TERMS AND DEFINITION |
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| Context Menu | - | The Context Menu offers the user a set of operations relevant to that part of FBI with which the user is currently interacting. To invoke the Context Menu the user simply points the cursor at the relevant part of the screen (e.g. a data table, or a button) and then clicks the right mouse button. |
| Correlation ID | - | A correlation id is a unique identifier assigned by the HMRC to a message that it has received from FBI and acknowledged. |
| HTML | - | HTML is a technical language for crafting documents such as webpages that then become viewable using a Web Browser such as Internet Explorer. |
| HTTP | - | HTTP is the primary method used to communicate information on the World Wide Web. It is related to HTTPS (see below), but assumes that data does not need the same levels of security. HTTP is well suited to communicating non-sensitive data, such as weather forecasts, news, and so on, but is ill-suited to sensitive information. The specification of HTTP is currently maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) at http://www.w3.org . |
| HTTPS | - | HTTPS is a secure means of communicating over the communication protocol of the World Wide Web. It was invented by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide authentication and encrypted communication and is widely used in electronic commerce. |
| P14 form | - | End of year summary P14 for specific tax year. For a downloadable electronic (PDF) version of a P14 form see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ebu/pnforms.htm. |
| P35 form | - | End of year form P35 (Employer's Annual Return) for a specific tax year. For a downloadable electronic (PDF) version of a P35 form see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ebu/pnforms.htm. |
| SOAP | - | SOAP is a technical standard used by software to exchange data and access services over the internet. Internaly, SOAP assumes messages are in a technical format termed XML. |
| XML | - | XML is a technical language used by standalone programs and computer systems to exchange data with one another. |
| XSLT | - | XSLT (Extensible Stylesheet Transformations) is a technical means of translating electronic documents between different formats, for example, translating messages from their technical format (XML) to the more user-friendly HTML format, enabling them to be viewed on-screen in a style similar to printed forms. |