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- A
- A
- Stands for "Anchor" and is used for links. Can either be
the link itself, or the destination of an internal link
- Absolute Pathnames
- A pathname which specifies its location through an exact
and absolute URL
- ALIGN
- Attribute used in various tags that causes the text, image,
or horizontal rule to shift to one side or another, or from the
top to the bottom.
- ALINK
- Attribute of the body tag which is used the change the
color of the "active link," that is, when the link is being
clicked on.
- ALT
- Means "alternate. It's the attribute used in the "IMG" tag
that provides viewers who cannot see the images an alternate
text to read in place of the image.
- Ampersand (&)
- Symbol which means "and" but in HTML, it's the character
used to start every escape sequence.
- Animations
- Moving images that have the same extension as a normal
image (usually ".gif") and therefore are treated as a normal
image when being inserted in a page
- Attribute
- A part of an HTML tag that describes a characteristic of
that tag (included inside its brackets). It may be assigned a
value, although not always.
- B
- Blockquote
- Tag that offsets long quotations by indenting both sides of
the text. Tags:<BLOCKQUOTE> and </BLOCKQUOTE>
- Body
- One of the two main sections of most HTML documents (see
Head). Contains all the text, images, links, and backgrounds of
a webpage.
- BORDER
- Attribute that controls the thickness of the border of an
image or table.
- Break
- Tag that acts as the "return" key on a keyboard. Tag:
<BR>
- C
- CAPTION
- Tag used in tables that gives it a title. Optional. Tag:
<CAPTION>
- Case Sensitive
- When the text requires the proper case, that is, whether or
not the letters are in upper or lower case.
- Closing Tag
- The second tag in a two tag pair. Example: </CENTER>
(See Opening Tag)
- COLSPAN
- Attribute used in table cells that specifies how many
columns the cell will span
- COMPACT
- Attribute associated with definition lists. Used when short
terms are being defined.
- D
- Default
- The choice that the computer automatically picks for you
when you don't specify a choice. Most notably used with
attributes.
- Definition list
- A list used to define terms (like in a dictionary). Tags
associated with it: <DL>,<DT>, and <DD>. (See
Definition Term and Definition Definition)
- Definition Term
- In a definition list, the term that you are defining. Tag:
<DT>
- Definition Definition
- In a definition list, the definition of the definition
term. Tag: <DD>
- Document Info
- Part of a browser where you can find all images,
backgrounds, sounds, and movies on a webpage. This is where you
go to find the background image.
- E
- Editor
- Software use to write code in HTML. Examples: SimpleText,
Notepad. There also editors that write the HTML code for you.
Examples: Frontpage, Pagemill
- E-mail
- Electronic mail- method of exchanging "letters" (written
text or information) on the Internet
- Escape Sequences
- A segment of code that produces a special character. All
escape sequences begin with an ampersand (&). Common ones
are the right and left brackets (< and >).
- Extension
- The last part of a filename, begins with a period. It
identifies the type of file. Examples: ".gif" , ".jpg"
- F
- FTP
- File Transfer Protocol- An Internet file transfer service
which provides a way to copy files to and from FTP
servers.
- FONT
- Tag used to edit certain aspects of the font. With
attributes, one can edit size, color, and face (font
style).
- H
- Hash marks (#)
- Symbol used in internal links to indicate that a link is to
a specific section of the current page
- Head
- One of the two main sections of most HTML documents (see
Body). The Head contains the Title.
- Header
- Also called a Heading. A way to create text that can vary
in size (1-6) for emphasis. Used to start new ideas within an
HTML document. Example Tag:<H1>
- Horizontal Rule
- Tag that produces a line across the webpage that can have
varying widths, lengths, and alignments. Tag:<HR>
Attributes: SIZE, WIDTH, ALIGN, NOSHADE
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language- the code used to create Web
pages
- I
- Internal Link
- Link that jumps to a location within the current
document
- Internet Explorer
- Commonly used browser that comes with Windows 95 and
Windows 98.
- ISP
- Internet Service Provider- The company that provides
Internet access to a consumer. Examples: America Online,
Compuserve, Prodigy
- L
- Link
- A pointer which can transport a user to another section of
the current page, or to an entirely different page
- List Item
- The bulletted or numbered entries in a list.
- Logical Style
- Style of coding text that relies on the tags referring to
the meaning, or function, of a desired effect. Examples:
<EM> and <CODE>
- N
- Nested Lists
- The result of having more than one list "inside" another
one. Basically, a list within a list. Different list types may
be used in nested lists.
- Nestcape
- Commonly used browser
- Numbered list
- See Ordered List.
- O
- Ordered list
- A numbered list. Tag used associated with
it:<OL>
- Opening Tag
- The first tag in a two tag pair. Example: <CENTER>
(see Closing Tag)
- P
- Paragraphs
- The simplest way to add text to a page. Tag associated with
it: <P>. May have attributes too: <P
ALIGN="center">
- Physical Style
- Style of coding text that relies on the tags referring to
physical appearance of the desired effect. Examples: <B>
and <I>
- Preformatted Text
- Feature of HTML that allows you to write the text exactly
as you would like it too appear on the browser. Does not use
"whitespace reduction" or "wraparound." Tags: <PRE> and
</PRE>
- R
- Relative Pathnames
- A pathname that specifies its location relative to the
directory that its already in.
- ROWSPAN
- Attribute used in table cells that specifies how many rows
the cell will span
- S
- Search Engine
- A device on the Internet that allows a user to search for
certain topics. The search engine will return a list of sites
that contain information about the topic searched. Examples:
Infoseek, Altavista, Yahoo
- Server
- A system that can host webpages, among other things.
- T
- Tables
- A feature in HTML which allows one to organize their pages
much better.
- Tag
- The integral element of HTML coding. Are enclosed on
brackets (< and >) Many times they work in pairs. May or
may not have attributes.
- Title
- The part of the HTML document that is displayed at the top
of the browser (not in the window). In the code, it is
contained in the Head.
- Troubleshooting
- The process of reviewing a piece of faulty code to find the
error. Essential for successful HTML coding.
- U
- Unnumbered list
- A list that is not numbered. Bullet symbols are used
instead of numbers. Tag associated with it: <UL>
- URL
- Uniform Resource Locator- the web address of a webpage
- V
- VALIGN
- Attribute used in a table cell to vertically align the
contents of that cell.
- VLINK
- Attribute of the body tag which is used the change the
color of the "visited link," that is, when the link has been
already visited.
- W
- Whitespace Reduction
- Feature of HTML that reduces all "whitespace" (which
includes all returns and anything at least two spaces in a row)
to one single space. Preformatted Text does not allow
"Whitespace Reduction."
- Wraparound
- Feature of HTML that automatically returns a sentence at
the end of the line. Preformatted Text does not allow
"Wraparound."
- World Wide Web (WWW or W3)
- Collection of all Web servers available on the
Internet
- WYSIWYG
- "What You See Is What You Get" A term used to describe some
HTML editors (like the Online Webpage Generator on this site)
that shows the user what the finished HTML document will look
like on the web.
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