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Title: HTML

Description: HTML

Total Flash Cards: 33

Created: 06/04/2011 22:31:57

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What is HTML?
Definition
HTML is a language for describing web pages.
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What does HTML stand for?
Definition
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
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Is HTML a programming language?
Definition
HTML is not a programming language, it is a markup language.
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What is a markup language?
Definition
A markup language is a set of markup tags.
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How does HTML use markup tags?
Definition
HTML uses markup tags to describe web pages.
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What are HTML tags?
Definition
HTML markup tags are usually called HTML tags.
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How are HTML tags written?
Definition
HTML tags are keywords surrounded by angle brackets
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How are HTML tags normally arranged?
Definition
HTML tags normally come in pairs.
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What are the individual HTML tags called?
Definition
The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag.
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What other names are used for start and end tags?
Definition
Start and end tags are also called opening tags and closing tags.
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What do HTML documents do?
Definition
HTML documents describe web pages.
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What do HTML documents contain?
Definition
HTML documents contain HTML tags and plain text
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What else are HTML documents called?
Definition
HTML documents are also called web pages.
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What is the purpose of a web browser as it relates to HTML documents?
Definition
The purpose of a web browser is to read HTML documents and display them as web pages.
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Does a browser display HTML tags?
Definition
A browser does not display the HTML tags, but uses the tags to interpret the content of the page.
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What keyword is used in an HTML tag for headings?
Definition
HTML headings are defined with the "h1" to "h6" tags.
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What keyword is used in an HTML tag for a paragraph?
Definition
HTML paragraphs are defined with the "p" tag.
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What keyword is used in an HTML tag for a link?
Definition
HTML links are defined with the "a" tag.
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What keyword is used in an HTML tag for an image?
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HTML images are defined with the "img" tag.
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How are HTML documents defined?
Definition
HTML documents are defined by HTML elements.
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What is an HTML element?
Definition
An HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag.
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How does an HTML element start?
Definition
An HTML element starts with a start tag/opening tag.
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How does an HTML element end?
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An HTML element ends with an end tag/closing tag.
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What is the element content?
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The element content is everything between the start and the end tag.
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Do all HTML elements have content?
Definition
Some HTML elements have empty content.
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How are empty elements closed?
Definition
Empty elements are closed in the start tag.
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What are nested HTML elements?
Definition
Nested HTML elements are elements which contain other HTML elements between their own start and end tags.
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What is an empty HTML element?
Definition
HTML elements with no content are called empty elements.
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What are attributes?
Definition
Attributes provide additional information about HTML elements.
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Can HTML elements have attributes?
Definition
HTML elements can have attributes.
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Where are attributes specified?
Definition
Attributes are always specified in the start tag.
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What is the syntax for attributes?
Definition
Attributes come in name/value pairs like: name="value".
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How are attribute values expressed?
Definition
Attribute values should always be enclosed in quotes.