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Beginning HTML and CSS Flashcards

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What is CSS used for

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To control how a web page looks

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What is HTML used for

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To explain the structure of a web page

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What is JavaScript used for

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To add interactivity to a web page

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What does HTML stand for

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Hypertext markup language

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What does W3C stand for

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World Wide Web Consortium

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What does CSS stand for

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Cascading style sheet

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What file extension does a html file have

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.htm or .html

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What is a parent

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An element that contains another element

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What is a child

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An element that is between the parents opening and closing tags

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what are siblings

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Two elements contained in the same parent

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What two main parts are there to a web page

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Head section

Body section

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What is a hyperlink

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Links that take you from one web page to another

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What does the href attribute do in the < a > element

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Tells you where the link should take you

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What are attributes

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They are the qualities that describe something

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What do attributes do

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Say something about the element that caries them

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Where do attributes appear

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On the opening tag of the element that carries them

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What is the name part of an attribute

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The property of the element that you want to set

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What does an attributes consist of

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A name and a value

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What is the value part of an attribute

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What you want the value of the property to be

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How should the value of an attribute alway appear

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In double quotation marks and separated from the name with equal sign

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What does the title attribute do in the < a > element

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Gives a plain language description of the target of the link

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what does the lang attribute do

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describes the language used within that element

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what is a boolean attribute

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attributes that consist of only a name

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what are the four core attributes

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id
title
class
style

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what does the id attribute do

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uniquely identifies any element within a page

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why might you want to uniquely identify an element

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so that you can link to that specific part in the document or to specify that a CSS style or piece of JavaScript should apply to the content of just that one element

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what does the class attribute do

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specifies that an element belongs to a class of elements

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what does the title attribute do

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gives a suggested title for the element

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what does the style attribute do

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enables you to specify CSS rules within the element

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what two internationalization attributes are there

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dir

lang

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what does the dir attribute do

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enables you to indicate to the browser the direction in which the text should flow: left to right or right to left.

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what two values can the dir attribute take

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ltr: Left to right
rtl: Right to left

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what does the lang attribute do

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enables you to indicate the main language used in a document

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what are the values of the lang attribute

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standard two-character language codes

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what attributes can the < html > carry

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id
dir
lang

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what attributes can the < head > element carry

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id
dir
lang

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36
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what does the < link > element do

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link to an external file

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what does the < script > element do

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includes script in the document

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what does the < meta > element do

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includes information about the document

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what is a character set

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collections of characters used to render written language

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What does the rel attribute do in the < link > element

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Indicates the type of the linked document and to handle it accordingly

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what attributes can the element carry

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id
dir
lang

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What does the src attribute do in the < script > element

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Points to the location of a JavaScript file

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what attributes can the < hn > element carry

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class
id
style
title
dir
lang
44
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what elements can the < p > element carry

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class
id
style
title
dir
lang
45
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what attributes can the < br > element carry

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class
id
style
title

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what does the cite attribute do in the < blockquote > element

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indicates the source of the quote

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what is the value of the cite attribute in the < blockquote > element

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a URL pointing to an online document; if possible, the exact place in that document

48
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what three types of lists can you create in html

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unordered
ordered
defintion

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what does the start attribute do in the < ol > element

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specifies a value that the numbered list should start with

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what does the reversed attribute do in the < ol > element

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allows you to reverse the order of ordered lists, counting down from the highest number

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what does the type attribute do in the < ol > element

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allows you to specify the class of markers to use with ordered lists

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< ol type=”1”>

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uses the decimal class of markers in ordered lists

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< ol type=”a”>

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uses the lower-alpha class of markers in ordered lists

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< ol type=”A”>

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uses the upper-alpha class of markers in ordered lists

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< ol type=”i”>

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uses the lower-roman class of markers in ordered lists

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< ol type=”I”>

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uses the upper-roman class of markers in ordered lists

57
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what is the content of the element intended to be

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a point of emphasis in your document

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how does the content of the element display

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in italicized text

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when should you use the element

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only when you want to add emphasis to a word

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what is the element intended to do

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show strong emphasis for its content—stronger emphasis than the element

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when should you use the element

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only when you want to add strong emphasis to part of a document

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what does the content in the element display in

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bold

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what does the content in the element display in

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italicized text

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why should you use the and elements instead of the and elements

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they can be more sensibly used in a screen reader or other implementation not dependent on a certain type style

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what is the element used for

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fine print

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what are typical uses of the element

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disclaimers, caveats, and copyrights

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what does the element do

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indicate the source when you quote a text

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when should you place the element in the element

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when you reference an online resource

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what happens when you place the element in the element

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creates a link to the relevant document

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when do you use the element

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when you want to add a quote within a sentence, rather than as an indented block on its own

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when using the element to carry the element, what should the value be

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a URL pointing to the source of the quote

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what does the element allow you to do

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specify that you are introducing a special term

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how do most browsers render the content in the element

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in italic font

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when should you typically use the element

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the first time you introduce a key term and only in that instance

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what can you use the element for

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to indicate when you use an abbreviated form or acronym

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what should you consider using when using the element

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the title attribute

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what is the title attributes value when using it in the element

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the full version of the abbreviations

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what can you use the element alongside the associated datetime attribute for

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to mark up text representing time in various forms

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what is the datatime attribute of the element designed to be

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a computer-readable representation of the same informa-

tion

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what does using a datatime attribute allow you to do

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present a friendly date for your users and still leverage

one of the more computer-useful representations

81
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what does the element contain

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code that you want to appear on a web page inside

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what is the content of the element displayed in

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monospaced font

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what is the element often used with

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the element so that the formatting of the code is retained

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what can you use the element and the associated element to do

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mark up and annotate figures or illustrations that might be referenced in text but aren’t part of the main flow of the
document

85
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what is the element usually used with

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the and elementsto indicate that the content of that element is a variable that can be
supplied by a user

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what does the element indicate

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sample output from a program, script, or the like

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what does the element contents tend to display in

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a monospaced font

88
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what can you use the element for

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to indicate what should be typed in by the user

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what is the contents of the element usually displayed in

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a monospaced font

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how does the content of the element display

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one-half a character’s height above the other characters and is also often slightly smaller than the text surrounding it

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what is the content of the element written in

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superscript

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what is the content of the element written in

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subscript

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how does the content of the element display

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one-half a character’s height beneath the other characters and is also often slightly smaller than the text surrounding it

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