General Flashcards
What are the main front-end languages?
HTML
CSS
JS
What are STATIC pages?
They are web pages that do not change unless we physically go in and change it.
What are dynamic pages?
They use code to pull content from servers or databases. (Require back-end languages)
What are the main back-end languages?
PHP
MySQL
Ruby (on Rails)
Python
What is HTML stand for?
Hyper Text Markup Language
What is a web server?
Its a computer that only does a few things (but does them really well.) It stores files and sends them whenever someone makes a request.
What is a client?
They are internet-connected devices and their web-accessing software.
What is indexing?
The process of creating a catalogue for the internet. The index is what a search engine rifles through whenever you make a query
A website must be…
Accessible
Indexable
Compatible
What do tags do?
Tags markup content, they come in pairs. They also contain attributes.
What are attributes?
They control an element’s behaviour, they are only in the opening tag. (i.e. )
What is an example of a tag that uses an attribute?
<img></img>
What is FTP?
File Transfer Protocol
What do sectioning elements do? (semantic elements)
They help us organize our documents. And help relay meaning to the browser, developer, reader, and any technology interpreting the document
What are three sectioning elements?
