HTML Tutorial 1: Getting Started With HTML5 Flashcards
Network
A structure in which information and services are shared among devices known as nodes or hosts.
Nodes
A network location that can access and share information and services.
Hosts
Any network device that is capable of sending and/or receiving data electronically.
Server
A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network.
Client
A device that receives network information or services.
Client-server network
A network in which clients access information provided by one or more servers.
Local area network (LAN)
A network confined to a small geographic area, such as within a building or department.
Wide area network (WAN)
A network that covers a wide area, such as several buildings or cities.
Internet
Largest wide area network in existence, incorporating an almost uncountable number of networks and hosts across the world.
Hypertext
A method of organizing information in which data sources are interconnected through a series of hyperlinks that users activate to jump from one data source to another.
Hyperlinks
A link within a hypertext document that can be activated to access a data source.
World Wide Web
The totality of interconnected hypertext documents on the Internet.
Web servers
A server that makes web pages accessible to the network.
Web pages
A document stored by a web server and accessed by a web browser.
Web browser
A software program that retrieves and displays web pages.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
A markup language that supports the tagging of distinct document elements and connecting documents through hypertext links.
Markup language
A language that describes the content and structure of a document by tagging different document elements.
Syntax
The rules governing how a language should be used and interpreted.
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
A group of web designers and programmers that set the standards or specifications for browser manufacturers to follow.
HTML 4.01
The fourth version of HTML, released in 1999, that provided support for multimedia, online commerce, and interactive scripts.
XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)
A version of HTML in which syntax standards are strictly enforced.
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG)
A group formed in 2004 to develop HTML 5 as a rival version to XHTML 2.0.
HTML 5
The latest version of HTML, compatible with earlier HTML releases.
Deprecated
The features and code from earlier HTML versions that have been phased out and are either no longer supported or developed.
IDE (Integrated Development Environment)
A software package providing comprehensive coverage of all phases of the HTML development process.
Web Content Management System (wcms)
Provides authoring tools for website content and administration. Example: Wordpress
Web Framework
Software that provides the foundation for the design and deployment of web technologies including HTML, databases, and web server programs for managing electronic commerce and communication.
Validators
A program that tests code to ensure that it contains no syntax errors. (there is one available on W3C Website) BrowserStack, Browsera, CrossBrowserTesting
1st line in an HTML file
Document Declaration or “doctype”. HTML 5 doctype:
<!DOCTYPE html> <!doctype html>
Quirks mode
An operating mode in which the browser renders the web page based on styles and practices from the 1990s and early 2000s. (For older HTML files without a doctype)
Standards mode
An operating mode in which the browser renders the web page in line with the most current HTML specifications. Always put an HTML 5 file in standards mode by including the doctype.
Element tag
The fundamental building block of an HTML file, used to mark every document element.
Starting tag
The tag that marks the start of the element content.
Ending tag
The tag that marks the end of the element content.
General syntax of a two-sided element tag
<element>content</element>
<p> Paragraph element
</p>
<p>Welcome to Curbside Thai.</p>
Empty elements
An element that is either nontextual (images) or contains directives to the browser about how the page should be treated.
One-sided element tag
A tag used for empty elements, containing no closing tag.
<element></element>
or <element></element>