Web 1 HTML Flashcards
HTML
Hypertext Markup Language. The coding scheme used to format text for use on the World Wide Web.
Semantic Elements
clearly describes its meaning to both the browser and the developer. Example
Non-Semantic Elements
Tells nothing about its content. Example span, div,
Validation (W3C)
Validating a website is the process of ensuring that the pages on the website conform to the norms or standards defined by various organizations
Elements
is everything from the start tag to the end tag
Attributes
Attributes provide additional information about an element. Example name/value pairs like: name=”value”
Tags
The HTML from < > the entire element and attribute combination.
Block Level Elements
start on a new line and can contain other code
Inline Level Elements
does not start on a new line and only takes up as much width as necessary
Relative Links
URLs that reference files on the same server with in the same directory (folder) . Does not contain a protocol (http, https, ftp, ect)
Absolute Links
Complete internet address that takes one to the exact directory or file of a website. Starts with a protocol (http: https: ftp: ect ) example: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/absolute-URL.html
Meta Elements
An HTML code that resides in the head section of a web page and includes information about the page, such as keywords, and descriptions.
Character Entities (Special Characters)
are used to display reserved characters in HTML. Example &
Keywords
are words or phrases that describe content. They can be used as metadata to describe images, text documents, database records, and Web pages.
Viewport
The viewport is the user’s visible area of a web page. It varies with the device - it will be smaller on a mobile phone than on a computer screen.
