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Web development has grown increasingly complex over the years and many of the technologies involved are represented by an alphabet soup of acronyms. We hope that this page will assist you in understanding the roles of different types of Web personnel and technologies used in the development of Web and intranet sites.

Term
Definition
Web Application
A Web application usually serves as one portion of a Web site, but can stand alone as well. For instance, a complex Web-based survey might be considered a Web application, even though it might be one element of a larger Web site.