Term

Definition

ARPANET

The original name of the Internet

Attributes

Parts of tags that control the behavior and appearance of elements on a page

Block-level element

An element that contains content that is displayed in a separate section on the Web page, set off from other blocks.

Body element

An element that contains all the content that is displayed on the Web page.

Character formatting elements

Elements that allow you to format text characters.

Client

A computer or other device that requests services on the network.

Client-server network

A common network structure where the network is made up of several clients requesting services from one or more server.

Closing tag

The tag that follows the content of a two-sided tag.

Definition list

A list style used to format a list of terms, followed by definitions.

Deprecated

Older features of HTML that are being phased out by the W3C.

Element

A distinct object in an HTML document, such as a paragraph or a heading.

Empty elements

Elements that employ one-sided tags

Extensions

Modifications to a languages designed to enhance the language’s capabilities.

Graphical browsers

A Web browser that can display graphics, sound, video, and animated images.

Head element

An element that contains information about the document.

Host

A point at which a user accesses a computer network; also called a node.

HTML (Hypertext Markup Language

The markup language used to create and format Web pages.

HTML converter

A program that converts formatted text into HTML code.

HTML editor

A program that helps you write HTML by inserting HTML codes for you as you work.

Hyperlinks

Elements in a hypertext document that allow you to jump from one location in the document to another.

Hypertext

A method of organizing information that gives the reader control over the order in which the information is read.

Inline element

A tag that contains content that is part of the same block as its surrounding content.

Inline image

A graphic image (located in a separate file) that appears within the content of a block-level element.

Inline styles

Styles specified as attributes in a tag.

Internet

A network of networks; the largest Wide Area Network.

Links

See hyperlinks.

Local area network (LAN)

A network made up of computers that are located physically close to one another.

Logical element

An element that describes the nature of the enclosed content.

Markup language

A language that describes a document’s structure and content.

Metalanguage

A language used to create other languages.

Nesting

The technique of placing one element inside another element.

Network

A structure linking computers together for the purposes of sharing resources such as files and printers

Node

A point at which a user accesses a computer network; also called a host.

One-sided tag

A tag that contains no content.

Opening tag

The tag that precedes the content of a two-sided tag.

Ordered list

A list of items that must appear in a sequential order.

Physical element

An element that describes the appearance of the enclosed content.

Pixel

A dot on a computer screen that measures 1/72 of an inch.

Presentational attributes

Attributes that specify how a browser should render an element.

Server

A computer that makes resources available to the network.

SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language)

A language used to create other languages; a metalanguage.

Specifications

A set of rules that developers should follow to ensure a uniform approach to Web page creation.

Standards

See specifications.

Styles

Format descriptions that tell browsers how to render an element in a document.

Tag

A core building-block of HTML.

Text-based browsers

A Web browser that is incapable of displaying graphics.

Title element

An element that contains the title of the Web page.

Two-sided tag

A tag that contains some document content, enclosed between opening and closing tags.

Unordered list

A list of items that need not appear in any order.

Web

Short for the World Wide Web.

Web browser

Client software that retrieves a Web page and displays it.

Web pages

Hypertext documents within a Web site

Web server

A computer that stores a Web page and which makes it available to other computers on a network or the Internet.

Web site

A collection of linked hypertext documents.

White space

The blank spaces, line breaks and tabs within a file.

Wide area network (WAN)

A network made up of computers that are separated by physical distance

World Wide Web

A system of interconnected hypertext documents accessible over the Internet.

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

A group of Web developers, programmers and authors who set standard for browsers to follow.

XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language)

A stricter version of HTML that was created in XML.

XML (Extensible Markup Language)

A metalanguage that is simpler than SGML, and which lacks the overhead.