Exam 1 Review Flashcards
(57 cards)
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HTML
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
• Web pages are text files written in this language.
• A markup language describes the content and
structure of a document by identifying, or
tagging, different document elements
(PP: T1, Slide 11)
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HTML5
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De facto standard for the next generation of HTML.
PP: T1, Slide 14
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DHTML
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DHTML (Dynamic HTML)
- Code for interactive webpages that need no plugins like flash or java.
- Used to create animations and dynamic menus
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XHTML
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XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup
Language)
• A variant of HTML that has a stricter set of standards.
(PP: T1, Slide 14)
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XML
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Markup language that defines a set of rules.
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Block Element
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Element that always start on a new line and takes the full width available.
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Inline Element
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Element that doesn’t start on a new line, and only takes the space needed.
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Meta
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- Used for general/generic lists of metadata values.
- such as search keywords, viewport, properties, and the files’ character encoding
(PP: T1, Slide 29, 31)
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Title
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Stores the document’s title or name, usually displayed in the browser title bar or on a browser tab
(PP: T1, Slide 29, 30)
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Body
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Contains the entire content of the document.
PP: T1, Slide 22, 23
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Anchor
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- Creates a hyperlink to URL-related content.
* Also known as < a >
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List
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List is a type of grouping element
PP: T1, Slide 42
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Paragraph
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- Creates a paragraph.
- Also known as < p >
(PP: T1, Slide 21)
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Heading (h1…h6)
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- Marks major headings, lower the number, the higher the priority.
- h1 representing the heading with the highest rank, h2 representing next highest-ranked heading, and so forth
(PP: T1, Slide 35)
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Horizontal Rule
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- Marks a thematic break such as a scene change or a transition to a new topic.
- Also known as < hr >.
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Elements:
< img >
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Inserts an image.
PP: T1, Slide 41
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< ol >
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Creates an ordered list.
PP: T1, Slide 37
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< ul >
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Creates an unordered list.
PP: T1, Slide 37
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< li >
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- Represents an item in a list.
- Contains a single item from an ordered or unordered list
(PP: T1, Slide 37)
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Header
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- Would include the introductory content of a page such as a logo, title, search bar, or names.
- Contains opening context that introduces an article or section [HTML5]
(PP : T1, Slide 35)
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Main
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- Would include content that focuses on the main subject of a document, or the functionality of an app.
- An HTML document is divided into two main sections: the head and the body
(PP : T1, Slide 23)
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Nav
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- Provides navigation links.
- Marks a list of hypertext or navigation links [HTML5]
(PP: T1, Slide 35)
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Client-Side Scripting
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Scripting that is validated in the browser.
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Server-Side Scripting
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Scripting that is validated in the server.
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Validator
Validators are programs that test code to ensure that it contains no syntax errors
(PP: T1, Slide 17)
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White Space
* Used to provide space between other elements.
* A white-space character is any empty or blank character such as a space, tabs, or a line break
(PP: T1, Slide 25)
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Inline CSS
* Styles added as element attributes within an HTML document and applied to only that particular element
* Type of CSS that is contained within the body section of the HTML document.
(PP: T2, Slide 7)
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Embedded CSS
* Styles added to the head of an HTML document
* Type of CSS that is contained within the head of the HTML document.
(PP: T2, Slide 7)
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External CSS
* Styles created by a website author, placed within a CSS file, and linked to the page
* Type of CSS that is a file separate from the main HTML document.
(PP: T2, Slide 6)
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Precedence CSS
* The more specific style rule has precedence over the more general style rule
* Specificity is an issue when two or more styles conflict
* If two rules have equal specificity and equal importance, then the one that is defined last has precedence
(PP: T2, Slide 12)
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Relative Sizing
* Expressed relative to the size of other objects within the web page or to the display properties of the device itself.
* used to specify a length relative to another length property.
(PP: T2, Slide 37)
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Absolute/Positioning Sizing
Fixed in size, regardless of the output device and are used only with printed media
(PP: T2, Slide 37)
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Form
Contains interactive controls for submitting information.
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Progressive Enhancement
* A technique of placing the code conforming to elder standards before newer properties
* It provides support for older browsers and allows newer standards to be used by the browsers that support them
(PP: T2, Slide 23)
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Fixed Layout
Size of the page and page elements are fixed, usually using pixels as the unit of measure.
(PP: T3, Slide 9)
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Elastic Layout
Images and text are always sized in proportion to each other in em units
(PP: T3, Slide 9)
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Fluid Layout
The width of the page elements are set as a percent of the available screen width.
(PP: T3, Slide 9)
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Content Box Model
A layout model in which the width property only refers to the width of the element content.
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Border Box Model
A layout model in which the width property refers to the width of the element's content, padding, and border spaces.
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Borders in a Grid
These are drawn outside the element.
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Outlines in a Grid
These are drawn inside the element.
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(Grid) Row
The values of this are based on the page content.
| PP: T3, Slide 31
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(Grid) Column
The values of this are based on the number that provides the most flexibility in laying out the page content.
(PP: T3, Slide 31)
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Grid Cell
a square unit, representing some real-world size, which contains a single value.
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Grid < div >
division
• Marks distinct rows and columns of the grid.
(PP: T3, Slide 36)
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Horizontal (Centering/Aligning Elements)
* where alignment is left, right, center, or justify
* text-align: alignment;
(PP: T2, Slide 47)
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Vertical (Centering/Aligning Elements)
* where alignment is baseline, bottom, middle, sub, super, text-bottom, text-top, or top
* vertical-align: alignment;
(PP: T2, Slide 47)
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Principles of Design/Overflow
Controls a browser that handles excess content.
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Z-Index
* A value that determines its position relative only to other elements that share a common parent.
* Works only for elements that are placed with *absolute* positioning
(PP: T3, Slide 69, 70)
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Adding Scrollbars
This is used to add sidebars.
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Clip
Defines a rectangular region through which an element’s content can be viewed
(PP: T3, Slide 66)
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Background Image:
| Tiling
The process of repeating an image both vertically and horizontally until the background is filled.
(PP: T4, Slide 8)
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Background-Attachment
A background image is attached to its element so that it scrolls when the element content is scrolled.
(PP: T4, Slide 10)
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Background-Position
Specifies the position of a background image.
| PP: T4, Slide 13
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Background-Clip
Defines how far the background (color or image) should extend.
(PP: T4, Slide 15)
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Background-Repeat
Sets how a background image will be repeated.
| PP: T4, Slide 8
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CSS Filters
Adjust how a browser renders an image, a background, or a border.
(PP: T4, Slide 55)
