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10th Grade
05/10/2018

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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 to define elements.
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Web browser
Definition
special software that displays the page by reading the instructions in the web document.
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website
Definition
a collection of related webpage with a starting point or home page.
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Uniform resource locator
Definition
the address used for locating a document on the web.
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Hypertext transport protocol
Definition
the underlying protocol for how content is communicated on the web.
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Domain name system
Definition
internet service that translates domain names into IP address.
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Internet protocol
Definition
a numeric string that identifies a device on a network.
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Open standard
Definition
a standard that is publicly available 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 develops open standards for the web.
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web accessibility initiative
Definition
a program for developing strategies, 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 as 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 context.
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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 attribute 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 a file, including the protocol, server, directory, filename.
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Relative Link
Definition
a link that specifies that name of the file to be linked to as it relates to the current document.
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Hexadecimal color codes
Definition
color values written with the # sign followed by six digits using the numbers 0 to 9 and A to F to represent the amount of red, green and blue.
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Rgb color codes
Definition
color values using the combination of rd, green, and blue values ranging from 0 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
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 a display; also known as physical pixel
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Bitmap pixel
Definition
the smallest unit of 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.
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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 that is viewable 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 16px
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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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scalable vector graphics
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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Vectro graphics
Definition
type of graphic that does NOT lose quality when zoomed or resized.
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