CIS 1350 Tutorial 1 Vocabulary
extension (browser)
A proprietary feature that is supported by a specific Web browser but that is not part of the most current HTML version standard.
ScreenTip
A small rectangular box that displays text in response to a user action in a browser.
network
A system made up of two or more computers connected together.
internetwork
A system made up of two or more networks connected together.
markup language
A system of codes that describes something about the content of a document.
paired tag
A tag that occurs as part of a set, including a start tag and end tag.
unpaired tag
A tag that occurs only as a single tag.
hypertext
A technology that allows you to click a link that points to a file.
Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
A variant of HTML in which a set of rules is applied to HTML to ensure the code conforms to standards.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
An organization of individuals and member organizations that sets the standards for HTML.
special character
A character that in most cases you cannot enter from the keyboard, such as a copyright symbol or a fraction like ½.
points
A measurement of font size equal to 1/72 of a vertical inch.
named character reference
A name used to enter a character entity, which is generally an abbreviation of the character's name.
numeric character reference
A number used to enter a character entity.
compressed
Describes a file format in which the amount of data is reduced to shrink the file size.
clip art
Drawn illustrations.
metadata
Information about a document itself, such as its keywords, its author, and a description of its content, that is often found in a document's head section.
XHTML
See Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
GIF
See Graphics Interchange Format
HTML
See Hypertext Markup Language
ToolTip
See ScreenTip
W3C
See World Wide Web Consortium
character entity
See special character
second-level list
See sublist
image element
The element used to insert an image on a Web page.
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
The file format often used to store clip-art drawings.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
The language used to write formatting and other instructions for a Web page.
Web browser
The software application used to download and view Web pages.
padding
The space between an element's content and the edge of the box that contains an element.
bitmap files
Uncompressed Windows graphics files.
keywords
Words that best identify the content of a site.
block-level element
An element surrounded by padding, a border, and an external margin.
inline element
An element that is contained within a block-level element and is not surrounded by additional white space.
em element
An element that marks text for emphasis and by default renders text in italic.
strong element
An element that marks text to have importance and by default renders text in bold.
unordered list
An element used to create a list with bullets for each list item.
ordered list
An element used to create a list with numbers or letters for each list item.
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG)
A file format most often used to store photos.
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
A file format used to store images.
Internet
A large internetwork connecting networks around the world and including communications technologies such as email, file transfers, and other data transfers from one network to another.
nested list
A list inside a list item.
chronology
A list of events in time order.
sublist
A list that is nested inside a list item of another list.
description list
A list with a hanging indent format, where the list items are indented.
internal documentation
Comments used to identify sections of HTML code.
head section
The part of an HTML document that contains HTML code that does not appear in the document window of a browser.
rendering
The process a Web browser goes through to interpret a file that contains HTML and CSS and then display the resulting Web page.
cross-browser incompatibility
The result of using advanced HTML features that work only in specific Web browsers.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
A companion technology to HTML that specifies formatting and placement for Web page content.
glossary
An alphabetic list of terms and their definitions.
attribute
Code that specifies the name of a property related to a Web page element and the value for that property.
tag
Codes encapsulated in angle brackets (< >); used to provide the instructions for HTML and XHTML.
heading elements
Elements used to mark the importance of content as headings and to bring attention to important topics on the page.
validator
Software that provides error messages and warnings if the code in a document does not conform to the rules of the specified version of HTML.
white space
Space that makes code and content easier to read; created in a text editor by pressing the spacebar, the Tab key, or the Enter key.
World Wide Web
The Internet technology that provides the ability to download Web pages.
URL
The complete address of a Web site and page.