Simple Website - Vocabulary

Question 1

CSS

Answer 1

Cascading Style Sheets, the computer code that defines the visual presentation of web pages.

Question 2

Rule

Answer 2

The entirety of a CSS selector and its declarations.

Question 3

Selector

Answer 3

CSS syntax that defines elements on a page to which declarations should be applied.

Question 4

Declaration

Answer 4

Pairs of CSS properties and values that define how an element should be styled.

Question 5

Property

Answer 5

CSS syntax that defines which part of an element should be styled, such as its color, size, position, and so on.

Question 6

Value

Answer 6

CSS syntax that sets the variable units for properties.

Question 7

Mobile First

Answer 7

The technique of creating mobile websites first and then progressively enhancing them to create the desktop version.

Question 8

Hexadecimal

Answer 8

A base-16 number system that uses the letters “A” through “F” to represent the numerals 10 through 15.

Question 9

Comment

Answer 9

A reminder or visual cue in computer code that’s meant to be readable by programmers. Comments are typically not interpreted by the browser and shouldn’t impact a website’s function in any way.

Question 10

Block-Level Elements

Answer 10

Block elements occupy the width of their containers and generally include a line break before and after the element.

Question 11

Inline Elements

Answer 11

Inline elements occupy the width of their contents and do not begin a new line when formatted as text.