HTML A Beginners Guide Flashcards
what does HTML stand for
hypertext markup language
what does URL stand for
uniform resource locator
what is a URL
a web address
what do URLs start with
http://
what do URLs end with
.com
.net
.edu
.org
what is the domain name
one part of a URL which helps identify and locate computers on the internet
what is a web server
a computer, running special software, which is always connected to the Internet
where are websites located
in directories or folders on the server
what does WWW stand for
world wide web
what is the file extension of a html file
.htm or .html
what is the index file
the main file a web server looks for in a folder
what is a web browser
a piece of software that runs on your personal computer and enables you to view web pages
what is javascript
a scripting language designed to give web pages more interactivity than can be achieved through HTML
what is a html file
a plain text file that has tags
what are html tags
commands or code used to tell the computer how to display the page content
what are attributes
additional aspects that you can customize in a tag
where are attributes placed
after the tag but before the final bracket
how does an attributes value appear
after an equal sign (=) and is placed within quotation marks
where do you place attributes in a tag
in the opening tag only
how are character entities typed
as either a numbered entity or a named entity
what do character entities begin with
ampersand (&)
what do character entities end with
semicolon (;)
what begins a comment
an exclamation mark and two hyphens after the opening bracket
what ends a comment
two hyphens before the closing bracket
what does CSS stand for
cascading style sheets
what is a selector
a tag you want to affect using CSS
how does a selector appear
a html tag without brackets
what do CSS properties do
alter specific attributes of a selector
what is a declaration for a selector
specifying values for CSS properties
what are The declaration and selector together referred to as
a set of rules or ruleset
In the typical ruleset, what is the declaration is enclosed in
curly braces after the selector
how does a CSS property appear
tag {CSS property : value;}
what is a CSS property followed by
a colon, and then its value
what three types of style sheets does CSS provide
inline
internal
external
what are inline style sheets
Styles that are embedded right within the HTML code they affect
what are internal style sheets
Styles that are placed within the header information of the web page, and then affect all corresponding tags on a single page
what are external style sheets
Styles that are coded in a separate document, which is then referenced from within the header of the actual web page
how do inline declarations appear
enclosed in straight quotes using the style attribute of whichever tag you want to affect
for example: < tag style=”property:value;>
how are internal style sheets made
using the < style > tag to contain all the instructions for the page and is placed in the header section
what file extension does an external CSS style sheet have
.css
