pages and information.

Hyperlink
An element (word, picture, icon, button) in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to a different document. A user clicks on the hyperlink to follow the link. Hyperlinks are an essential ingredient of all hypertext systems including the World Wide Web. Hyperlinking is the term used when linking a document to another, for example linking your web site to your shopping cart.

Hyperstitial
This technology allows the presentation of full-screen advertisements during the time that web pages are loading. They are harder to avoid than banner advertisements.

Hypertext
A special type of database system, invented by Ted Nelson in the 1960s, in which objects (text, pictures, music, programs etc) can be creatively linked to each other. Selecting an object will display all other objects linked to it. It enables movement from one object to another even though they may have different forms. The icons used to view associated objects are called the

Hypertext links or buttons.
HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
The common authoring language used to create documents on the World Wide Web. HTML defines the structure and layout of a Web document by using a variety of coding tags and attributes.