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Web Tools & Language
CompuScholar - Web Design - Chapter 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Browser | A software program that can display web pages on your computer. |
| Open Source Software | Software with source code that is free for anyone to download and examine. |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| Closed Source Software | Software with source code that only the companies that own it can examine. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) | Defines rules and standards for all web browsers and web code. They recommend the best way to create web sites and publish references for anyone who is interested in following their suggestions. |
| Mark-Up | Web pages contain specially formatted data that is displayed by your web browser. |
| HTML | HyperText Mark-up Language; the language web pages are written with. |
| CSS | Cascading Style Sheets; separate documents that include all of the visual layout rules for a web page. |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language; used to hold many kinds of information in a flexible format. |
| Best Practices | Suggestions for making your website work better. |
| Naming Pattern | Consistency in file naming makes reading your code much easier. |
| File Extension | A suffix at the end of a filename that hints at the contents of the file. |