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ICT2 HTML Vocab
HTML terms
Term | Definition |
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Internet Service Provider | A company that has a permanent connection to that Internet backbone. |
Internet | A worldwide collection of computers and computer networks. |
Network | A collection of two or more computers that are connected to share resources and information. |
World Wide Web | The part of the internet that supports multimedia and consists of a collection of linked documents |
HTTP | A set of rules for exchanging text, graphics, sound, video, and other multimedia files. (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) |
Web Pages | The linked documents, or pages of information, on the Web. |
Web Site | A related collection of Web pages that is created and maintained by an individual, company, educational institution, or other organization. |
Web Server | (Host) A computer that stores and sends requested Web pages and other files. |
Publishing | Copying the Web pages and associated files, such as graphics and audio, to a Web Server. |
Intranet | A private network that uses Internet technologies to share company information among employees. |
Extranet | A private network that uses Internet technologies to share business information with select corporate partners or key customers. |
Web browser | A program that interprets and displays Web pages and enables you to view and interact with a Web Page. |
URL | (Uniform Resource Locator) The address of a document or other file accessible on the internet. |
Protocol | A set of rules that governs communications and the exchange of data between computers over a network. |
Path | A hierarchical list of folders in which the Web page files are stored. |
File Extension | Which type of application is used to either create the document, or display the document. |
Source Code | The typed text and tags as they appear in the text editor. |
Word Wrap | Causes text lines to break at the right edge of the window and appear on a new line, so all entered text is visible. |
Elements | The basic features that most Web pages have in common. |
Head title | The text that appears on the title bar and taskbar of the browser window when the Web page appears. |
Body | Contains the information that is displayed in the browser window; can include text, graphics and other elements. |
Background | A solid color, a picture, or a graphic against which the other elements on the Web page appear. |
Normal text | The default text format used for the main content of a Web page. |
Headings | Used to set off paragraphs of text or different sections of a page; a larger font size than normal text and often are bolded or italicized, or a different color than the normal text. |
Inline Image | An image used in a Web page. |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format. Image files that are limited to 256 colors, but require great detail; good for storing detailed line art, maps, graphs and charts, and other low-color graphics. |
JPG | Joint Photographic Experts Group. Best used for photos and other graphics files that contain a larger range of colors. |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics. Best used for photos and other graphics files that contain a larger range of colors. |
Image Map | A special type of inline image in which you define one or more areas as hotspots. |
Hot Spot | An area of an image that activates some function when selected. |
Horizontal Rules | Lines that are displayed across a Web page to separate different sections of the page. |
Text Link | The most commonly used hyperlink. Usually appears as underlined text, and in a different color from the normal text. |
External Link | A hyperlink that connects to a Web page on another Web site. |
Internal Link | A hyperlink that connects to a Web page within your own Web site. |
Email Link | Used to make a “hotspot” for a viewer to use to click and send an email to someone. |
Hyperlink | Text, an image, or another Web page element that you click to instruct the browser to go to a location in a file or to request another Web page from the server. |
Header | Contains a set of required tags, <head> and </head>, and contains the Web page title and other document header information. |
HTML | Hyper Text Markup Language |