ECS WEB PAGE UNIT REVIEW
Markup Language
A coding system, such as HTML and SGML, used to structure, index, and link text files.
Internet Service Provider
A company that provides individuals and other companies access to the Internet and other related services such as website building and virtual hosting
Network
A group of computers (from one to many) that are connected together to share resources and information; connected by high, medium, and low speed data lines
Web Page
A hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.
Hyperlink
A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen.
Website
A location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.
HTML Text Editor
A low-level Web site authoring tool that is essentially a text editor, specialized for writing HTML code.
Web Browser (browser)
A software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.
CSS (Cascading Style Sheet)
A style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language.
Extranet
A website that allows controlled access to partners, vendors and suppliers or an authorized set of customers - normally to a subset of the information accessible from an organization's intranet.
World Wide Web (WWW)
An information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another
JavaScript
An object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
rel
Attribute that specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document/resource
<a></a>
Called the anchor tag; used to create links in a web page. Needs href attribute.
External Style Sheet
Changes the style of multiple pages in a Web site; saved as an .css file
<div></div>
Generic container for flow content that by itself does not represent anything.
<button>
Defines a clickable button
<footer></footer>
Defines a footer for a document or section
<p></p>
Defines a paragraph
<html></html>
Defines an HTML document
<h1> to <h6> </h1> to </h6
Defines headings at levels 1-‐6
<body></body>
Defines the main part of the document
<title></title>
Defines the title of the document
src
Defines the url of the image that is being loaded
<!doctype HTML>
Defines the version of HTML
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Is the set of markup symbols or codes inserted in a file intended for display on a World Wide Web browser page.
HTML Tags
Keywords surrounded by angle brackets, like <html>(also known as HTML markup tags), [general]
id
Uniquely identifies an element within a document
Joint Photographic Expert Group (JPEG) [.jpg]
Used for images with many colors (>256), such as photos
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)
Uses images with few colors (<256); allows for transparent image
WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get. This editor is a system in which content of text and graphics onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product, which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.
Internet
Worldwide collection of computer networks that links together millions of computers used by businesses, the government, educational institutions, organizations, and individuals using modems, telephone lines, and other communications devices and media
<header></header>
Represents a group of introductory or navigational aids.
<nav></nav>
Represents a section with navigation links.
<img />
Represents an image in the document. Must have the src attribute.
<article></article>
Represents an independent item section of content.
<aside<</aside>
Represents content that is tangentially related to the content that forms the main textual flow of a document.
<input>
Specifies an input field where the user can enter data
class
Specifies one or more classnames for an element.
name
Specifies the name of an anchor
Home page
The introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site.
HTML Object Editor
editor that allows alternate editing of the source text of objects in more visually organized modes than simple color highlighting, but in modes not considered WYSIWYG
attributes
extra bits of information that are attached to tags and appear inside the opening tag. Their values sit inside quotation marks.
<section></section>
represents a section of a document, typically with a title or heading.
Internet Site
website generally available to the public
Web Server (Host)
Computers that deliver (serves up) Web pages. Every Web server has an IP address and possibly a domain name
href
(Hypertext REFerence); specifies the URL of the linked page or file
Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A reference (an address) to a resource on the Internet.
<script></script>
Identifies a block of script in the page; loads a script file. Defines the start of a script (like javascript),
Intranet
Network belonging to an organization accessible only by organization's members, employees, or others with permission
Portable Network Graphic (PNG)
Newest format for images; used for all types of images; allows for variation in transparency
<link>
Tag that allows authors to link their document to other resources. Must have a rel attribute
<li></li>
Tag used for specifying a each item in a list
<ol></ol>
Tag used for starting an ordered list (numbered list), [HTML Tag]
<ul></ul>
Tag used for starting an unordered list (or un-numbered list), [HTML Tag]
Platform Independent
The HTML code is written on one machine without extra software, it can run without the help of other platforms and softwares as well.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
The data transfer protocol used on the World Wide Web.
Bootstrap
The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile-first web sites.
Publishing
The process of publishing content to the Internet
Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)
The trading or facilitation of trading in products or services using computer networks, such as the Internet