Chapter 9

Question 1

absolute path name

Answer 1

A string that specifies the exact location of a resource, such as an HTML file, in the computer’s directory structure. (318)

Question 2

associative link

Answer 2

A means of recognizing and accessing items in a network structure, such as the World Wide Web. (306)

Question 3

definition list

Answer 3

An HTML structure that displays terms and their associated definitions. (315)

Question 4

external image

Answer 4

An image displayed when the user clicks a link on a Web page. (320)

Question 5

hyperlinks

Answer 5

Objects that allow a user to navigate to resources in a hypermedia system. (317)

Question 6

hypermedia

Answer 6

A data structure that allows the user to access different kinds of information (text, images, sound, video, applications) by traversing links. (306)

Question 7

hypertext

Answer 7

A data structure consisting of nodes and the links between them. (306)

Question 8

hypertext markup language (HTML)

Answer 8

A programming language that allows the user to create pages for the World Wide Web. (307)

Question 9

inline image

Answer 9

An image that is loaded when the user accesses a Web page. (319)

Question 10

markup tag

Answer 10

A syntactic form in the hypertext markup language used to create different elements displayed on a Web page. (307)

Question 11

memex

Answer 11

A hypothetical machine proposed by Vannevar Bush that would allow users to store and retrieve information via associative links. (306)

Question 12

relative path name

Answer 12

A string that specifies the location of a resource relative to that of the currently displayed document. (318)

Question 13

uniform resource locator (URL):

Answer 13

The address of a page on the World Wide Web. (319)