Online electronics Flashcards

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Tweets

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Character limit of 280- concise and inaccurate grammar

Public

Emoji

Hashtags

Links

@ tagging

Tone

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Online News Websites features

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Header

Search box

Subheading

Hyperlinks

Live feed

Image

Elliptical sentences

Advertising banners

Hyperbole

Sensational language

Clickbait

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Website features

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Above/Below the Fold

Alignment

Backlink

Call-to-action (CTA)

Colour Palette/Scheme

Domain

Type/Typeface

URL

User Interface

Hamburger Menu

Favicon

Fixed Header

Focal Point

Landing Page

Navigation

Negative/White Space

Serif

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Header

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The top portion of a web page containing the company name and logos.

Contained between opening and closing

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Search box

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A rectangular fieldon screen that accepts typed-in text in order to look up something or launcha search.

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Subheading

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appears at the beginning of a page or section and briefly describes the content that follows.

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Hyperlinks

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is aword, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document.

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Live feed

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isa type of streaming in which audio or video is broadcast live over the Internet.

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Elliptical sentences

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when a word or agroupofwordsisomittedfrom asentence withoutchangingthecontextof the sentence, it istermed as ellipsis. When anellipsisoccurs, it isunderstoodthat the word orwordsaremissingandstillthemeaningof thesentenceis clear.

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Advertising banners

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is anadvertising fragment within a web page external to ours to attract as many visitors as possible to our page.

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Sensational language

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It uses wording that tries to influence an audience by appealing to their emotions. This can include dramatic language choices or use of personal pronouns. What is another word for sensationalism?

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Clickbait

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is atext or thumbnail linkthat is designed to entice users to follow that link and read, view, or listen to the linked piece of online content.

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Above/Below the Fold

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“Fold” carries over from newspaper design terminology, referring to the top and bottom halves of a broadsheet. In website design, content “above the fold” refers to all elements that appear onscreen as soon as the page loads, whereas “below the fold” are those that appear immediately below.

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Alignment

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The positioning of elements like text, images, and icons in a webpage layout. Alignment not only affects the readability of content, but also its aesthetic presentation. Seasoned designers can use creative alignments to package information in innovative ways.

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Backlink

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These are links found on other websites that lead users to your own. You can create backlinks when you contribute to a colleague’s blog or an online publication. Backlinks help boost your website’s SEO results, especially if the platform you submitted to is a high-ranking one.

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Call-to-action (CTA)

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In website design, CTAs invite users to make a particular action. CTAs are important lead generation tools. These can be as simple as a “Read More” link on a homepage blurb leading to a more detailed page inside the website.

Not limited to buttons, they can also be more strategically crafted to suit a product’s relevance, such as Evernote’s“Remember Everything”blurb, or to distinguish between different offers, such as Spotify’sdifferently colouredfree and premium CTA buttons.

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Colour Palette/Scheme

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The combination of colours used throughout the entire website.

Color palettes lend a unifying theme across different pages in a website, helping create a distinctive identity and brand recall.

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Domain

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Essentially, a website’s name. Domains are composed of a combination of letters, numbers, and occasionally hyphens and end with an extension, such as .com, .org, and .net.

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Favicon

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Small icons that appear beside the website name on a browser tab.

These icons are customisable and may be used to display a logo to boost brand identity and recall.

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Fixed Header

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A bar that is always visible to website users even as they continue scrolling down a page. Fixed headers keep main navigation links accessible, making sure that users can click on them any time they need to.

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Focal Point

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A central item or area where a viewer’s eye is drawn to on a website. Good web design involves knowing which parts of the website should demand the user’s focus, whether it’s a piece of content or a call-to-action.

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Landing Page

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This is the first webpage that users see when they enter a website. Landing pages can be creatively structured to encourage a specific marketing action or further engagement with more content throughout the website.

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Navigation

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In design terms, this refers to the system that enables users to move around a website from one location to another. Website navigation elements include menus, links, buttons, pagination, and other similar elements.

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Negative/White Space

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The empty space that surrounds certain elements of a design. Negative space is just as important in website design as the content or information placed on a webpage. Empty spaces enable better readability and prevent users from being overwhelmed by too much clutter on any given page.

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Serif

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In typography, this refers to the small line or projection at the end of a stroke of a letter. Times New Roman, Garamond, and Baskerville are common examples of serif typefaces, whereas Arial, Calibri, and Helvetica are sans serif typefaces.

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Type/Typeface

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A collection of letters, numbers, punctuations, and other characters in varying designs. Typeface can also be referred to as a “font family” and may appear in a variety of font sizes and styles, such as bold, italicized, condensed, or light.

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URL

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Short for ”Uniform Resource Locator,” this term refers to the address that users type into their browsers to access a website or specific sections of any website.

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User Interface

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This refers to the set of controls and actions that enable users to experience and interact with a website and its contents. User interfaces include elements like menus and toolbars, buttons, windows and tabs, and the like.

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Hamburger Menu

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A “toggle” navigation menu that is mainly used for mobile versions of website navigation, as it compresses the navigation and opens/toggles when clicked.