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10th Grade
03/26/2019

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Web page
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A document which can display text, graphics, audio, video and other elements through a web browser.
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HTML
Definition
A language which means that special codes are used define elements.
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Web server
Definition
A computer that runs special software to serve up web content by responding to requests.
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Website
Definition
A collection of related web pages with a starting poit or home page.
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Uniform Resouce Locator
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The address used for locating a document on the web.
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Hypertext Transport Protocol
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The underlying protocol for how content is communicated on the Web.
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Domain Name System
Definition
Internet service that translate domain names into IP addresses.
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Internet Protocol (IP) Address
Definition
A numeric string that identifies a device on a network.
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Open standard
Definition
A standard that is publicly avaliable and has various rights to use associated with it, and may also have various properties of how it was designed.
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World Wide Web Consortium
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An international community that develps open standards for the Web.
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Web Accessidility Intiative
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A program for developing stratagies, guidelines, and resources to help make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
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World Wide Web or Web
Definition
A worldwide network of computers that communicate through HTTP.
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Nesting
Definition
Putting an object inside another object; such ads an HTML tag inside another HTML tag.
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HTML tag
Definition
Special codes which describe or define content in a web document.
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HTML element
Definition
The opening and closing tags including the text in between.
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HTML attribute
Definition
Provide HTML attributes with additional meaning and content.
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Cascading Style Sheet
Definition
A language for defining how to display HTML elements.
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CSS selector
Definition
The HTML element that you want to style
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CSS declaration
Definition
The style property and value
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CSS property
Definition
The style attributes you want to change.
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CSS value
Definition
The attribute you want applied to the property
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Absolute Link
Definition
A link that specifies a complete path to file, including the protocol, server, directory, filename.
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Relative link
Definition
A link that specifies a complete path file to be linked to as it relates to the current document.
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Hexadecimal Color code
Definition
Color values written with the # sign followed by six digits using the number 0 to 9 and A to F to represent the amount of reb, green, and blue.
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RGB color codes
Definition
Color calues using the combination of red, green, and blue values ranging from O to 255.
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Responsive Web Design
Definition
Refers to using existing techniques involving flexible grid layout, flexible images, and media and media queries into a unified approach to web design.
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Resolution
Definition
A simple count of the number of pixels across the entire width and height of a device
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Pixels per Inch (PPI)
Definition
A measure of screen density refers to the number of device pixels on a physical surface.
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Device Pixel
Definition
The tiniest physical unit in display; also known as a physical pixel
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Bitmap Pixel
Definition
The smallest unit of a data in a raster image
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Reference Pixel
Definition
A W3C standard based on an optical reference unit that might be twice the size of a hardware pixel. This new pixel should look exactly the same in all viewing situations
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Pixel Density
Definition
The number of device pixels on a physical surface; often measured in pixels per inch
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Viewport
Definition
The rectangular area (measured in pixels) that is view able on a device screen.
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Fixed-width Layout
Definition
The width of the site is bound to a certain number of pixels.
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Fluid Layout
Definition
The web design's dimensions are defined in percentages rather than pixels.
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Em space
Definition
1 em equals the current font size; in a Web browser it equals 16 px
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Relative units
Definition
Size is set in relation to surrounding elements
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Absolute units
Definition
A specific size
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Media Query
Definition
A CSS specification that allows designers to target styles based on a number of device properties.
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Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Definition
Defines vector-based graphics that can be embedded directly into a Web page; SVG is a World Wide Web Consortium recommendation.
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Vector graphics
Definition
Type of graphic that does NOT lose quality when zoomed or resized.
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