1.3.4 Web Technologies Flashcards

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1
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What is HTML?

A

The language that web pages are written in

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2
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What is the function of <html>?

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All code written within is interpreted as HTML

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3
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What is the function of <body>?

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Defines content in the main browser content area

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4
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What is the function of <link></link>?

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Used to link to a CSS stylesheet

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What is the function of <head>?

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Defines the browser tab

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What is the function of <title>?</title>

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Defines the title of the document

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What is the function of <h1>, <h2> ..?

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Heading styles in decreasing sizes

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What is the function of <p>?

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A paragraph separated with a line space above and below

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What is the function of <img></img>?

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Self closing image with parameters

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How is the <img></img> tag used?

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<img></img>

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What is the function of <a>?</a>

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Anchor tag defining hyperlinkg with location parameters

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How is the <a> tag used?</a>

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<a> link text </a>

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What is the function of <ol>?

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Defines an ordered list

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What is the function of <ul>?

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Defines an unordered list

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What is the function of <li>?

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Defines an individual list item

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What is the function of <div>?

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Creates division of a page into separate areas which can be identified by a unique name

17
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How is the <div> tag used?

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<div>
</div>

18
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How are classes defined using HTML?

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With full stop as prefix to class name

19
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How are identifiers defined using HTML?

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With an initial hashtag

20
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What is CSS?

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A language used to describe the style of the webpage

21
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What is internal/embedded CSS?

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Placed inside style tags entered directly within the HTML document

22
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What is external CSS?

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Placed inside external style sheet linked to HTML document

23
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What is JavaScript?

A

A language that adds interactivity to websites

24
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What is a search engine?

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A program that searches through a database of Internet addresses looking for resources based on a criteria set by client

25
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What are web crawlers?

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Programs that collect information by traversing Internet webpage by webpage looking for linked sites

26
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What information do web crawlers collect?

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Keywords & phrases from web page
Meta data

27
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What is the purpose of the PageRank algorithm?

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Ranks each webpage
Higher ranked pages will show first on search engine

28
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State the 2 factors which determine the page rank of a page.

A

The number of incoming links from other web pages
Page rank of linked web pages

29
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What is the algorithm for PageRank?

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PageRank(x) = (1-d) + d[(PageRank(T1) / Count(T1)) + … + (PageRank(Tn) / Count(Tn))]

30
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What is the dampening factor in the PageRank algorithm?

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Probability surfer will click through to the page

31
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What is the purpose of a dampening factor in the PageRank algorithm?

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Stops page rank of linked pages from having too much effect

32
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What is server side processing?

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When a client sends data to a server for it to be processed
No information is processed on the client computer

33
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Give three advantages of server side processing.

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Can perform large calculations faster
Not browser dependent
More secure

34
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What is client side processing?

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When a client process the data on its local device
All information processed on client computer

35
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Give 2 advantages to client side processing.

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Webpage gives immediate response to user actions
Gives developers more control over website