Beginning HTML and CSS Flashcards
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What is CSS used for
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To control how a web page looks
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What is HTML used for
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To explain the structure of a web page
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What is JavaScript used for
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To add interactivity to a web page
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What does HTML stand for
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Hypertext markup language
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What does W3C stand for
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World Wide Web Consortium
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What does CSS stand for
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Cascading style sheet
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What file extension does a html file have
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.htm or .html
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What is a parent
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An element that contains another element
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What is a child
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An element that is between the parents opening and closing tags
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what are siblings
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Two elements contained in the same parent
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What two main parts are there to a web page
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Head section
Body section
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What is a hyperlink
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Links that take you from one web page to another
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What does the href attribute do in the < a > element
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Tells you where the link should take you
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What are attributes
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They are the qualities that describe something
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What do attributes do
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Say something about the element that caries them
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Where do attributes appear
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On the opening tag of the element that carries them
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What is the name part of an attribute
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The property of the element that you want to set
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What does an attributes consist of
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A name and a value
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What is the value part of an attribute
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What you want the value of the property to be
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How should the value of an attribute alway appear
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In double quotation marks and separated from the name with equal sign
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What does the title attribute do in the < a > element
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Gives a plain language description of the target of the link
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what does the lang attribute do
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describes the language used within that element
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what is a boolean attribute
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attributes that consist of only a name
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what are the four core attributes
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id
title
class
style
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what does the id attribute do
uniquely identifies any element within a page
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why might you want to uniquely identify an element
so that you can link to that specific part in the document or to specify that a CSS style or piece of JavaScript should apply to the content of just that one element
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what does the class attribute do
specifies that an element belongs to a class of elements
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what does the title attribute do
gives a suggested title for the element
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what does the style attribute do
enables you to specify CSS rules within the element
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what two internationalization attributes are there
dir
| lang
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what does the dir attribute do
enables you to indicate to the browser the direction in which the text should flow: left to right or right to left.
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what two values can the dir attribute take
ltr: Left to right
rtl: Right to left
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what does the lang attribute do
enables you to indicate the main language used in a document
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what are the values of the lang attribute
standard two-character language codes
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what attributes can the < html > carry
id
dir
lang
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what attributes can the < head > element carry
id
dir
lang
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what does the < link > element do
link to an external file
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what does the < script > element do
includes script in the document
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what does the < meta > element do
includes information about the document
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what is a character set
collections of characters used to render written language
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What does the rel attribute do in the < link > element
Indicates the type of the linked document and to handle it accordingly
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what attributes can the element carry
id
dir
lang
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What does the src attribute do in the < script > element
Points to the location of a JavaScript file
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what attributes can the < hn > element carry
```
class
id
style
title
dir
lang
```
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what elements can the < p > element carry
```
class
id
style
title
dir
lang
```
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what attributes can the < br > element carry
class
id
style
title
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what does the cite attribute do in the < blockquote > element
indicates the source of the quote
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what is the value of the cite attribute in the < blockquote > element
a URL pointing to an online document; if possible, the exact place in that document
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what three types of lists can you create in html
unordered
ordered
defintion
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what does the start attribute do in the < ol > element
specifies a value that the numbered list should start with
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what does the reversed attribute do in the < ol > element
allows you to reverse the order of ordered lists, counting down from the highest number
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what does the type attribute do in the < ol > element
allows you to specify the class of markers to use with ordered lists
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< ol type="1">
uses the decimal class of markers in ordered lists
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< ol type="a">
uses the lower-alpha class of markers in ordered lists
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< ol type="A">
uses the upper-alpha class of markers in ordered lists
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< ol type="i">
uses the lower-roman class of markers in ordered lists
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< ol type="I">
uses the upper-roman class of markers in ordered lists
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what is the content of the element intended to be
a point of emphasis in your document
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how does the content of the element display
in italicized text
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when should you use the element
only when you want to add emphasis to a word
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what is the element intended to do
show strong emphasis for its content—stronger emphasis than the element
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when should you use the element
only when you want to add strong emphasis to part of a document
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what does the content in the element display in
bold
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what does the content in the element display in
italicized text
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why should you use the and elements instead of the and elements
they can be more sensibly used in a screen reader or other implementation not dependent on a certain type style
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what is the element used for
fine print
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what are typical uses of the element
disclaimers, caveats, and copyrights
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what does the element do
indicate the source when you quote a text
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when should you place the element in the element
when you reference an online resource
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what happens when you place the element in the element
creates a link to the relevant document
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when do you use the element
when you want to add a quote within a sentence, rather than as an indented block on its own
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when using the element to carry the element, what should the value be
a URL pointing to the source of the quote
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what does the element allow you to do
specify that you are introducing a special term
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how do most browsers render the content in the element
in italic font
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when should you typically use the element
the first time you introduce a key term and only in that instance
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what can you use the element for
to indicate when you use an abbreviated form or acronym
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what should you consider using when using the element
the title attribute
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what is the title attributes value when using it in the element
the full version of the abbreviations
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what can you use the element alongside the associated datetime attribute for
to mark up text representing time in various forms
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what is the datatime attribute of the element designed to be
a computer-readable representation of the same informa-
| tion
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what does using a datatime attribute allow you to do
present a friendly date for your users and still leverage
| one of the more computer-useful representations
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what does the element contain
code that you want to appear on a web page inside
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what is the content of the element displayed in
monospaced font
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what is the element often used with
the element so that the formatting of the code is retained
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what can you use the element and the associated element to do
mark up and annotate figures or illustrations that might be referenced in text but aren't part of the main flow of the
document
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what is the element usually used with
the and elementsto indicate that the content of that element is a variable that can be
supplied by a user
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what does the element indicate
sample output from a program, script, or the like
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what does the element contents tend to display in
a monospaced font
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what can you use the element for
to indicate what should be typed in by the user
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what is the contents of the element usually displayed in
a monospaced font
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how does the content of the element display
one-half a character’s height above the other characters and is also often slightly smaller than the text surrounding it
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what is the content of the element written in
superscript
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what is the content of the element written in
subscript
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how does the content of the element display
one-half a character’s height beneath the other characters and is also often slightly smaller than the text surrounding it
