Language Of The Web Flashcards

0
Q

What does a web server do?

A

Stores HTML, files, pictures, sounds and video and serves them up after receiving requests from a browser.

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1
Q

What does HTML stand for?

A

Hypertext Markup Language

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2
Q

What does a browser do?

A

Requests and receives pages from the server

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3
Q

What are tags?

A

Words or characters in angle brackets

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4
Q

What is a markup language?

A

Tells the browser how your text is structured

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5
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What do you put at the end of a file name to give the operating system a better idea of what the file is?

A

.html

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6
Q

How do you insert a comment in HTML?

A

<!--comment-->

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7
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How do you insert an image in HTML?

A

<img></img>

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8
Q

Opening and closing tags are called

A

Matching tags

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9
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A website designed to be viewable on any size device is called

A

Responsive web design

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10
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What is the <a> element used for?</a>

A

To create links

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11
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How do you specify the destination of the link in an <a> element?</a>

A

The href attribute

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12
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How do you specify additional information about an element?

A

Using attributes

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13
Q

In <a>Great Movies</a> what is the label?

A

Great Movies

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14
Q

If a browser recognizes an element or attribute, we say it…

A

Supports it

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15
Q

What does href stand for?

A

Hypertext reference

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16
Q

The folder that contains the whole site is called the ______ folder or the _____ _____ folder.

A

Root, top level

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17
Q

Your starting point is your “_______” and the file you want to get to is the “_____________”

A

Source, destination

18
Q

What do you type to go up a folder? In other words, how do you get to the parent folder?

A

../

19
Q

What would you call families of folders?

A

Directories

20
Q

What is the maximum number of characters you can use in a path?

A

255

21
Q

A link that points to other files on your website is what kind of path?

A

Relative

22
Q

A link that uses the full URL is what kind of path?

A

Absolute

23
Q

When should you organize your website files?

A

Early in the process of building your site

24
Q

How do you separate parts of your path?

A

Forward slash “/”

25
Q

Should you use spaces in file or folder names?

A

NO

26
Q

What is the <em> quote for?</em>

A

Use it to emphasize text the the a speaker might emphasize a word. Don’t use it to italicize a sentence.

27
Q

Name three block elements

A

h2
p
blockquote

28
Q

Name three inline elements

A

em
a
q

29
Q

What is a character entity?

A

Some character are reserved in HTML and require a code not the character itself.

30
Q

What is the character entity for the less than symbol?

A

It is & l t ;

31
Q

Which element is used for a date or time?

A

time element

32
Q

What does URL stand for?

A

Uniform Resource Locator

33
Q
http://www.boomrangapps.com/index.html 
Name the parts:
Website name
Absolute path to the resource on the root folder
The protocol
The domain name
A

http is the protocol

www. boomrangapps.com is website name
boomrangapps. com is domain name
index. html is absolute path

34
Q

On the web server, everything in the root folder becomes

A

Visible on the web

35
Q

What does FTP mean?

A

File Transfer Protocol

36
Q

What is an FTP used for?

A

To transfer files from your computer to a web server

37
Q

Is the order of attributes important for an element?

A

No

38
Q

To link to another page, use an ___ tag with an _ _ _ _. To link to a specific point (destination) on that page, add ___ and the id to the end of the href

A

a
href
#

39
Q

Which attribute tells the browser where to open the link in the href?

A

Target attribute

40
Q

If no target is used in an href, where will the link open?

A

In the same window

41
Q

If the target for an href is “_blank” then the browser opens the window in…

A

A new window

42
Q

What is a tool tip?

A

The title attribute which displays the title of a link when you mouse over it

43
Q

What type of protocol is http?

A

Request and response