Language Of The Web Flashcards
What does a web server do?
Stores HTML, files, pictures, sounds and video and serves them up after receiving requests from a browser.
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