WebDesign Vocab Lesson3

GIF

(Graphics Interchange Format — Best for electronic display of line art, logos, shapes and illustrations; larger file size and lossless compression; supports transparency and compression.

JPEG

(Joint Photographic Experts Group) — Best for photographs and print; small file size and lossy compression; does not support transparency or animation.

PNG

(Portable Network Graphics) — Best for electronic display of line art, logos and photographs; larger file size than JPEG but smaller than GIF; lossless compression; does not support animation but does support transparency.

web server

A Web server is a computer system that hosts websites. It runs Web server software, such as Apache or Microsoft IIS, which provides access to hosted webpages over the Internet.

HTML

Stands for "Hypertext Markup Language." HTML is the language used to create webpages. "Hypertext" refers to the hyperlinks that an HTML page may contain. "Markup language" refers to the way tags are used to define the page layout and elements within the page.

HTTP

Stands for "Hypertext Transfer Protocol." HTTP is the protocol used to transfer data over the web.

Wordwide Web Consortium (W3C)

Stands for "World Wide Web Consortium." The W3C is an international community that includes a full-time staff, industry experts, and several member organizations. These groups work together to develop standards for the World Wide Web.

container tag

A container tag has a beginning (opening) tag and an ending (closing) tag.

hyperlink

A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. Hyperlinks are found in nearly all Web pages, allowing users to click their way from page to page.

markup language

A markup language is a computer language that uses tags to define elements within a document. It is human-readable, meaning markup files contain standard words, rather than typical programming syntax. While several markup languages exist, the two most popular are HTML and XML.

semantic element

A semantic element clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer. Examples of non-semantic elements: <div> and <span> - Tells nothing about its content. Examples of semantic elements: <form>, <table>, and <img> - Clearly defines its content.

web browser

A web browser, or simply "browser," is an application used to access and view websites. Common web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari.

empty tag

An "empty tag" refers to HTML coding where the line of code stands alone and is not closed with slash characters. Empty tags are used to insert images, lists, breaks, meta tags, horizontal rules and hyperlinks. Empty tags are bracketed by "<" and ">" characters. Empty tags do not have any outside content from other programs, and they only contain a single code to place something on a Web page.

external link

An external link is a hyperlink that points to another website on the internet, typically on another domain from the current website.

internal link

An internal link allows you to link to another section on the same web page, so it basically scrolls the page up or down to the desired location. This is helpful to the user to quickly jump to the information he/she is looking for.

attribute

Attributes provide additional information about HTML elements. HTML elements can have attributes Attributes provide additional information about an element Attributes are always specified in the start tag Attributes come in name/value pairs like: name="value"

inline element

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) elements are usually "inline" elements or "block-level" elements. An inline element occupies only the space bounded by the tags that define the inline element. An inline element does not start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary.

hypertext

Hypertext is text that links to other information.

tag

On clothes, tags usually indicate the brand, size of the garment, fabrics used, and the washing instructions. In Web pages, tags indicate what should be displayed on the screen when the page loads. Tags are the basic formatting tool used in HTML (hypertext markup language) and other markup languages, such as XML.

DOCTYPE element

The <!DOCTYPE> declaration must be the very first thing in your HTML document, before the <html> tag. The <!DOCTYPE> declaration is not an HTML tag; it is an instruction to the web browser about what version of HTML the page is written in.

body section

The <body> tag defines the document's body. The <body> element contains all the contents of an HTML document, such as text, hyperlinks, images, tables, lists, etc.

head section

The <head> element is a container for all the head elements. The <head> element can include a title for the document, scripts, styles, meta information, and more.

HTML5

The latest standard for HTML.

block-level element

There are a couple of key differences between block-level elements and inline elements: By default, block-level elements begin on new lines, but inline elements can start anywhere in a line. Content model Generally, block-level elements may contain inline elements and other block-level elements. A block-level element always starts on a new line and takes up the full width available (stretches out to the left and right as far as it can).

webpage

Web pages are what make up the World Wide Web. These documents are written in HTML (hypertext markup language) and are translated by your Web browser.