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absolute link: a link that specifies the full location or path to a file; C:\\index.htm, than index.htm, a relative link attributes: settings that control the behavior, appearance, etc. for an element. Audio file (.au): a sound file which is similar to a Wave file author: one who designs Web sites (also known as a Web designer)-- b --
background-color: the color assigned to the background of a Web page back slash (/): a puncuation mark used in URLs Bitmap image (.bmp): images that are generally high quality, slow loading and consume lots of diskspace bold (bold-face type): thick and darkened text-- c --
caption: the title or name of a table assigned by the caption, not behaving the same as the table itself (doesn't take on the table's style) center: positioning text in the middle of a line checkbox control: a box which allows the user to make multiple choices when multiple choices are givenclose tag: the tag which end's the element's effect; also known as an end tag
coding: a process which involves the input of markup tags which will design a Web page; specifically creating a Web page control (as in form control): a way of providing information to a designated person inside a form. Form controls include radio, check, textarea, buttons, and text fields of all kinds.-- d --
design: the process of creating a Web page, in general-- e --
edit: the process of making changes to a Web page element: the part of the tag which tells the browser what to display; the IMG element of the IMG tag tells the browser that an image is going to be displayed embedded: the act of being unable to be removed directly by the user from its source (text from a window's titlebar, for example); built-in; integrated-- f --
flag: an attribute which equals itself (the value is the same as the attribute); noresize=noresize folder hiearchy: a tree of folders (level 1) which contain subfolders (level 2) which contain subfolders (level 3) font color: the color assigned to a specific font font name: the "alphabet" assigned to a group of text font size: sets how big or small the text appears on screen form: an interactive Web page allowing the user to provide information to a Web master or other person by use of form controls and is sent to the designated person upon clicking a Submit button forward slash (/): a puncuation mark which differentiates an open tag from a close tag. It is this mark which tells the Web browser to end the element's effect within the end tag. Also called a slash. fixed: objects that are fixed are attached to the background and when the user scrolls down a Web page, the object stays at rest and does not scroll with the foreground content, creating a cool effect-- g --
Graphic Interchange Format (.gif): Gifs, as they are called, are generally fast loading images with poor quality commonly used for most Web graphics. They can also be set a transparent background (image blends in with a Web page's background), or animated.-- h --
homepage: the page of a Web page where a user may navigate throughout the Web site; normally the first or second page of a Web site; also referred to as HOME hover: the process of motion by the mouse over an object; moving the mouse over an object is hovering hypertext links: or links; text assigned to communicate or connect to a Web page, a link within a Web page, or files when clicked Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): the standard language used to create Web pages. It consists of markup tags, which are constructed of elements and attribute-value pairs.-- i --
input button control: a control used to carry out commands, generating a "pushed-down" effect when clicked italic: text which appears thin and slanted to the right-- j --
Joint Photographic Experts Group (.jpg, .jpeg): images that are generally used for photos as it provides photo-quality while quickly loading and small in size-- k --
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line break: moving the cursor to the next line allowing text to be typed load: a process in which the Web browser recognizes a Web page, interpret it by its source code, and present what the source code says in a graphical format (this presenting information to the user is also known as output; information needed by the user is input)-- m --
markup tags: a piece of code consisting of an element and attribute-value pairs used to display content in the Web browser mask: to hide textMIDI (.mid) (/): a sound file which takes up little space but only plays musical instruments, not lyrics or words
MPEG3 (.mp3): a sound file which saves on disk space yet presenting CD-quality sound-- n --
nesting: the proper ordering or grouping of tags; is correct, while is incorrect. In other words, if the open tag is first, it must be the last tag in a grouping of tags. non-breaking space: blank space used to separate items on the same line, not different lines (unlike breaks, which "break" from one line to another)-- o --
object: anything which, at the control of the user, can be embedded into a Web page, such as images and sounds open tag: the tag which begins the element's effect; also known as a start tag-- p --
paragraph break: moving the cursor down two lines allowing text to be typed and creating a "double-space" effect Portable Network Graphics (.png): images that quickly load, are small and yet provide excellent quality. These are rarely used and not supported by all Web browsers-- q --
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radio control: a small circle used to allow users to choose only one item from multiple itemsrelative link: a shortcut to a specific location, using "../", for example, to move up the folder hiearchy
Reset button: input button used to clear the form's content and start over with blank fields-- s --
strike-out: a line that runs across the middle of text style: the settings for a page's appearance Submit button: input button used to send the contents of a form to its designated user-- t --
table: an object used mostly to present information and layout an entire Web site table cell: a small box in a table used to present information, and appear as columns when multiple cells are placed table data: information placed in a cell, the acronym (and element) being TD table row: a horizontal box consisting of smaller cells template: a standard format used for multiple files. Commonly used on the Web except in Homepages, which at times appear different text: the computer's "hand-writing" style; how information is displayed by the computer textarea control: a huge field used to enter multiple line of text textfield: a box used to enter a line of text-- u --
underline: a thin line appears just below text Uniform Resource Locator (URL): the address to a Web site (Web address) upload: the process of sending files over the Internet to the World Wide Web or other purpose such as through email-- v --
value: settings that control how the attributes of an element act and appear.-- w --
Wave file (.wav): a sound file with excellent quality yet consuming lots of diskspace web browser: software used to view the World Wide Web; it interprets the page's source code to a graphic-oriented format web document: a text file containing HTML code, but is uncapable of being viewed in a Web browser web master: a person who designs and maintains a Web page web page: the graphical and multimedia-based information sent over the Internet web server: a storage location on the WWW where Web pages are stored so others can view (visit) them. A Web server can also assist in providing the page's appearance or in interacting with a Web page; a hard drive shared over the Internet web site: two or more Web pages linked to each other, normally with a purpose and on the same Web server web space: storage space on the Web used to store Web pages and other files to be seen by visitors by use of the World Wide Web World Wide Web (WWW): the collection of Web sites and Web pages sent over the Internet as interpreted by a Web browser-- x --
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