MDN Reference Flashcards
Value
Describe how the feature must be handled by the engine.
Each property has s set of valid values, defined by a formal grammar, as well as semantic meaning, implemented by the browser machine.
Property
An identifier, that is a human-readable name, that identifies which feature is considered.
CSS Declaration
A property and value pair is called a CSS declaration
Any CSS engine calculates which declarations apply to every single element of a page in order to appropriately lay it out, and to style it.
Both property and value are case-sensitive
Example: (Property on left : value on right)
background-color : red
XML
Extensible Markup Language
Simple, very flexible text format derived from SMGL (ISO 8879).
Originally designed to meet the challenges of large-scale electronic publishing
DOM
Document Object Model
The hierarchical structure of HTML
<p> you are in the beginning stage of HTML </p>
Attribute
A start tag may contain additional information. Attributes usually consist of two parts:
An attribute Name
An attribute Value
User agent
Is CSS formal technology, the program that presents a document to s user is a user agent UA.