Lecture 1: What is HTML

Question 1

What Does HTML Stand For?

Answer 1

Hyper Text Markup Language

Question 2

(HTML): Hypertext

Answer 2

Text that contains links to other text. (Hypermedia included in this as well)

Question 3

(HTML): Markup

Answer 3

The “annotating” of content. This is how machines are told what the content is. HTML wraps its content in markup (i.e. tags).

Question 4

(HTML): Language

Answer 4

This implies that HTML has its own syntaxt, meaning that there is a righ and wrong way to write HTML code and that it has it’s own semantics (such as tag names having their each individual meanings).

Question 5

The 3 Technologies Driving the Web

Answer 5

1. HTML
2. CSS
3. JavaScript

Question 6

What does CSS Stand for?

Answer 6

Cascading Style Sheets

Question 7

CSS’s Function

Answer 7

• Style of Webpage

Provides the colors, layouts, font style/size, and more.

Question 8

JavaScript’s Function

Answer 8

• Behavior & Functionality of Webpage

JavaScript Provides details of the actions for HTML’s components, responsible for what happens when HTML loads into browser and when interactive components are clicked on.

Question 9

HTML’s Function

Answer 9

• Structure of Webpage

Provides the components of an HTML document (headings, footer, paragraphs, etc.).