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Syntax - Answers -the rules governing how a language should be used and interpreted.
HTML 5
Network - Answers -a structure in which information and services are shared among
devices (hosts and nodes)
Node - Answers -A network location that can access and share information and
services.
Host - Answers -Any network device that is capable of sending and/or receiving data
electronically
Server - Answers -A host that provides information or a service to other devices on the
network
Client - Answers -A device that receives network information or services.
Client-server network - Answers -A common network design in which clients access
information provided by one or more servers
Local area network or LAN. - Answers -A network confined to a small geographic area,
such as within a building or department
wide area network or WAN. - Answers -A network that covers a wider area, such as
several buildings or cities; typically consist of two or more interconnected local area
networks
Internet - Answers -The largest WAN in existence; incorporates an almost uncountable
number of networks and hosts involving computers, mobile devices (such as phones,
tablets, and so forth), MP3 players, and gaming systems;
The biggest obstacle to effectively using the Internet is - Answers -the network's sheer
scope and size.
,When and who developed a system of hypertext documents that may the internet more
usable? - Answers -1989 by Timothy Berners-Lee and other researchers at the CERN
nuclear research facility near Geneva, Switzerland
Hypertext - Answers -A method of organizing information in which data sources are
interconnected through a series of hyperlinks that users activate to jump from one data
source to another
Hyperlink - Answers -A link within a hypertext document that can be activated to access
a data source.
Hypertext is ideally suited for the Internet because? - Answers -End users don't need to
know where a particular document, information source, or service is located—they only
need to know how to activate the link
World Wide Web - Answers -The totality of these interconnected hypertext documents
on the Internet; not the same as the internet
Web Server - Answers -A server that stores documents on the web and makes web
pages accessible to the network
Web Pages - Answers -A document stored by a web server and accessed by a web
browser; a simple text file written in HTML
Web browser - Answers -A software program that retrieves and displays web pages;
retrieves the document from the web server and renders it locally in a form that is
readable on a client device
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) - Answers -A markup language that supports the
tagging of distinct document elements and connecting documents through hypertext
links
Markup Language - Answers -a language that describes the content and structure of a
document by "marking up" or tagging, different document elements;
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - Answers -A group of web designers and
programmers that set the standards or specifications for browser manufacturers to
follow; has no enforcement power, but, because using a uniform language is in
everyone's best interest, the recommendations are usually followed; Each new version
of HTML goes through years of discussion and testing before it is formally adopted as
the accepted standard
HTML 4.01 - Answers -The fourth version of HTML, released in 1999, that provided
support for multimedia, online commerce, and interactive scripts; had many
incompatibilities in how HTML was implemented across different browsers and how
HTML code was written by web developers.
,XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) - Answers -create in an attempt by
WC3 take control of what had been a haphazard process and enforce a stricter set of
standards; A version of HTML in which syntax standards are strictly enforced. Was
supposed to be replaced with XHTML 2.0 after 2002 but 2.0 was rejected due to its
inability to be backward compatible with HTML and, as a result, older websites could not
be easily brought into the new standard; by 2006, work on XHTML 2.0 had completely
stalled
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) - Answers -A group
formed in 2004 to develop HTML5 as a rival version to XHTML 2.0; in 2006 W3C issued
a new charter for WHATWG to develop HTML5 as the de facto standard for the next
generation of HTML
HTML5 - Answers -the latest version of HTML, compatible with earlier HTML releases
and without the same strict standards that XHTML demanded
deprecated - Answers -The features and code from earlier HTML versions that have
been phased out and are either no longer supported or developed.
HTML documents are simple text files that can be edited with a text editor such as -
Answers -Windows Notepad or TextEdit for the Macintosh or popular HTML editors are
Notepad++ , UltraEdit, CoffeeCup, BBEdit and ConTEXT
HTML editors include such features as - Answers -syntax checking to weed out errors,
automatic insertion of HTML code, and predesigned templates with the initial code
already prepared for you
IDE (Integrated Development Environment) - Answers -A software package providing
comprehensive coverage of all phases of the HTML development process; preferred by
professional web developers working on large websites to simple HTML editors; can be
very expensive, but most software companies will provide a free evaluation period
Validators - Answers -A program that tests code to ensure that it contains no syntax
errors.
3 steps in creating a site - Answers -1 Code
2 Validate
3 Test that your content is rendered correctly
How to test your content rendering - Answers -test your code under a variety of screen
resolutions (good on a widescreen monitor might look horrible on a mobile phone), on
several different browsers and, if possible, on different versions of the same browser
(users are not always upgraded); At a minimum you should test your website using the
popular browsers; not always possible to load multiple versions of the same browser on
one computer, so, professional designers will upload their code to online testing
, services that report on the website's compatibility across a wide range of browsers,
screen resolutions, and devices, including both desktop and mobile devices
The most important factor currently impacting website design is - Answers -increased
use of mobile devices to access the Internet; the number of mobile Internet users
exceeded the number of users accessing the web through laptop or desktop devices;
web designers must be careful to tailor their websites to accommodate both the desktop
and mobile experience
The first line in an HTML file is - Answers -document type declaration or doctype; a
processing instruction indicating the markup language used in the document;
ex. for html5:<!DOCTYPE html> or <!doctype html>
Older versions of HTML had more complicated doctypes
quirks mode - Answers -An operating mode in which the browser renders the web page
based on styles and practices from the 1990s and early 2000s; may occur when
doctype is absent (common with early versions of HTML)
standards mode - Answers -An operating mode in which the browser renders the web
page in line with the most current HTML specifications; occurs when doctype is present
The difference between quirks mode and standards mode - Answers -the difference
between a nicely laid-out page and a confusing mess
element tag - Answers -The fundamental building block in every HTML document;
marks every element in the document;
Starting tag - Answers -The tag that marks the start of the element content; <element>
Ending tag - Answers -The tag that marks the end of the element content; </element>
The general syntax of a two-sided element tag - Answers -<element>content</element>
empty element - Answers -An element that is either nontextual or contains directives to
the browser about how the page should be treated; entered using one of the following
forms of the one-sided element tag:
<element />
or
<element>
br element - Answers -line break; empty element; <br/> (<br> also acceptable is HTML5
but / is good form)
nested elements - Answers -An element contained within another element;
<p>Welcome to <em>Curbside Thai</em>.</p>
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