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Web design
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Computer Science
9th Grade
05/01/2019

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Term
Web Page
Definition
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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Web server
Definition
A computer that runs special software to serve up well content by responding to requests
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Website
Definition
A collection of related webpages with the starting point or homepage.
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
Definition
The address you used for locating a document on the web
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Hypertext Transport Protocol (http)
Definition
The underlying protocol for how content is communicated on the web
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Domain Name System (DNS)
Definition
Internet service that translates domain names to 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 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
Definition
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
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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 and HTML tag inside another HTML tag
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HTML tag
Definition
special codes
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HTML element
Definition
the opening and closing tags including text in between
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HTML attribute
Definition
provide HTML attributes with additional meaning and 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 tribute 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 the name of the file to be linked to as it relates to the current document.
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Relative Link
Definition
A link that specifies the name of the file to be linked to as it relates to the current ducument
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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 the combination of red, 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 unifies 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 Pixels
Definition
The tiniest physical unit in a display; also known as a 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 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 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 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  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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