chapter ten Flashcards
web development platforms (WDP)
build a website with minimum amount of money or expertise
ex: web.com, wix.com
1990
Tim Berners Lee invented HTML
website is hosted by a
web server
web servers
a dedicated computer that accepts HTTP
web page
a “programmed document” located on a computer/web server connected to the WWW
cache
the actual data that was duplicated from data on another computer (in this case a web page)
history
all of the content that a client has looked at on the web
hypertext markup language (HTML)
the principal programming language resolved and rendered by browsers to display web pages
hypertext
the test on the browser that leads the user to related information
markup language
uses a set of annotations to five the browser instructions to display web elements
elements
form of tags enclosed by “”
head elements
typically define a web documents title, style, author, page description, and keywords
“meta” keywords
provide search engines with words to match
link elements
elements that can become hyperlinks
image elements
helps display images (GIF/JPEG)
structural/block elements
tell browser how to display text
presentational elements
bold and italics in the body of a page
javascript
programming language that is considered a client-side language in reference to websites
(must be “java-enabled” for the program to run)
adobe flash
can integrate video on a browser, add animations, promote interactivity, and develop rich internet applications
static websites
rarely, if ever, change their content and display information the same way to all users
written purely in HTML
what is a static website sometimes referred to as?
brochure/classic website
what is the easiest type of website to build?
a static websites
WYSIWYG
what you see is what you get
microsoft front-page and adobe dreamweaver
dynamic websites
styles actually generate a web page directly from the server depending on the context of the user
