CSC 125 Test 1

99% of all browsers, regardless of connection type.

By following standards for HTML established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), web pages will be compatible with _________________.

Cascading Style Sheets

CSS stands for

design, develop, content strategy, multimedia

Four roles of web design

hypertext transfer protocol

HTTP

hypertext transfer protocol secure

HTTPS

www.example.com

In the following URL, what is the domain name? http://www.example.com/2012/samples/first.html

http

In the following URL, what is the protocol? http://www.example.com/2012/samples/first.html

tags

In the following example of HTML code, what are the <title> and </title> called? <title>Jen's Kitchen</title>

True

T/F: In Responsive Web Design, a custom layout is displayed based on the viewing browser window.

False

T/F: Mobile devices use a different and separate World Wide Web.

False

T/F: Responsive Web Design solves all the problems with browsers on different devices and connection types.

true

T/F: Servers host documents and files that can be requested by client computers across the internet.

True

T/F: The Domain Name System (DNS) lets users reserve a name and associate it with an IP address.

False

T/F: The World Wide Web (WWW) is a different name for the Internet and they are exactly the same thing.

True

T/F: The type of device that a user views a web page with can make a difference in what the user actually sees in the browser.

WAI Web Access Initiative

The _________________________ is an initiative by the W3C to provide support for users with impairments that must view webpages differently than on a standard browser interface or require support for other devices that enable the user to navigate.

IP Internet Protocol

The addressing system on the Internet provides a unique numerical address to each device on the network is known as

HTML Hypertext Markup Language

The basic language or code for creating web pages is

Progressive Enhancement

The current strategy for dealing with different capabilities of browsers on different devices is called ___________________________________. In this strategy, the web design has a baseline functionality and adds advanced layers of functionality that the client browser can support.

True

True or False: The physical structure of the Internet uses fiber-optic cables, satellites, phone lines, wireless access points, and other telecommunications media

image file size, remove extra spaces and blank lines, minimal use of javascript, parallel script loading, reduce HTTP requests, don't load unnecessary assets

Ways to optimize web pages

hyperlinked documents

Web page

DNS (Domain name system)

associates a name w/ a raw IP address

internet

global network of connected computers.

Tags

label document into categories so it can be found in a search; characters in tag do not display; ex. <title>jen's kitchen</title>

Markup language

language that describes a document's content and structure

World Wide Web

web pages, part of the internet, "web" of connected information

IPv6

0.0.0.0.0:ffff:c0a8:101

IPv4

192.168.1.1

one third

A Google study on web page site performance found that users on average allow 2 seconds for a page to load. After that time _____________________ simply leave to try another web site.

World wide web consortium / W3C

A group of Web developers, programmers, and authors called the __________________________created a set of standards or specifications that all browser manufacturers were to follow.

LAN (local area network)

A network for a small geographic or local area is called ____________________________.

client-server network

A network topology that uses storage computers to provide files to terminals, workstations, computers, or other devices is referred to as _______________________.

Server

A node that provides information

FTP

A protocol named ____________________ allows users to transfer files instead of webpages.

requests

A server hosts files, a client ________________ files.

Node

Access a network through this computer

authoring, styling, scripting

Aspects of progressive enhancement

teamwork

Large scale web design usually utilizes

protocol, site/domain name, directory path, file/document

Parts of a URL

Graceful Degradation

The first strategy for dealing with different capabilities of browsers on different types of devices was called ________________________. This strategy provided fallback for non-supported features.

HTML5 elements

The popularity of Adobe Flash among web designers has been decreasing. What are web designers now turning to in order to provide animation and similar features in web pages?

Browser

displays web page; server hosts files - client requests files; explored/edge, firefox, safari, etc

Hypertext

method of organizing info that gives the reader control over the order in which the information is presented; use of links to jump around topics

WAN wide area network

network that covers several buildings or cities

Network

structure linking computers together for the purpose of sharing info and services