Language Of The Web Flashcards
What does HTML stand for?
Hypertext Markup Language
What does a browser do?
Requests and receives pages from the server
What are tags?
Words or characters in angle brackets
What is a markup language?
Tells the browser how your text is structured
What do you put at the end of a file name to give the operating system a better idea of what the file is?
.html
How do you insert a comment in HTML?
<!--comment-->
How do you insert an image in HTML?
<img></img>
Opening and closing tags are called
Matching tags
A website designed to be viewable on any size device is called
Responsive web design
What is the <a> element used for?</a>
To create links
How do you specify the destination of the link in an <a> element?</a>
The href attribute
How do you specify additional information about an element?
Using attributes
In <a>Great Movies</a> what is the label?
Great Movies
If a browser recognizes an element or attribute, we say it…
Supports it
What does href stand for?
Hypertext reference
The folder that contains the whole site is called the ______ folder or the _____ _____ folder.
Root, top level
Your starting point is your “_______” and the file you want to get to is the “_____________”
Source, destination
What do you type to go up a folder? In other words, how do you get to the parent folder?
../
What would you call families of folders?
Directories
What is the maximum number of characters you can use in a path?
255
A link that points to other files on your website is what kind of path?
Relative
A link that uses the full URL is what kind of path?
Absolute
When should you organize your website files?
Early in the process of building your site
How do you separate parts of your path?
Forward slash “/”