Jeff Smith

When Microsoft first developed its Internet Explorer browser in 1995, the web was a very different environment. Now the static text-based pages of the early days have evolved into interactive applications that blur the line between online and offline, the team at Google felt it was time to reinvent the browser. In September this year the first beta version of its Chrome browser for PCs was released as an open-source free download.

Many website development companies, in earlier times used simple HTML to design websites. However, when certain design needed to be changed, it became very tedious to carry out those changes across all the pages of the website. Cascading Style Sheets, also popularly known as CSS, solved this tiresome task of making changes to every web page or the HTML document.

Data mining basically means pulling out important information from huge volume of data. Data mining tools are used for the purposes of examining the data from various viewpoints and summarizing it into a useful database library. However, lately Data mining tools have become computer based applications in order to handle the growing amount of data. Data mining tools are also sometimes referred to as knowledge discovery tools.

It has become a trend to use intranet applications and software in organizations of all sizes. Intranet applications serve as an internal website or a portal for the employees and people associated with the organization. An intranet application or an intranet software as it may be called sometimes, basically is deployed and access through local area network.

A streaming video website continuously delivers and publishes video and associated audio content on the webpage. The end user is able to view the media contents in real time without having to download the media file. Streaming video refers to the mechanism of the distribution of medium and not the media itself.

Human resource management software, as the name suggests deals and manages complete details of the employees of an organization. Companies have been using such applications on a large scale as it efficiently aids in data management of employees and various HR processes. Human resource management software is also referred to as HRMS.

An ecommerce website essentially deals in online transactions for purchase and sale of products over the internet. Ecommerce is an abbreviated form for Electronic Commerce and is also sometimes referred to as eCommerce. With the advent of Internet, trades over ecommerce websites have grown significantly and so has ecommerce website development. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) governs and regulates the activities of the ecommerce websites.

.NET application development has simplified development and customisation of various enterprise level applications. Usually referred to as .NET framework, this product comes as a part of Microsoft's Windows Operating System. The .NET framework comes bundled with a lot of advantages, which makes it widely used tool for .NET application development.

Software application development began with desktop applications, which could be used on standalone machines only. However, with the advent of internet and online commerce, web application development gained importance. Word processors and media players can be considered to be typical desktop applications, while an online shopping cart on an ecommerce website can be considered as a web application.

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