Secure Sockets Layer. An encryption protocol used to secure data sent over the internet. Usually via HTTPS.

The Hypertext Transfer Protocol that powers the web. More secure HTTPS is becoming the standard.

Short for World Wide Web. The collective network of public websites and pages linked via hyperlinks and URLs.

Matroska Video. A versatile multimedia container that can hold video, audio, subtitles, and metadata.

The standard ebook format. Supports flowable text content with images and formatting.

A modern image format that offers better compression for the web than JPG or PNG.

A widely used markup language for encoding documents in a way both humans and computers can read.

Similar to JSON but strives to be even more human-friendly. Great for configuration files.

Scalable Vector Graphics. An XML-based image format that can scale to any size without pixelation.

A lightweight markup language for formatting plain text. Used all over the web, including in this article!