1.3.4 - Web Technologies Flashcards
What is HTML? What is HTML used for?
HyperText Markup Language.
A mark-up language developed for multimedia documents, such as World Wide Web pages.
What is CSS?
Cascading Style Sheets: A definition of the formatting and layout of elements of the HTML document, or stored as a separate file linked to the document. The use use of different stylesheets linked to the same document allows appropriate layout of the same content on, for example, mobile devices, display screens.
What is JavaScript?
An object-oriented computer programming language commonly used to create interactive effects within web browsers.
What is Search Engine Indexing?
The method of collecting, parsing and storing data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval.
What is the PageRank algorithm?
An algorithm used by Goggle Search to rank websites in their search engine results. It works by counting the number and quality of links to a page to determine a rough estimate of how important the website is. The underlying assumption is that the more important websites are likely to receive more links from other websites.
What is Server Side Processing?
Server-side processing refers to operations that are performed by the server in a client-server relationship in a computer network. Typically, a server is a computer program, such as a web server, that runs on a remote server, reachable from a user’s local computer.
What is Client Side Processing?
Client-side processing refers to operations that are performed by the client in a a client-server relationship in a computer network. Typically, a client is a computer application, such as a web browser that runs on a user’s local computer and connectsto a server as necessary.
