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1.3.4: Web Technologies Flashcards

(31 cards)

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What does the tag <html> mean?

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  • All code written within the tags is interpreted as HTML
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What does the tag <body> do?

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  • Defines the content in the main content area of the webpage
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What does the tag <link></link> used for?

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  • Linking additional files, including CSS stylesheets
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What does the tag <head> do?

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  • Defines the browser tab or window heading area
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What does the tag <title> do?</title>

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  • Defines the text that appears with the tab or window heading area
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What are the tags <h1> <h2> <h3>?

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  • Heading styles in decreasing sizes
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What does the tag <p> do?

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  • Defines a paragraph separated with a line space above and below
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What is the tag <img src=”source”, height=x, width=y> used for?

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  • Images
  • Self closing tag: No need to include </img> when in use
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What is the tag <a>?</a>

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  • An anchor tag that defines a hyperlink with the location parameter
  • Laid out in the following form:
    <a> link text </a>
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When is the tag <ol> used?

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  • To define an ordered list
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When is the tag <li> used?

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  • To define each element within the (Ordered or Unordered) list
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When is the tag <ul> used?

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  • To define an unordered list (Bullet points)
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When is the tag <div> used?

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  • To divide the page into separate areas, each of which can be referred to uniquely by name
  • <div>
    </div>
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What are Classes and Identifiers?

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  • Attributes given to elements on a webpage which you wish to style in a particular way
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What is the syntax that CSS has to follow?

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body
{
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
background-colour: white;
font-family: Arial, Helvetic, sans-serif;
font-size: 18px;
Text-align: center;
}

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What are the advantages of using JavaScript?

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  • Local computer can deal with invalid data before it is sent off to the servers
  • Eases the load on busy servers
  • Reduces web traffic
17
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How do Search Engines work?

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  • They rely on an index of web pages
  • Web crawlers (Spiders) collect information about websites to build the index
17
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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
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What do Web Crawlers (Spiders) collect?

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  • Keywords and phrases from the linked web pages and add the information to the index
  • Also collect metadata from websites (Information specified by the web owner)
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What does the PageRank Algorithm do?

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  • Determine the order in which web pages are displayed when a search is conducted
  • Higher ranked pages show up first
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What is the first factor that determines the rank of a page?

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  • How many incoming links it has from other pages
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What is the second factor that determines the rank of a page?

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  • The page rank of the web pages that link to it
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What else do modern Search Engines use to determine the order in which pages are displayed?

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  • The age of the web page and how quickly the web page loads
23
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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
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What does Server Side Processing mean?
- No information is processed on the client computer
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What are common Server Side Processing scripting languages?
- SQL - PHP
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Why is Server Side Processing useful?
- Does not require plugins - Can perform large calculations much faster than clients - Not browser dependent - More secure
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What is Client Side Processing (Client Side Scripting)?
- When a client processes the data on a local device
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What does Client Side Processing (Client Side Scripting) mean?
- All the information is processed on the client computer
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What languages does Client Side Processing (Client Side Scripting) use?
- JavaScript
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Why is Client Side Processing (Client Side Scripting) useful?
- Webpage can immediately respond to user actions - Executes quickly - Gives developers more control over the behaviour and look of the website