Week 1 Flashcards
What is a web browser and what are some examples?
Web browsers are softwares that people use to access websites (ex: Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome)
What is the internet?
A massive network of connecting millions of computers around the world; uses a variety of languages called protocols to communicate with each other and transmit different types of information
What is the difference between the internet and the web?
The internet connects computers and the web connects people
Who invented the internet and the web?
- The internet was created in 1969 by the U.S. Department of Defense
- The web was invented by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989
What is the AODA?
The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act
What are the three layers to webpages?
- Structure - HTML
- Presentation - CSS
- Interaction - Javascript
What is a web server?
Web servers are special computers that are constantly connected to the internet and are optimized to send web pages out to people who request them
What is the difference between <h1> and <h2>?</h2></h1>
<h1> is for main headings and <h2> is for subheadings</h2></h1>
What are attributes and what do they tell us?
- Attributes provide additional information about the contents of an element
- They have 2 parts: a name and a value
(ex: <p>Paragraph in English</p>
True or False: The element contains information about the page rather that information shown on the page?
True
What are tags often referred to as?
Elements
What is a structural markup?
Elements that you can use to describe both headings and paragraphs (paragraphs, tables and lists)
What is a semantic markup?
Provides extra information such as where emphasis is placed in a sentence, that something you have written is a quotation
What does the <b> element mean?</b>
Bold
What does the <i> element mean?</i>
Italic
