Chapter 9 Flashcards
absolute path name
A string that specifies the exact location of a resource, such as an HTML file, in the computer’s directory structure. (318)
associative link
A means of recognizing and accessing items in a network structure, such as the World Wide Web. (306)
definition list
An HTML structure that displays terms and their associated definitions. (315)
external image
An image displayed when the user clicks a link on a Web page. (320)
hyperlinks
Objects that allow a user to navigate to resources in a hypermedia system. (317)
hypermedia
A data structure that allows the user to access different kinds of information (text, images, sound, video, applications) by traversing links. (306)
hypertext
A data structure consisting of nodes and the links between them. (306)
hypertext markup language (HTML)
A programming language that allows the user to create pages for the World Wide Web. (307)
inline image
An image that is loaded when the user accesses a Web page. (319)
markup tag
A syntactic form in the hypertext markup language used to create different elements displayed on a Web page. (307)
memex
A hypothetical machine proposed by Vannevar Bush that would allow users to store and retrieve information via associative links. (306)
relative path name
A string that specifies the location of a resource relative to that of the currently displayed document. (318)
uniform resource locator (URL):
The address of a page on the World Wide Web. (319)
