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Connecting Your Site
CompuScholar - Web Design - Chapter 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Hyperlink | A word, group of words, or image that allows a user to move from one place to another on the web. |
| <a> | Element that defines an anchor or hyperlink within a webpage. |
| href | An anchor attribute tied to the location a browser will move to, when a hyperlink is clicked. |
| Bookmark Anchor | Identifying a section/area of a webpage with a name. |
| id | An anchor attribute that sets a "bookmark" for an area on the current page. |
| External Link | A hyperlink to location outside of your own site. |
| Internal Link | A hyperlink to a location within your own site. |
| Target | The exact name of the file/page linked with a hyperlink. |
| Root Directory | The home folder that contains all of the pages within a website. |
| Relative Path | The instructions that lead a browser from one page to another, when linked with a hyperlink. |
| Absolute Path | The instructions that build a path from one page to another by going back to the root directory, when linked with a hyperlink. |
| Navigation Bar | A section on your webpage that lists links to other pages and subpages on your website. |
| HTTP | Protocol in a URL that tells a web browser it is going on the Internet to locate a web page; Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. |
| Domain | Identifier in a URL that tells a web browser to look for a certain web server to locate a web page. |
| Resource | Directory and filename in a URL that tells a web browser the specific details of a web page it is trying to locate. |
| Trailing Slash (/) | Used in URLs to identify directories (slash IS present) and filenames (slash IS NOT present). |
| Target Attribute | Used within an anchor tag to create a new browser window or tab when a hyperlink is clicked. |
| mailto: | Statement used within an href attribute to open the default email program (with an email address placed in the "To" field) when a hyperlink is clicked. |
| Spam | A junk email message sent to your mailbox by an unwanted sender. |
| Web Crawlers | A small programed designed to crawl through the World Wide Web, looking for @ symbols, and collecting email addresses; spider. |
| Form | A small document with different fields that a user needs to fill out. |
| CAPTCHA | Used in forms to authenticate legitimate users; Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart. |
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