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HTML Tutorial 2: Getting Started with CSS Flashcards

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CSS

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Used to specify the format and appearance of content on webpages.

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modules

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A component of CSS that focuses on a particular design topic.

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browser styles/user agent styles

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A style built into the web browser itself.

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user-defined styles

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A style defined by the user based on settings made in configuring the browser. Takes precedence over browser styles.

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external styles

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A style created by the page author and placed into a CSS file and linked to the page. takes precedence over user-defined styles.

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embedded styles

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A style added to the head of an HTML file. Only applies to the HTML document in which they are created and is not accessible to other documents in the website.

<style>

   style rules
</style>
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inline styles

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A style added as attributes of an HTML element. Highest order of precedence, but not considered best practice because it violates one of the basic tenets of HTML: that HTML files should only describe the content and structure of the document and not the design itself.

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General syntax of a CSS style rule

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selector {
property1: value1;
property2: value2;

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style rule

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CSS code that sets the display properties of a page element.

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browser extensions

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An extension to CSS supported by a specific browser.

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vendor prefix

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The prefix added to a browser extension.

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style inheritance

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The principle by which style properties are passed from a parent element to its children.

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style sheet comments

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/*
comment
*/

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CSS at-rule

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CSS rule that directs how the browser should interpret and parse the CSS code

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@import

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CSS rule used to import a style sheet file into the current style sheet.
@import url(url);

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contextual selector

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A selector that specifies the context under which a particular page element is matched

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parent element

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An element that contains one or more child elements

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child elements

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An element contained within a parent element.

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descendant elements

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An element that descends from a parent element within the document hierarchy.

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color values

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A numeric expression that defines a color.

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RGB Triplet

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A color value indicating the red, green, and blue values of a color.

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hexadecimal number

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A number expressed in the base 16 numbering system.

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Hue

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The tint of a color, represented by a direction on the color wheel.

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Saturation

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The intensity of a chosen color, ranging from 0% to 100%

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Lightness

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The brightness of a chosen color, ranging from 0% to 100%.

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opacity

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A measure of the solidness of a color, ranging from 0 to 1.

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Progressive enhancement

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A CSS technique in which styles that conform to older standards are entered first with newer standards placed last.

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selector patterns

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A selector that matches only those elements that correspond to the specified pattern.

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Wildcard selector

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A selector that matches all elements.

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sibling selectors

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A selector that matches elements based on the elements that are adjacent to them in the document hierarchy

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Typography

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The art of designing the appearance of characters and letters on a page

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fonts

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Definition of the style and appearance of each character in an alphabet

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font-stack

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A list of fonts defined in the font-family property

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specific font

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A font that is identified by name.

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generic font

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A general description of a font face.

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serif

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A typeface in which a small ornamentation appears at the tail end of each character.

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sans-serif

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A typeface without any serif ornamentation.

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monospace

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A typeface in which each character has the same width, often used to display programming code.

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cursive

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A typeface that mimics handwriting with highly stylized elements and flourishes

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fantasy

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A highly ornamental typeface used for page decoration

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Web-safe fonts

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A font that is displayed mostly the same way in all operating systems and on all devices.

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web font

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A font in which the font definition is supplied to the browser in an external file

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Absolute units

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Units that are fixed in size regardless of the output devices.

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relative units

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A unit that is expressed relative to the size of other objects within the web page or relative to the display properties of the device itself.

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pixels (px)

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A single dot on the output device.

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scalable

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The principle by which text is resized using relative units.

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root em unit (rem)

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A relative unit of length that expresses a size relative to the font size of the root element.

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viewport units

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A relative unit of length that expresses a size relative to the width or height of the browser window.

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tracking

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A measure of the amount of space between words, set using the word-spacing property.

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Leading

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A measure of the amount of space between lines of text, set using the line-height property.

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hanging indent

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A layout in which the first line extends to the left of the block.

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list marker

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A symbol displayed alongside a list item.

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padding space

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The part of the box model that extends from the element content to the element border.

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border

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The part of the box model that surrounds the padding space.

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margin space

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The part of the box model that surrounds the element border, extending to the next element.

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box model

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A layout model in which element content is surrounded by padding, border, and margin spaces.

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pseudo-class

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A classification of an element based on its current status, position, or use in the document.

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structural pseudo-class

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A pseudo-class based on the element’s location within the structure of the HTML document.

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dynamic pseudo-class

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A pseudo-class based on the actions of the user within the element.

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