Jargon Buster

Executed via a GPS enabled mobile device that allows a user to declare they are at a specific location.

A form of advertising which is particularly common in newspapers and online which may be sold or distributed free of charge. It is generally grouped under headings classifying the product or service being offered (headings such as Auto, Clothing etc) and is grouped entirely in a distinct section away from display advertising. Display advertising typically contains graphics or other art work and which is more typically distributed throughout a publication adjacent to editorial content.

An interaction between a user and the browser in which the user moves their cursor or pointer to an active area of the screen and then deliberately interacts with that area by clicking a button on their device, triggering an event. In the case of touch-screen devices, the user “clicks” by touching the active area with their finger.

Click fraud is a type of fraud that occurs on the Internet in pay-per-click (PPC) online advertising when a person, automated script or computer program imitates a legitimate user of a web browser clicking on an ad, for the purpose of generating a charge per click without having actual interest in the target of the ad's link.

A creative control that enables a user to close an ad (remove it from view) or to reduce an expanded panel back to its original size.

Carbon dioxide equivalent is used to measure and compare emissions from greenhouse gases based on how severely they contribute to global warming, i.e. how much a particular gas would contribute to global warming if it was CO2. Gases other than the carbon dioxide are generally expressed in terms of carbon dioxide equivalents.

There are six greenhouse gases listed in the greenhouse gas protocol (see below). 

• Carbon dioxide (CO2)
• Methane (CH4)
• Nitrous oxide (N2O)
• Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
• Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
• Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6)

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) is the sister organisation of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), and is responsible for writing and updating and rules on advertising in the UK, via the CAP Code (for non-broadcast media) and BCAP Code (for broadcast media). These Codes are maintained by two different Committees - the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP Code) and the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP Code). The ASA administers and enforces these Codes. The CAP Executive and Copy Advice teams also provide advice and guidance on how to create campaigns that comply with the rules. IAB UK maintains a seat on CAP, representing digital advertising.

The dimensions of a display screen’s image expressed as a ratio of the horizontal width to the vertical height.

Referred to as either Companion Landscape or Companion Portrait.