Attributes HTML elements that modify tags; they are coded within the open tag of a container.
Comments Documentation of choices made while writing a program or HTML page, including explanations of why those choices were made.
Container element Used to modify the contents placed within them. They consist of a beginning and closing tag.
Document Type Definition (DTD) The specifications that define the structure and syntax standards used to create a HTML document.
Empty element A tag that does not enclose any text, so it has no closing code.
Horizontal rule Tag that places a horizontal line, or rule, on a page.
Intrinsic event Mouse activities, like clicking, and document changes, like loading.
Line break Tag to end a line on a page and start a new one.
Paragraph Identifies a continuous string of text within a page; used to break up text into smaller units.
Pixel Stands for picture element; one of the many tiny dots that make up the display on your screen.
Rollover A feature on a page that changes as the mouse pointer moves over it.
Style Describes a way to set off a group of characters from the surrounding text block.
Toggle Switch; turns a preset feature on or off.
Array Also known as a subscripted variable, a series of identical data elements stored contiguously in memory.
Calling page The web page which calls a function.
Code leveraging Reusing existing code by slightly modifying it into new code to perform a different operation.
Concatenate sequentially join two or more strings together.
Function Predefined formula or code segment that performs common mathematical, financial, or logical operations.
Function call The point from which a function is called and data is returned from the function. It contains any parameters passed to the function.
Instance In object oriented programming, an individual object.
Loop Another name for Iteration.
Methods In object-oriented programming, a method is a way of manipulating data.
Modal Term usually meaning to have modes or be associated with a particular mode.
Multithreading Allows access to different parts of the same program at the same time.
Object Section of program code in object-oriented programming that contains both the processing code and descriptions of related data to perform a single task.
Parameter - Attributes that give the web weaver some control over applets or values passed to a function or routine.
Properties Attributes or features of a element or object.
Scripting language A language used to write scripts.
String A series of characters enclosed in either double quotation marks that are displayed as ASCII text.
Workaround Term used to describe an action or set of actions that take the place of some other, often broken, action.
Absolute path The full path from the root directory to a document. Absolute paths always start with a leading slash(/).
Case-sensitive An operating system or other software than can recognize the capitalization of characters is used to differentiate letters.
Intersystem link Link to an item in a different system.
Intrapage link Link to a item in the current document or page.
Intrapage target name a target within the current document or web page.
Intrasystem link link to an item within the current system.
Page footer Appears at the end of an HTML document and provides basic information about the creator of the page plus a list of the navigation links used. Should contain the date last modified as well.
Path Set of directory names that lead to a specific document.
Relative path The path to a document that starts from the current directory.
Server-side include Directives placed within the HTML document that execute other programs or output data such as environment variables or file statistics. Server sides includes are executed on the server and the result are displayed on the Web page sent back to the browser.
Source Origin of a link.
Static A Web page that does not contain any links to other web pages and in which information does not change unless the HTML source code is changed.
Storyboarding Diagram illustrating how to or more web pages relate to one another.
Target When referencing web pages, it is the end of the link. In form elements, an attribute that directs return data to a window or frame different from the current document.
Blocked element elements that are formatted as separate blocks of text, such as headings, paragraphs, tables, or lists.
Bullet A graphic, traditionally a dot, that prefaces a list item to highlight or itemize it.
Definition list list formatted like a dictionary or glossary.
Directory list identifies a multicolumn directory list of no implied order.
Inline element Part of an HTML page that is placed within the current line of text.
Marker bullet used in an unordered list.
Menu list identifies a single column list of no implied order.
Nesting lists lists within lists; lists with sublists.
Ordered lists list with items numbered or lettered.
Readability How easy a page is to read.
Unordered list One type of list in which each item is preceeded by a bullet.
Browser pane The part of the screen that is normally visible to the user.
Document-level style sheet establishes formatting rules that affect all elements in a documents body container.
Font the typeface, weight, style, and size of the text.
Glyph A variety of symbols that provides an appearance of a letter, number or other symbols.
Latin-1 character set List of common letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks used in Western languages, each with a numeric value and some also with names; designed by the International Standards Organization (ISO).
Logical style Using specific style containers that describe the way the text within a container is used rather than simply how it looks.
Monospace font Font in which each letter takes up the same amount of space.
Physical style Describes the way the text within a container is supposed to look when displayed by a browser.
Proportional spacing A font in which different characters have different widths.
Style sheet Added in the new HTML standard to give the Web weaver more control over the placement and appearance of various elements on the page and to allow the creation of aural entries. There are two types of styles sheets: external, which are files called when the browser opens the page, and internal, which usually apply only to the page in which they occur.
Animated GIF A series of GIF images that are quickly changed in order to create simple animation.
Baseline Imaginary line that runs across that bottom of the text letters, not including descenders.
Bit per pixel (bpp) Determines the number of colors in an image.
Dithering Replacing one uniform color with repeating patterns of other colors that approximate the initial color, or blending two colors to create a third color. Dithering can reduce compressibility and usability.
External image An image that is placed on a page by itself, and a link is provided to it.
Floating image An image that can be placed by the browser in either margin.
Flood filling Creating a large colored area by using height and width attributes to expand a very small image across the screen.
Image Editor Allows you to modify images, add special effects, and convert from one file format to another.
Inline image An image that occurs within the line of text. In HTML, images are placed inline unless the author codes one of the align attribute values.
Lossless compression Compression that keeps all the data bits in the image so that image or sound quality does not degrade.
Lossy compression Compression in which some pixels are discarded, causing image or sound quality to degrade.
Open Standard A standard that is still developing, anyone is free to use and make suggestions about inclusions.
Progressive image A file saved as layers that display the image data in several passes, each pass making the image better.
Rollover A feature on a page that changes as the mouse pointer moves over it.
Thumbnail image Very small version of the actually image, created using special thumbnail software.
Vector graphic Graphic that use mathematical geometric formulas to represent images instead of a grid of pixels.
Border Margin of an element, such as a cell in a table or the table itself.
Caption Text that further explains the content of a table.
Cell Intersection of a row and column in a table.
Cell Padding The amount of space between the cell rules and its contents.
Cell Spacing Amount of space between adjacent cells, as well as between the outer edges of the cells and the edges of the table.
Column Spanning Extending a cell across two or more columns in its row.
Frame 1. The division of a framed page. Each frame contains a HTML document. 2. Created by capturing analog video at regular intervals and saving each capture as a distinct image. Frames can be played back to create a movie.
Row Spanning Extending a cell across two or more rows in its columns.
Rule Part of a style sheet.
Table Data arranged in rows and columns.
Table body A group of one or more rows within a table that will scroll between the header and footer when the table is too long to be fully displayed.