GETTING STARTED WITH HTML5 Flashcards
(40 cards)
What is network
A network is a structure in which information
and services are shared among devices
What is a host or a node?
A host or a node can be any device that is
capable of sending and/or receiving data
electronically
What is a server
A server is a host that provides information or a service to other devices on the network
What is a client
A computer or other device that receives a service is called a client
clients access information
provided by one or more users in a
client-server network
What is LAN
Local area network - A network confined to a small geographic area, such as within a building or department
What is a network confined to a small
geographic area, such as within a building or department?
Local area network
What is WAN?
Wide Area Network
A network that covers a wide area, such as
several buildings or cities, is called a
Wide Area Network
laid, the foundations for the World
Wide Web, or the Web, in 1989
Timothy Berners-Lee and other researchers
developed a system of interconnected
hypertext documents that allowed their users to
easily navigate from one topic to another
Timothy Berners-Lee and other researchers at the CERN nuclear research facility near Geneva, Switzerland
a method of organization in which
data sources are interconnected through a series of links or hyperlinks that users can activate to jump from one piece of information to another
Hypertext
Each document on the web is referred to as a
Web page
Web pages are stored on
Web server
Documents on the web are accessed through a software program called a
Web browser
A Web page is a text file written in
HTML
What is HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
What is HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language
describes the content and
structure of a document by identifying, or tagging, different document elements
Markup Language
created a set of standards or specifications for all browser manufacturers to follow
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
In the early years of HTML, browser developers were free to define and modify the language as no rules or syntax were defined
True
The W3C has enforcement power
False, it doesn’t have
The W3C has enforcement power
False, it doesn’t have
The recommendations of the W3C are usually followed since a uniform approach to Web page creation is beneficial to everyone
True