Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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A worldwide collection of computers and computer networks that links billions computers used by businesses, government, educational institutions, organizations, and individuals using modems, phone lines, television cables, satellite links, fiber-optic connections, and other communications devices and media.

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Internet

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A collection of two or more computers that are connected to share resources and information.

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Network

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3
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A company that has a permanent connection to the Internet Backbone.

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Internet Service Provider (ISP)

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4
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A collection of high speed data lines that connect major computer systems located around the world.

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Internet Backbone

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5
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A part of the internet that supports and consist of a collection of linked documents.

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The World Wide Web (The Web)

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A set of rules for exchanging text, graphic, sound, video, and other multimedia files.

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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

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7
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The linked documents or pages of information on the web.

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Web Pages

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A related collection of Web pages that is created and maintained by an individual, company, educational institution, or other organization.

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Web Site

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9
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The first document users see when they access the web site.

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Home Page

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10
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A computer that stores and sends (serves) requested Web pages and other files.

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Web Server (Host)

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Copying the Web pages and associated files such as graphics and audio to a Web Server.

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Publishing

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12
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This type of site is generally available to the public.

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Internet site

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13
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A private network that uses Internet technologies to share company information among employees.

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Intranet

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14
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A private network that uses Internet technologies to share business information with select corporate partners or key customers.

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Extranet

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15
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The buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet.

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Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce)

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16
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A program that interprets and display Web pages and enables you to view and interact with a Web page.

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Web Browsers (Browsers)

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Microsoft internet explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari

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Web Browsers (Browsers)

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18
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The address of a document or other file accessible on the internet.

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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

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19
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An element used to connect one Web page to another Web pages on the same server or to Web pages on different Web servers located anywhere in the world.

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Hyperlink (Link)

20
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An authorizing language used to create documents of the World Wide Web.

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

21
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Special instructions that define the structure and layout of a Web document and specify how the page is displays in a browser.

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Tags (Markup)

22
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Defines additional characteristics such as font weight or style of the HTML tag.

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Attributes

23
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You can create, or code, an HTML filed on one type of computer and then use a browser on another type of computer to view that file as a Web page.

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Platform Independent

24
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What are the rules, or syntax, when creating HTML elements?

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  1. HTML elements begin with a start tag / opening tag.
  2. HTML elements finish with a end tag / closing tag.
  3. The element content is everything inserted between the start and end tags.
  4. Some HTML elements have empty content (e.g. <br></br> or <hr />)
  5. Empty elements are closed in the start tag (use space-/ to close in <br></br>)
  6. Most HTML elements can have attributes.
25
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This site maintains HTML standards or specifications. It makes them available to the public

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World Wide Consortium (WC3)

26
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Tags or attributes that are being phased out and are therefore no longer recommended in the latest WC3 standard.

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Deprecated Tags

27
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This allows you to specify styles for various Web page elements.

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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

28
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A rule that defines the appearance of a Web page element.

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Style

29
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A series of rules that defines the style for a Web Page or an entire Web Site.

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Style Sheets

30
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Describes a combination of

HTML tags, CSS, and scripting language such as JavaScript.

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Document Object Model

31
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Tags used to transport and store data.

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Extensible Markup language (XML)

32
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A reformulation of HTML formatting so it conforms to XML structure and content rules.

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Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)

33
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A program that allows a user to enter, change, save, and print text, such as HTML.

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Text Editor

34
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A program that provides basic text-editing functions, as well as more advanced features such as color-coding for various HTML tags, and spell checkers.

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HTML Text Editor

35
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A program that provides the additional functionality of an outline editor that allows you to expand and collapse HTML objects and properties, edit parameters, and view graphics attached to the expanded objects.

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HTML Object Editor

36
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A program that provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows a developer to preview the Web page during its development.

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WYSIWYG Editior (pronounced Wizzy-Wig)

37
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A process that can be used for developing Web pages at any level of complexity.

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Web Development Life Cycle

38
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What are the phases in the Web development life cycle?

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Planning
Analysis
Designs and Development
Testing
Implementation and Maintenance
39
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Structure connects Web pages in a straight line. This structure is appropriate if the information on the Web pages should be read in a specific order.

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Linear Structure

40
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Structure that connects Web pages in a tree- like structure. This structure works well with site that has a main index or table of contents page that links to all other Web pages.

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Hierarchical Structure

41
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This structure has no set organization. This structure works well with sites in which the information does not need to be read in any specific order.

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Webbed Structure

42
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A site in which home page is the main index page, and all other Web pages are linked individually to the home page.

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Broad Web Site

43
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Has many levels of pages, requiring the user to click many times to reach a particular Web page.

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Deep Web Site

44
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The measure of how well a product, such as a Web site, allows a user to accomplish his or her goals.

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Usability

45
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A method by which user of a Web site or other product are asked to perform certain task in a effort to measure the product’s ease-of-use and the user’s perception of experience.

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Usability Testing

46
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Testing that is done to verify that the Web Site works with a variety of browsers and browser versions.

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Compatibility Testing

47
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Determines what happens on your Web site greater numbers of users access the site.

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Stress Testing