Intro to HTML and CSS

Question 1

HTML (HyperText Markup Language)

Answer 1

1. HTML is the standard markup language for Web Pages.
2. HTML defines the structure of a web page.
3. HTML defines a document that will be displayed by a web browser.
4. HTML uses <> tags to represent elements that are the building blocks for a web page.

Question 2

HyperText

Answer 2

Is text displayed by a device that has references (links) to other text that the reader can immediately access.

Question 3

Markup Language

Answer 3

Is a system for annotating a document in a way that syntactically distinguishes how to display the document and the content. When displayed Markup Language is not shown, instead it defines how to format the content.

Question 4

HTTP or HyperText Transfer Protocol

Answer 4

HTTP is the primary protocol used to transfer HTML documents on the web.

Question 5

HTML: Document Structure

Answer 5

1. Document Type Declaration (DTD).
2. HTML Element.
3. Document HEAD.
4. Document BODY.

Question 6

Document Type Declaration (DTD)

Answer 6

A simple declaration the identifies the document’s type. For HTML, it will always be . While it should always be included, if it is omitted most browsers will default to HTML.

Question 7

HTML Element

Answer 7

Wraps all the other elements on the page, defining the scope of the document. It is often referred to as the root element.

Question 8

Document HEAD

Answer 8

Contains meta information about the document and defines other files you want to include on the page, such as JavaScript or CSS. It does not contain content.

Question 9

Document BODY

Answer 9

Contains all the content of the page, like text, images, videos, etc.

Question 10

HTML tag attributes

Answer 10

Key=”value” pairs applied to the starting tag. Tags can have 0…n attributes.

Question 11

Semantic HTML

Answer 11

Clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer.