- socket
- abstract concept that represent one end of a connection
- text editor
- similar to word processing software
- hypertext
- a group of interlinked files
- XHTML
- the follow-up version to HTML 4
- W3C
- world wide web consortium
- media tags
- specify how to display media elements
- operational tags
- specify the basic setup for a web page
- cading style sheet
- CSS acts as a template that can control the layout and design of a web page
- hypertext link
- a link to access related Web pages
- HTML document
- a plain text, or ASCII, document with embended HTML tags
- markup language
- HTML is called a markup laguage because authors mark up their documents by inserting special instructions, called HTML tags, that specify how the document should appear when displayed on a computer screen or printed
- self-closing tag
- a single tag that icludes a closing "/" symnol
- formatting tags
- change the appearance of text and work in much the same way as the formatting options in a word processor that create bold and italic text, adjust text size, change text color, arrange text in table format, or center text on page
- link tags
- specify whare and how to display links to other web pages and e-mail adresses
- helper application
- a program that extends a browser's ability to work with file formats
- server farm
- group of multiple servers
- Web authoring software
- provides tools specificaly designed to enter and format Web page text, graphics, and links
- body section
- it contains the text you want the browser to display, the HTML tags that format the text, plus variety of links--including links to graphics, sounds and videos
- external style sheet
- contains formatting specifications for a group of web pages
- animated gif
- a graphic file that consist of a sequence of frames or related images
- flash animation
- a proprietary technology developed by macromedia that requires client software for viewing
- internal link
- link to other pages at the same web site
- external link
- links to pages outside the web site
- intrapage link
- a type of link used to jump to a different location within the current web page
- mailto link
- automatically opens a preadressed e-mail from that can be completed and send