Vocabulary

Vocabulary Book!

By: Michelle Pham

Lesson 3 Vocabulary!

1. Docked – When a pane is anchored to a specific location at the edge of the window.
2. Editing window – The primary workspace for creating and editing Web pages.
3. Floating – When a pane is not anchored to a specific location in the window.
4. Font face – A set of characters (letters and numbers) that have a defined style.
5. Formatting toolbar – The toolbar that allows the user to adjust the appearance of text on a Web page, including Alignment, Font Size, Style, and Bold.
6. Heading – A headline that displays larger and bolder than regular text and has extra white space below it.
7. Horizontal space – The space to the right and left of an image.
8. Menu – A form element; a drop-down box from which a user can choose only a single item
9. Page tab – Tabs at the top of the editing window that enables you to quickly move among the pages in a Web site.
10. Pane – A section of the window that can display options or information that isn’t available in other areas of the window.
11. Sans-serif font – A font that has no caps on its ends and has an appearance of being plain.
12. Serif font – A font that has caps on its ends and has an appearance of being fancy.
13. Standard toolbar – The toolbar that provides access to the most common actions performed by users, including Copy, Paste, and Save.
14. Vertical space – The space to the top and bottom of an image.
15. Views bar – The toolbar displayed in the left side of the FrontPage window where icons can be chosen to obtain the information contained in the main area of the window, including the Page, Folders, and Hyperlinks Icons.
16. Visual interface – A set of menus and tools used to build a Web page in places of writing a code.
17. Web-safe colors – Colors that are consistent on all computer monitors- across all browsers.

Lesson 4 Vocabulary!

1. Cell – An enclosed space in a table. Cells are formed by the intersection of rows and columns in an HTML table. They hold the data/content that makes up a table.
2. Cell padding – The amount of space between the border and the content of a cell.
3. Cell spacing – The amount of space between two cells.
4. Column – A vertical section of a table.
5. Hierarchical structure – A Web site structure used when there are clear categories and subcategories. Typically, all pages stem from a central welcome or home page.
6. Linear structure – A Web site structure used when you want users to view the pages in a specific order, much like reading a book.
7. Link – A pointer to a document somewhere on the Web. A link facilitates a way to get from one page (or document) to another.
8. Local site – A Web site that is kept on the hard drive of a computer or on a local network for development and maintenance purposes.
9. Mission statement – A short and concise statement describing a purpose.
10. Mixed structure – A Web site structure that mixes characteristics of other structures to best suit a user’s needs.
11. Page properties – A dialog box that allows the properties of an entire page to be set.
12. Page title – The name given to a page that appears in the title bar of a browser window.
13. Random access structure – A Web site structure used where pages are not arranged in any specific order and users can quickly access any information with a single click.
14. Remote site – A Web site that is kept on a server and is accessible from the Internet.
15. Row – A horizontal section of a table.
16. Target audience –A specific group of viewers that are targeted to be influenced.
17. Template – A Web page that is used to base other pages on in order to make building and maintaining a Web site easier.
18. Theme – A collection of graphic elements, design, and colors that present a consistent image throughout a Web site.
19. Web presence provider – The vehicle through which a Web site is released to the public.

Lesson 5 Vocabulary

1. Child – A lower-level page on a Web site that links to its parent and may link to another child.
2. Interactive – A Web page or computer application that responds to a user’s activity.
3. Keyword – Descriptive text that identifies a characteristic of a sound clip or the topic of a sound clip.
4. Link bar – A pointer to a document somewhere on the Web.
5. MIDI – A sound file that contains instructional data.
6. Mp3 File – A sound file format that offers a highly compressed sound, saving valuable download time.
7. Multimedia – The combined used of several types of media into one package.
8. Parent – The upper-level page of a Web site that has links to one or more children.
9. Rollover – An image that is switched with another image when a cursor moved over it.
10. Sub-navigation – A menu that appears only on the section of a Web site to which it pertains.
11. Top navigation – The main menu for a Web site that contains links to all of the major sections (pages) and appears on all pages of a Web site.
12. Wave file – The original sound file standard for Windows users.

Lesson 6 Vocabulary

1. Check box – A form element that allows users to check more than one option from a group of items for a given question.
2. Drop-down box – A scrollable box that represents a list of options to the user where one or more items may be selected.
3. Form – An element used on a Web page to collect information from users.
4. Menu – A form element.
5. Option button – A group of options from which a user can select that limits users to one choice within the group.
6. Picture field – An image used as a button instead of the standard gray button.
7. Results – The information that a user enters into a form.
8. Text area – A form element that allows a user to type in large quantities of information.
9. Text box – A form element that allows the user to enter a single word or a few words.
10. Validate – To check the contents entered into the text fields by the user to make sure all of the information has been entered properly.