World Wide Web & HTML Flashcards

1
Q

Who developed the first browser? When?

A

Tim Berners-Lee. Browser developed December 1990.

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What is the W3C? When was it founded?

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main standards organisation focused on developing protocols and guidelines that ensure continued growth of the WWW. It was founded on October 1st 1994.

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3
Q

When did Internet Explorer Launch?

A

15th August 1995

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4
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When did Google Launch as a company?

A

September 1998

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5
Q

What was the first object sold over the internet?

A

A broken laser pointer.

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6
Q

When was the first iPhone launched?

A

29th June 2007

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7
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What was in the first photo shared on social media Instagram?

A

Instagram founder Kevin Systrom posted a picture of a stray dog he met in Mexico with the caption ‘test’.

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8
Q

When was ChatGPT launched?

A

November 2022

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9
Q

What is the difference between hypertext and markup?

A

Hypertext: Link to a Web page or other form of media, not a physically displayed thing.

Markup: Annotates a document using encoded “tags” to indicate the structure of the document.

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10
Q

What is the DOM? Diagram.

A

Document Object Model-how the web browser represents a web page internally.

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11
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Why was the W3C created?

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To keep the internet universal and avoid companies fencing off areas of the internet by creating their own tags.

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12
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Summarise the key advances of HTML.

A

HTML 3.2 - Improved browser compatibility
HTML 4 and CSS - Simplicity and Power
XHTML - Strengthening the building platform and stricter control
HTML5 - Additional semantic markup and media.

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13
Q

Name the 8 most used void HTML tags.

A

<br></br>,<col>,<hr>,<img></img>,<input></input>,<link></link>,<meta></meta>,<source></source>

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14
Q

What does GIF, JPEG, PNG, WebP, ICO, SVG stand for?

A

Graphics Interchange Format
Joint Photographic Expert Group Image
Portable Network Graphics
Web Picture Format
Microsoft Icon
Scalable Vector Graphics

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15
Q

What is the attribute and value for uppercase roman numerals, lowercase letters and numbers?

A

Uppercase Roman Numerals - type=”I”
Lowercase Letters - type=”a”
Numbers - type=”1”

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16
Q

What are the tags for a definition list?

A

<dl>
<dt></dt>
<dd></dd>
</dl>

17
Q

What are the tags for a table?

A

<table>
<tr>
<th></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th></th>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>

18
Q

What does the <iframe> tag do?

A

Used to display another content item such as another web page, YouTube video.

19
Q

What are the three parts of a link?

A

Destination - what will happen when its clicked
A label - what the user sees
A target - where the destination will be displayed

20
Q

What is the difference between an absolute and a relative URL?

A

An absolute URL contains the whole address
A relative URL contains the address relative to the file that contains the URL itself.

21
Q

Illustrate the difference between inter/intra document links.

A

Inter(external links/other pages): Use target
Intra(Points down a webpage, can also be separate documents): Use anchors e.g. id=”anchorName” (creates anchor), href=”#” (top of page) or href=”#anchorName”

22
Q

What is a FTP file?

A

File Transfer Protocol used to transfer computer files from a server to a client on a computer network using separate control and data connections.

23
Q

How do you construct a link to an e-mail address URL?

A

mailto:name@site.com

24
Q

Form Tag Layout for 2 question form?

A

<form>
Text<br></br>
<input></input>
<br></br>
Text<br></br>
<input></input>
<input></input>
</form>

25
Q

When to use section versus article

A

Article should be a stand alone piece
Section shouldn’t make sense on its own

26
Q

List order of foundation: Instagram, Friendster, MySpace, Facebook.

A

Friendster
MySpace
Facebook Instagram

27
Q

List order of foundation: Google Yahoo Netscape Internet Explorer.

A

Yahoo
Netscape
Internet Explorer
Google

28
Q

What does WHATWG stand for?

A

Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group