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CSCI TEST TWO
web authoring
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 1
04/07/2008

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css
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cascading style sheets; language used to describe how an html document should be formatted.
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class attribute
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specifies the element to be a member of one or more classes; classes allow authors to define specific kinds of a given element.
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named style
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property
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deals with the styling of a web page
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float property
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image floats to the side of a page and the text floats around it; is a css property
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selector
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example: p{kjhjfhd} the p specifies what in the web page gets what design elements.
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html
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a set of rules for marking up blocks of text so that a web browser knows how to display them. it uses a series of tags that define the display of tect on a web page.
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attribute
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stores information about an item or a page, such as the associate category, perspective, or description.
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container
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a component which contains other components inside itself; like a tag for a table, paragraph, etc.
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delimiter
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a character that identifies the beginning or the end of a character string.
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div
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inserted for blocking off a section for styling
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element
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in html, elements are the tags and the text between the tags.
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span
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same as a div tag; inserted for styling purposes.
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validator
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a website that makes sure a webapge is following html standards.
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http
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hypertext transfer protocol; the protocol a browser uses to send requests to a web server; created especially for the transfer of hypertext documents over the internet.
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request
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request/response standard between client and server.
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response
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request/response standard between a client and a server.
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javascript
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a programming language often used to add interactivity to web pages. javascript is not a full-featured as java, but its syntax , keywords, data types, and operators are a subset of java's.
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event
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a software message that indicates that something has happened, like a keystroke.
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event handler
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javascript code that responds to an event
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function
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with every input there is an output; getelementbyid; finds the element and changes it.
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object
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a variable in a program that is an example of a class. each object in a specific class is constructed from similar data and methods.
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classname member
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what is changed after an event happens
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getelementbyid
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the function that renames the classname; changes it to something new
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id attribute
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assigns a unique identifier to an element
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standards
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a way that all browsers can read all web pages; standards make sure everything is up to date.
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deprecated
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something that works but is out of date and disapproved of, like incorrect grammar; will one day be obsolete
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quirks mode
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a technique used by some web browsers to maintain  backwards compatability with web pages designed for older browsers.
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validation
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the process of ensuring that data entered into a database is correct (or at least reasonable) and complete.
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world wide web consortium (w3c)
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the international standards body; used to make standards so that all browsers can read all web pages correctly.
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