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Character Set

A collection of characters and symbols. HTML 33

Client

A device that receives network information or services. HTML 4

Web Pages

A document stored by a web server and accessed by a web browser. HTML 5

Relative Paths

A folder path expressed relative to the location of the current document. HTML 61

Absolute Path

A folder path that starts from the root folder and processes down the entire folder structure. HTML 61

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)

A group formed in 2004 to develop HTML5 as a rival version to XHTML 2.0. HTML 5

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

A group of web designers and programmers that set the standards or specifications for browser manufacturers to follow. HTML 5

Server

A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network. HTML 4

Markup Language

A language that describes the content and structure of a document by tagging different document elements. HTML 5

Hyperlinks

A link within a hypertext document that can be activated to access a data source. HTML 4

Description List

A list of terms and matching descriptions. HTML 51

Nested Lists

A list that is placed inside another list. HTML 50

Unordered Lists

A list that is used for items that do not follow a defined sequential order. HTML 49

Ordered Lists

A list that is used for items that follow some defined sequential order. HTML 48

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)

A markup language that supports the tagging of distinct document elements and connecting documents through hypertext links. HTML 5

Hypertext

A method of organizing information in which data sources are interconnected through a series of hyperlinks that users activate to jump from one data source to another. HTML 4

Local Area Network (LAN)

A network confined to a small geographic area, such as within a building or department. HTML 4

Client-server Network

A network in which clients access information provided by one or more servers. HTML 4

Nodes

A network location that can access and share information and services. HTML 4

Wide Area Network (WAN)

A network that covers a wide area, such as several buildings or cities. HTML 4

Validators

A program that tests code to ensure that it contains no syntax errors. HTML 7

HTML5 Shiv

A script that provides support for HTML5 in older browsers. HTML 39

Modernizr

A script that provides support for HTML5 in older browsers. HTML 39

Web Servers

A server that makes web pages accessible to the network. HTML 5

Protocol

A set of rules defining how information is passed between two network devices. HTML 64

Style Sheet

A set of rules defining how page elements are displayed. HTML 32

IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

A software package providing comprehensive coverage of all phases of the HTML development process. HTML 7

Web Browser

A software program that retrieves and displays web pages. HTML 5

Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

A standard address format used to link to a variety of resource documents. HTML 57

Network

A structure in which information and services are shared among devices known as nodes or hosts. HTML 4

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

A style sheet language supported by the W3C and used in web page design. HTML 32

One-Sided Element Tag

A tag used for empty elements, containing no closing tag. HTML 9

XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)

A version of HTML in which syntax standards are strictly enforced. HTML 5

Internet

A wide area network incorporating an almost uncountable number of networks and hosts across the world. HTML 4

Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)

An HTML standard that assists screen readers in interpreting web page content. HTML 44

Conditional Comment

An Internet Explorer extension that encloses content that should only be run by particular versions of Internet Explorer. HTML 20

Presentational Attributes

An attribute that describes how page content should be rendered by the browser. HTML 36

E-mail Harvesters

An automated program that scans web pages for e-mail addresses. HTML 67

Rollover Effect

An effect in which the page appearance changes as the user hovers the mouse pointer over a hypertext link. HTML 59

Nested Elements

An element contained within another element. HTML 9

Embedded Elements

An element containing embedded content such as graphic images, audio soundtracks, video clips, or interactive games. HTML 36

Inline Elements

An element in which the content is placed in line with surrounding page content rather than starting on a new line. HTML 29

Semantic Elements

An element in which the element name describes the purpose of the element and the type of content it contains. HTML 24

Interactive Elements

An element that allows for interaction between the user and the embedded object. Also called embedded element. HTML 36

Presentational Elements

An element that describes how page content should be rendered by the browser. HTML 36

Empty Elements

An element that is either nontextual or contains directives to the browser about how the page should be treated. HTML 9

Grouping Elements

An element that organizes similar content into a distinct group, much like a paragraph groups sentences that share a common theme. HTML 26

Sectioning Elements

An element used to define major topical areas in the document. HTML 24

Text-level Elements

An element within a grouping element that contains strings of the characters or page content. HTML 29

White-space Character

An empty or blank character such as a space, tab, or line break. HTML 12

ISO 8859-1

An extended version of the ASCII character set. HTML 33

Latin-1

An extended version of the ASCII character set. HTML 33

Script

An external program that is run within the browser. HTML 39

Inline Images

An image that is placed, like text-level elements, in line with the surrounding content. HTML 37

Quirks Mode

An operating mode in which the browser renders the web page based on styles and practices from the 1990s and early 2000s. HTML 9

Standards Mode

An operating mode in which the browser renders the web page in line with the most current HTML specifications. HTML 9

Navigation List

An unordered list of hypertext links placed within the nav element. HTML 55

Hosts

Any network device that is capable of sending and/or receiving data electronically. HTML 4

Metadata

Content that describes the document or provides information about how the document should be processed by the browser. HTML 15

Embedded Content

Content that is imported from another resource, often nontextual. HTML 36

Attribute Minimization

Element attributes that do not require an attribute value. HTML 11

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)

The character set used for the English alphabet. HTML 33

Deprecated

The features and code from earlier HTML versions that have been phased out and are either no longer supported or developed. HTML 6

Root Folder

The folder at the top of the folder hierarchy, containing all other folders. HTML 60

Element Tag

The fundamental building block of an HTML file, used to mark every document element. HTML 9

Unicode

The largest character set supporting up to 65,536 symbols that can be used with any of the worlds languages. HTML 33

HTML5

The latest version of HTML, compatible with earlier HTML releases. HTML 5

UTF-8

The most common character encoding in present use. HTML 17

Element Attributes

The part of an element that provides information to the browser about the purpose of the element or how the element should be handled by the browser. HTML 11

Character Encoding

The process by which the computer converts text into a sequence of bytes and then converts those bytes back into characters. HTML 17

Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

The protocol used by devices on the web. HTML 64

Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)

The registration authority used to register the top levels of every domain name. HTML 65

Syntax

The rules governing how a language should be used and interpreted. HTML 5

Domain Name

The server name portion of a URL. HTML 65

Ending Tag

The tag that marks the end of the element content. HTML 9

Starting Tag

The tag that marks the start of the element content. HTML 9

Extension

The top level of a URL, indicating the general audience supported by the web server. HTML 65

World Wide Web

The totality of interconnected hypertext documents on the Internet. HTML 4

Spam

Unsolicited e-mail sent to large numbers of people. HTML 67