HTML Flashcards
what is html
a markup language that is used to create documents for the web
what file extension do html pages have
.htm or .html
what is hypertext
text that you click to jump from document to document
what is markup
a language with a specific syntax that instructs a web browser how to display a page
what is a web page
a document on the web
why is html needed when creating a web page
to create the structure of a web page
what are hyperlinks
links, from a hypertext document, to another location
what is html rendering
the process of a browser interpreting html tags and displaying the page in its formatted state
what two main parts are there to a web page
a head section and a body section
what is the head section of a web page
the section that contains the information about the page and is created using the head element
what is the body section of a web page
the section that contains the information you actually see in the browser and is created using the body element
what elements make up the skeleton of a html web page
the html, head, body and title elements
what happens when a user clicks a hyperlink
the web browser loads the referenced page or jumps to a marked section within the page
what three types of lists are there in html
ordered, un-ordered and description
how do you nest lists
place the nested list in a list item element
what are ordered lists
lists where each item in the list has a set order
what are un-ordered lists
lists that have no order; bullet list
what are description lists
lists that contain terms and definitions
what is a parent element
an element that contains another element
what is a child element
an element contained within another element
what are sibling elements
two or more elements that have the same parent element
what are character entities
named character references used to print any character in html
what is the DOM
a programming interface for HTML, XML and SVG documents that provides a structured representation of the document as a tree
what is an internal link
a link to another page in the same website
what is an external link
a link to a different site that uses an absolute url
what is an absolute URL
a url that includes the full web address
what is the viewport
the medium a user views a web page with
what is a form handler
a program on the web server that manages data sent from a form
what is semantics within html
the practice of giving content on the page meaning and structure by using the proper element
what does semantic html do
describes the value of content on a page, regardless of the style or appearance of that content
what benefits are there to using semantic html
enabling computers, screen readers, search engines, and other devices to adequately read and understand the content on a web page
