HTML - Tutorial 1
grouping elements
HTML element that contains content that is viewed as a distinct block within the Web page
tags
a HTML object used to mark different Web page elements
character sets
a collection of characters and symbols representing every character that a browser is capable of rendering; list within a general pattern that specifies exactly what characters or ranges of characters are allowed in the pattern
client
a computer or other device that receives a service
web browser
a device or program that retrieves the page from its web server and renders it on a computer or another device
elements
a distinct item within a web page
web page
a document on the world wide web
world wide web
a graphical interface to the Internet using hypertext links as a mean to access interconnected documents and services
markup language
a language that describes the content and structure of a document by identifying, or tagging, different elements in the document * first popular = standard generalized markup language (SGML)
cascading style sheet (CSS)
a language used to define styles for HTML page elements
description list
a list containing a list of terms, each followed by its description
unordered list
a list in which the items do not follow a sequential order
ordered list
a list in which the items follow a sequential order
hypertext
a method of organization in which data sources are interconnected through a series of links or hyperlinks that users can activate to jump from one piece of information to another
local area network (LAN)
a network confined to a small geographic area, such as within a building or department
client-server network
a network design in which several clients access information from one or more servers
server
a network host that provides information or a service
wide area network (WAN)
a network that covers a wider area, such as several buildings or cities, typically consisting of two or more local area networks * largest in existence = Internet
character encoding
a technique which associates each symbol from a character set with a numeric value
text-based browser
a web browser limited to text-only display
header element
an HTML structural element that marks the introduction or header of the web page
comment tag
an HTML tag used to mark comments about the document
world wide web consortium (W3C)
an organization of web designers and programmers that creates a set of standards or specifications for all browser manufacturers to follow
extensive markup language (XML)
compact offshoot of SGML, used to define new markup languages
style sheet
document that describe how different web page elements should be rendered
hypertext markup language (HTML)
language of web pages used to describe the structure of documents through markup tags and create interconnected structures using hyperlinks
numeric character reference
numeric value of a character symbol
deprecation
process by which obsolete features of HTML are phased out
tagging
process of marking elements within a document
extensible hypertext markup language (XHTML)
stricter version of HTML4 created using XML
network
structure that allows devices to be linked together to share information and services
two-sided tag
tag that contains both an opening and closing tag, used to mark elements that contain text or another element
body element
element in an HTML document containing all of the content that appears in the rendered web page
heading elements
element used for marking page headings
document type declaration
opening statement in an HTML document that indicates the type of markup language used in the document
character entity reference
a short memorable name used in place of a numeric character reference
web servers
a server storing a web page
white space
blank spaces, tabs, and line breaks found within a text file
node/host
device on a network that can be used to share information and services
