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WebDesign Vocab
Vocabulary for 2012-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| .gif | A type of file format that supports both transparency and animation. |
| .png | A type of file format used for images and photographs that appear on web pages. |
| .jpg | File format used for images placed on web pages that is capable of showing millions of colors but is small in file size. |
| _blank | Opens the web page in a new browser window. |
| Asymmetrical balance | A design principle in which page elements are placed unevenly on either side of an imaginary line in the center of the page. |
| Banner | Image that generally appears across the top of down the side of a web page and can incorporate the company’s logo and contact information. |
| Breadcrumb trail | A list of links that provides a path from the initial page opened in a website to the page being currently viewed. |
| Cascading style sheets | Sets of formatting attributes used to format web pages to provide a consistent presentation for content across the site. |
| Child page | A page at a lower level in a web hierarchy that links to page at a higher level. |
| Contiguous | Items that are next to one another. |
| Compositing | Combining images from more than one source. |
| Description | A short synopsis that resides in the head section of a web page and explains the website content. |
| Dynamic Content | Content that allows the user to interact with the page by clicking or typing, and then responds to this input in some way. |
| External Links | Links that connect to web pages in other websites or to an email address. |
| Favicon | A small icon that represents your site, similar to a logo that appears next to the title of a web page in a browser. |
| File extension | A suffix (separated from the base filename by a dot) to the name of a computer file applied to indicate the file format of its contents or usage. |
| ftp | The process of uploading and downloading files to and from a remote site. |
| Flattening | Merges all visible layers into one layer deleting all other layers greatly reducing file size. |
| Font combination | A set of three type choices that specify which fonts a browser should use to display test on a screen. |
| Head Content | The part of web page that includes the page title that appears in the title bar of the browser and meta tags for keywords and description. |
| Hotspot | A clickable area on an image that, when clicked, links to a different location on that page or to another web page. |
| http | A language web developers use to create web pages. |
| Image map | An image that has been divided up into sections, each of which serves as a link. |
| Intellectual property | An image or idea that is owned and retained by legal control. |
| Keywords | Relating to the content of a website and reside in the head section of a web page. |
| Mask | A feature that lets you protect or modify a particular area. |
| Named anchor | A specific location on a web page that is used to link to that portion of the web page. |
| Opacity | Determines the percentage of transparency. |
| Optic center | The point around which objects on the page are balanced; occurs approximately 3/8ths from the top of the page. |
| Vectoring | The process of converting a type layer to an image layer. |
| Resolution | To draw on a computer screen; ex.: fonts can be rendered differently |
| Rollover | A special effect that changes the appearance of an object when the mouse moves over it. |
| Rule of Thirds | A design principle that entails dividing a page into nine squares and then placing the page elements of most interest on the intersections of the grid lines. |
| Rules | A combination of formatting attributes that can be applied to a block of text or other page elements; begins with a period. |
| Static web page | Page content that does not charge or allow user interaction. |
| Vignette | A feature in which the border of a picture or portrait fades into the surrounding color at its edges. |
| White space | An area on a web page that is not filled with text or graphics; may or may not be white. |
| Internet service provider | A service to which you subscribe to be able to connect to the Internet with your computer. |
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