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Internet and HTML
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Attribute | a piece of information which determines the properties of a field or tag in a database or a string of characters in a display. |
| Body Tag | The <body> tag defines the document's body. The <body> element contains all the contents of an HTML document, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc. |
| Browser | a program with a graphical user interface for displaying HTML files, used to navigate the World Wide Web. |
| Central Processing Unit | the part of a computer in which operations are controlled and executed. |
| Element Tag | An HTML element is an individual component of an HTML document. It represents semantics, or meaning. |
| GUI | Stands for "Graphical User Interface" and is pronounced "gooey." It is a user interface that includes graphical elements, such as windows, icons and buttons |
| Head Tag | The <head> element is a container for metadata (data about data) and is placed between the <html> tag and the <body> tag. ... Metadata typically define the document title, character set, styles, scripts, and other meta information. |
| Hot Spots | an area on a computer screen that can be clicked to activate a function. |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages. |
| HTTP | The Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems that allows users to communicate data on the World Wide Web. |
| Hyperlinks | a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen. |
| Network | a number of interconnected computers, machines, or operations. |
| Notepad | a pocket-sized computer that has a stylus with which the user writes on the screen to input text. |
| RAM | random-access memory. |
| Title Tag | a title tag is an HTML element that specifies the title of a web page. |
| URL | the address of a World Wide Web page. |
| .WWW | stands for world wide web |
| WYSIWYG | denoting the representation of text on screen in a form exactly corresponding to its appearance on a printout. |
| FTP | file transfer protocol |