1.3.4 Web Technologies

Question 1

Define HTML

Answer 1

the standard **markup language **for websites

not a programming language

Question 2

What are tags used for?

in HTML

Answer 2

• to specify parts of a webpage
• define structural elements of a page

e.g. navigation bar, footer

e.g. paragraph, button, header

Question 3

What interprets the tags? And what is the outcome of this?

in HTML

Answer 3

• the web browser, which then displays the webpage

Question 4

Why is JavaScript often used with HTML?

Answer 4

• HTML is** not a programming language**(but a markup language)
• JavaScript can implement programming techniques/ constructs

JS is designed for the web

Question 5

Define rendering in terms of HTML

Answer 5

process of processing HTML code to display webpages

Question 6

What can CSS be used to do?

in HTML

Answer 6

• override the default browser rules of presentation

Question 7

Define a semantic element

in HTML

Answer 7

an element of the code which** clearly defines** its content to both the developer and the web browser

Question 7

State a benefit of semantic elements

in HTML

Answer 7

• allows correct interpretation by view and devices

Question 8

What do the head tags contain?

in HTML

Answer 8

• any content which isn’t included in the main body of the webpage

Question 9

Which tags contain the main content of the webpage?

in HTML

Answer 9

• the body tags

Question 10

From h1to h6 headers, what happens to the level priority?

in HTML

Answer 10

• the priority levels decrease