The Lexicon of New Media Terms

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Note: These entries have been loosely complied from hundreds of online and print sources. Make independent confirmation and proper citation before using any of this material for professional or academic purposes.

Terms beginning with "L"

LAN: Local Area Network, a group of computers connected to a nearby server, typically in a small office or campus.
laptop computer: A folder-sized computer which folds open to show a display on one panel and a keyboard on the other; same as notebook computer.
latency: The delay that occurs as data moves through a series of routers to a destination.
layer: A tag supported by Netscape to display content on top of other content on a Web page.
leading: Spacing between lines of text.
link: A piece of highlighted text or an image on a Web page that, when clicked, connects the user's browser to another Web page or file.
linked stylesheet: A set of markup tag definitions kept seperate from a document's content so that changes made to the stylesheet won't mean recoding the actual document.
LINUX: A popular variant of the UNIX computer operating system.
lists: A set of HTML tags used to add bullets, ordered numbers, or letters in front of lines of text.
LISTSERV: A mailing list program that responds automatically to e-mail requests and sending out new messages to a subscriber list.
loop: A way scripts keep checking for a specific condition to occur; for example, when variable X becomes greater than 6, do action Y - but wait until then.
Lycos: A Web search engine site.

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