HTML A Beginners Guide

Question 1

what does HTML stand for

Answer 1

hypertext markup language

Question 2

what does URL stand for

Answer 2

uniform resource locator

Question 3

what is a URL

Answer 3

a web address

Question 4

what do URLs start with

Answer 4

http://

Question 5

what do URLs end with

Answer 5

.com
.net
.edu
.org

Question 6

what is the domain name

Answer 6

one part of a URL which helps identify and locate computers on the internet

Question 7

what is a web server

Answer 7

a computer, running special software, which is always connected to the Internet

Question 8

where are websites located

Answer 8

in directories or folders on the server

Question 9

what does WWW stand for

Answer 9

world wide web

Question 10

what is the file extension of a html file

Answer 10

.htm or .html

Question 11

what is the index file

Answer 11

the main file a web server looks for in a folder

Question 12

what is a web browser

Answer 12

a piece of software that runs on your personal computer and enables you to view web pages

Question 13

what is javascript

Answer 13

a scripting language designed to give web pages more interactivity than can be achieved through HTML

Question 14

what is a html file

Answer 14

a plain text file that has tags

Question 15

what are html tags

Answer 15

commands or code used to tell the computer how to display the page content

Question 16

what are attributes

Answer 16

additional aspects that you can customize in a tag

Question 17

where are attributes placed

Answer 17

after the tag but before the final bracket

Question 18

how does an attributes value appear

Answer 18

after an equal sign (=) and is placed within quotation marks

Question 19

where do you place attributes in a tag

Answer 19

in the opening tag only

Question 20

how are character entities typed

Answer 20

as either a numbered entity or a named entity

Question 21

what do character entities begin with

Answer 21

ampersand (&)

Question 22

what do character entities end with

Answer 22

semicolon (;)

Question 23

what begins a comment

Answer 23

an exclamation mark and two hyphens after the opening bracket

Question 24

what ends a comment

Answer 24

two hyphens before the closing bracket

Question 25

what does CSS stand for

Answer 25

cascading style sheets

Question 26

what is a selector

Answer 26

a tag you want to affect using CSS

Question 27

how does a selector appear

Answer 27

a html tag without brackets

Question 28

what do CSS properties do

Answer 28

alter specific attributes of a selector

Question 29

what is a declaration for a selector

Answer 29

specifying values for CSS properties

Question 30

what are The declaration and selector together referred to as

Answer 30

a set of rules or ruleset

Question 31

In the typical ruleset, what is the declaration is enclosed in

Answer 31

curly braces after the selector

Question 32

how does a CSS property appear

Answer 32

tag {CSS property : value;}

Question 33

what is a CSS property followed by

Answer 33

a colon, and then its value

Question 34

what three types of style sheets does CSS provide

Answer 34

inline
internal
external

Question 35

what are inline style sheets

Answer 35

Styles that are embedded right within the HTML code they affect

Question 36

what are internal style sheets

Answer 36

Styles that are placed within the header information of the web page, and then affect all corresponding tags on a single page

Question 37

what are external style sheets

Answer 37

Styles that are coded in a separate document, which is then referenced from within the header of the actual web page

Question 38

how do inline declarations appear

Answer 38

enclosed in straight quotes using the style attribute of whichever tag you want to affect

for example: < tag style=”property:value;>

Question 39

how are internal style sheets made

Answer 39

using the < style > tag to contain all the instructions for the page and is placed in the header section

Question 40

what file extension does an external CSS style sheet have

Answer 40

.css