Chapter 1 of HTML, XHTML and CSS sixth edition
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| 386318889 | Internet | a world-wide collection of interconnected computers and computer networks | |
| 386318890 | network | two or more computers that are connected together to share resources and information | |
| 386318891 | Internet backbone | collection of high-speed data lines that connect major computer systems around the world | |
| 386318892 | ISP | a company that has a permanent connection to the Internet backbone | |
| 386318893 | World Wide Web (Web) | the part of the Internet that supports multimedia and consists of a collection of linked documents | |
| 386318894 | Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) | a set of rules for exchanging text, graphics, sound, video and other multimedia files | |
| 386318895 | Web site | a related collection of Web pages that is created and maintained by an individual, company, educational institution or other organization | |
| 386318896 | home page | the first document a user sees when accessing the Web site | |
| 386318897 | Web server (host) | a computer that stores and sends requested Web pages and other files | |
| 386318898 | publishing | copying the Web pages and associated files to a Web server | |
| 386318899 | Internet site (Web site) | a site generally available to the public | |
| 386318900 | intranet | a private network that uses Internet technologies to share company information among employees | |
| 386318901 | extranet | a private network that uses Internet technologies to share business information with select corporate partners or key customers | |
| 386318902 | electronic commerce (e-commerce) | the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet | |
| 386318903 | Web browser (browser) | a program that interprets and displays Web pages | |
| 386318904 | URL | Uniform Resource Locator | |
| 386318905 | URL function | the address of a document or file accessible on the Internet | |
| 386318906 | hyperlink | an element used to connect one Web page to another Web page | |
| 386318907 | HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | |
| 386318908 | HTML function | an authoring language used to create documents for the World Wide Web | |
| 386318909 | tags or markup | define the structure and layout of a Web document and specify how the page is displayed in a browser | |
| 386318910 | attributes | define additional characteristics such as font weight or style for an HTML tag | |
| 386318911 | platform independent | able to function across multiple platforms | |
| 386318912 | deprecated | no longer recommended in the latest W3C standard | |
| 386318913 | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets | |
| 386318914 | CSS function | allow you to specify styles for various Web elements | |
| 386318915 | style | a rule that defines the appearance of a Web page element | |
| 386318916 | style sheet | a collection of rules that defines the style for a Web page or an entire Web site | |
| 386318917 | DOM | Document Object Model | |
| 386318918 | DOM function | manipulates the underlying structure of a document to create interactive, animated Web pages via HTML, CSS and a scripting language such as JavaScript | |
| 386465890 | XHTML | Extensible Hypertext Markup Language | |
| 386465891 | XHTML function | a reformulation of HTML formatting to conform to XML structure and content rules | |
| 386465892 | text editor | a program that allows a user to enter, change, save and print text such as HTML | |
| 386465893 | HTML text editor | provides basic text editing features as well as more advanced features such as HTML tag color-coding, menus and spell checkers | |
| 386465894 | WYSIWYG editor | What You See Is What You Get editor | |
| 386465895 | WYSIWYG function | a program that provides a graphical user interface that allows a developer to preview the Web page during its development | |
| 386465896 | Web development life cycle | a process that can be used for developing Web pages at any level of complexity | |
| 386465897 | Web Site Planning | first phase of the Web development life cycle, involves identifying the purpose of the Web site, target audience, computing environments, content ownership and placement | |
| 386465898 | Web Site Analysis | second phase of the Web development life cycle, involves identifying tasks that users need to perform and defining content to facilitate those tasks | |
| 386465899 | Web Site Design | third phase of the Web development life cycle, involves determining how to organize content, site structure and usage of multimedia resources | |
| 386465900 | linear structure | connects Web pages in a straight line, appropriate when pages need to be read one after another | |
| 386465901 | hierarchical structure | connects Web pages in a treelike structure, appropriate for sites with a main index page leading to secondary pages with more information | |
| 386465902 | webbed structure | has no set organization, appropriate for sites with information that does not need to be read in a specific order | |
| 386465903 | broad Web site | the home page is the main index page, all other Web pages are linked individually to the home page | |
| 386465904 | deep Web site | has many levels of pages requiring the user to click many times to reach a particular page | |
| 386465905 | Web Site Testing | fourth phase of the Web development life cycle, involves a comprehensive check of content, functionality and usability | |
| 386465906 | usability | the measure of how well a product allows a user to accomplish his goals | |
| 386465907 | usability testing | a method by which users are asked to perform tasks to measure the product's ease-of-use | |
| 386465908 | compatibility testing | done to verify that the Web site works with a variety of browsers and browser versions | |
| 386465909 | stress testing | determines what happens on a Web site when a large number of users access a site simultaneously | |
| 386465910 | Web Site Implementation | fifth phase of the Web development life cycle, involves the actual publishing of the Web pages to a Web server | |
| 386465911 | log | the file that lists all of the Web pages that have been requested from the Web site | |
| 386465912 | Web Site Maintenance | sixth phase of the Web development life cycle, involves determining who is responsible for updates to content, structure, functionality, monitoring usage, etc. |
