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HTML is Hypertext Mark up Language and is the language in which web pages are written. Your browser (probably either Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) deciphers this language and uses it to present the page to you as the designer intended it to be seen. The code used in HTML tells your browser how the text and images on the page should look and should be laid out. If you would like to take a look at some HTML just click on the 'View' button at the top of the screen on our main page and choose 'Source' or 'Page Source' to see the code that created this page
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Java is a programming language which was developed by Sun Microsystems and which allows web pages to contain code which can be read and executed in most browsers. It is different from HTML, which produces static pages: Java creates dynamic output which produces moving or interactive elements on a web page
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CGI is yet another computer language but it differs from the previous ones in that it is read and interpreted by the server on which the site resides rather than by your browser. When you visit password protected areas in web sites the code that controls entry will almost always be written in CGI. In order to run CGI on a web site you must have 'permission' to do so from the server and the degree to which permission is granted varies. It is quite a difficult language to learn but is very important in web terms as it is very secure. Most shopping cart software utilises CGI.
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Macromedia Flash Player is the standard for delivering high-impact, lightweight Web content. Designs, animations, and application user interfaces are deployed immediately across all browsers and platforms, attracting and engaging users with a rich Web experience
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