Lesson 7 Vocabulary

Attribute- an addition to an HTML tag that is used to modify its properties.

Container Tags- Tags that work in pairs usually with some other text or HTML in between them.

Document Type Declaration (DTD)- Basically tells the browser what type of document to expect.

Empty Tags- Refers to HTML coding where the line of code stands alone and is not closed with slash characters.

HTML- Hypertext Markup Language consists of a series of tags or codes that can be used in a Web page to designate attributes of a section of text.

Hypertext- Organization of units of information that can be connected with links.

Ordered List- Used for items whose order does matter.

Source Code- HTML source code since it is the source of what is eventually displayed on the screen.

Tags- Codes that can be used in a Web page to designate attributes of a section of text.

Unordered List- Good for listing items whose order is not important.

Value- Specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page.

 Lesson 8 Vocabulary

Absolute URL- One in which the protocol and Web server name is used

External Link- links to documents that reside on Web sites other than the one you are creating

Hyperlink- Links to other Web Pages

Internal Link- Links that are used to navigate between the pages of one site

Intrapage Link- A link within one Web page

Link- A pointer to a document or file somewhere on the Web

Relative URL- One in which the document being linked to is described relative to another location

Thumbnail- a small image representation of a larger image

 Lesson 9 Vocabulary

Cell- The area created by the intersection of a row and a column

Container- A page that will hold the frames

Frameset- The name given to a group of frames that act together to make up one Web page

Nested- Opening a new tag before closing the first one

 Lesson 10 Vocabulary

Button- To submit the information in the form to the page defined by the ACTION attribute, you will need a button for the user to click

Check Box- similar to radio buttons in that there are a set of predefined choices from which the user may make a selection

Form- An element on a Web page that is used to collect data from a Web site user

Hidden Field- allows a value to be passed from the form to the page that is specified in the ACTION attribute without the knowledge of the Web user

Label- A form element used to indicate the user on what is expected to be typed in the text box

Password Field- Anything typed in this field will be replaced by asterisks so that anyone watching cannot see the text

Pull-down Menu-used when you do not want the user to type his or her own data. Rather, you want users to choose from a preset list of options that you provide

Querystring- A search word that is appended to the URL after a question mark

Radio Button- another type of form element where the user is presented with a set of options from which to choose

Text Area- a large space in which a user can type his or her comments

Text Box- A box into which the user can key text