exam Flashcards
elements
includes an opening tag, content and a closing tag.
tags
are used to mark when an element begins and ends
attributes
additional information about an element, such as img src; here the src is the attribute
content
the things that users see on the browser; the things that make up a page
accessibility
creating content that is accessible for people with disabilities as well, eg. img alt
hypertext
text that contains links to other text
anchor
elements that create hyperlinks between a source anchor and a destination anchor
semantics
semantic markup consists of semantic elements which are elements with a specific meaning, such as section, img and h1
responsitivity
creating web pages that look good on all devices; will automatically adjust to the screen- adding the meta tag is important
breakpoints
an intentionally set pause in a program when executing it
grid
a css layout system; consists of rows and columns which makes it two-dimensional
flexbox
a css layout system; consist of either rows or columns; it is one-dimensional
tables
a structured set of data consisting of rows and columns. the data is usually related to each other, for example you could make a schedule this way
box model
a css layout model where a box wraps around the rest of the elements / some of them
DOM
document object model; an application programming interface aka API for html (and xml) documents. it defines the logical structure of the documents
character entities
certain reserved characters must be replaces with character entities, eg. less than < needs to be written as < in html
internationalization
the process of designing software that can be adapted to other languages. on the other side, localization means adapting software for a local region
UTF-8
when you declare a charset as utf-8, you are telling the browser to use the utf-8 character encoding system which is a method for converting your typed characters into machine-readable code
nesting
putting elements within other elements to form a proper order
image formats
describes how data related to the image is stored (compressed, uncompressed or vector format) eg. JPEG, GIF