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XHTML ch.6
ch.6
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
09/10/2009

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Access key
Definition
A single on the keyboard that you type in conjunction with the Alt key or Control key in order to jump to one of the control elements on a form
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Check box
Definition
A control element for specifying an item as either present or absent
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Command button
Definition
A button on a field that causes some action via a server-based script
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Common Gateway Interface (CGI) script
Definition
A server-based program that can process the information in a form
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Control element
Definition
The different parts of a form, such as input boxes, selection lists, and option buttons
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Drop down list box
Definition
A method of displaying the choices of a selection list
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Field
Definition
A control element in which the user can enter information
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fieldset
Definition
A method or organizing option buttons into a group of fields on a form
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Field Value
Definition
Information entered into a field
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Form Button
Definition
A control element that users click to start processing the form
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Get
Definition
A method for submitting form data that appends the data to the end of the URL specified in the action attribute
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Group box
Definition
A box around a field set, to set the fields off from other, unrelated fields
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Hidden field
Definition
A field on a form that has a predefined value and that is invisible to the form's user
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Input box
Definition
A control element for entering text and numerical data
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Name/value pair
Definition
The name and id of a field, used by a server-side program for processing form data
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option button
Definition
A control element for selecting a single item from a small group of items
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option groups
Definition
A method for organizing values into distinct groups in a selection list
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password field
Definition
An input box in which the characters typed by the user are displayed as bullets or asteriks
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Perl
Definition
A programming language used to write CGI scripts
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Post
Definition
A method for submitting form data that sends the data in a separate data stream
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Reset button
Definition
A button on a form that returns the form to its default values
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selection list
Definition
A control element for offering a choice from a long list of values
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submit button
Definition
A button on a form that sends the information in the form to the server for processing
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Text area
Definition
A control element that allows users to enter several lines of text
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