HTML A Beginners Guide Flashcards
(40 cards)
what does HTML stand for
hypertext markup language
what does URL stand for
uniform resource locator
what is a URL
a web address
what do URLs start with
http://
what do URLs end with
.com
.net
.edu
.org
what is the domain name
one part of a URL which helps identify and locate computers on the internet
what is a web server
a computer, running special software, which is always connected to the Internet
where are websites located
in directories or folders on the server
what does WWW stand for
world wide web
what is the file extension of a html file
.htm or .html
what is the index file
the main file a web server looks for in a folder
what is a web browser
a piece of software that runs on your personal computer and enables you to view web pages
what is javascript
a scripting language designed to give web pages more interactivity than can be achieved through HTML
what is a html file
a plain text file that has tags
what are html tags
commands or code used to tell the computer how to display the page content
what are attributes
additional aspects that you can customize in a tag
where are attributes placed
after the tag but before the final bracket
how does an attributes value appear
after an equal sign (=) and is placed within quotation marks
where do you place attributes in a tag
in the opening tag only
how are character entities typed
as either a numbered entity or a named entity
what do character entities begin with
ampersand (&)
what do character entities end with
semicolon (;)
what begins a comment
an exclamation mark and two hyphens after the opening bracket
what ends a comment
two hyphens before the closing bracket
