Web Design Vocabulary

Web Design Vocabulary

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

Container Tags- the heading tag has a starting tag and has an ending.

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

Empty Tags- a<BR> tag that does not use a corresponding </BR> tag; it does not contain context.

Ordered List- each item have a number instead of a bullet (order is very important)

Source Code- the code that is displayed on the screen.

Tags- codes

Unordered List- items listed in any order it’s not important (most text have a bullet next to it.

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

Attribute- an addition to the HTML tag that is used to modify its properties (tells the browser to do something special to the text).

Lesson 11 Vocabulary

Active white space- blank areas on a Web page that are placed on purpose

Alignment- means that the content of a page has the same alignment

Consistency- to have uniformity from page to page

Grid-  a conceptual design tool that divides a page into rows and columns in order to help the Webmaster structure the layout of a page

Passive white space- the blank areas on a web page that are a result of incomplete or mismatched shapes

Proximity- refers to how close one element is to another

Repetition- the process of repeating elements throughout a website

Print based layout method- a method takes into account that people are already accustomed to viewing content in printed material in a certain way

Screen- based layout method

Analogous colors- three colors on the color wheels that are side by side

Bit- smallest unit of information that a computer understands

Color wheel- an ordered progression of hues that helps designer easily understands and select color combinations

Complementary colors- colors that are located opposite from each other on the color wheel

Cool colors- contain the color blue

Primary hues- additive color wheel are red, green, and blue

Shade- darkening a hue

Split-complementary colors- an uneven triangle on the color wheel

Secondary hues- cyan, magenta, and yellow

Tertiary hues- red-yellow, green-yellow, green-cyan, blue-magenta, and red-magenta

Tint- lightening a hue

Triad colors- three colors on the color wheel that have an equal amount of distance between each one

Typography- act or art of expressing an idea by utilizing typefaces or symbols

Value- lightness or darkness

Warm colors- hues that contain red

Clip Art- simple pictures and symbols made available for computer users to add to their documents.

Compression- to make smaller, in the sense that the amount of information is reduced

File Format- arrangement in which data is saved in order to display it in a certain way

GIF- 8-bit image

Icon- or a small symbolic graphic, can be used as part of the user's interface 

Index color- used to describe reduced or color mapping of 8-bit or less

JPEG- a 24-bit graphic, which means it contains 12.7 million colors

Raster- image that is made up of pixels

Vector- image based on mathematical formula