WGU C779 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2023-
2024 A+ Grade
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - answerA technology that allows greater style definition
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formatting control of HTML elements. Formatting can be placed within the HTML or called
remotely from an external style sheet.
Cloud Computing - answerSoftware, infrastructure and platform services that are hosted by a
remote data center and provided to organizations or individuals over the Internet.
Document Type Definition (DTD) - answerA set of rules contained in a simple text file that
defines the structure, syntax and vocabulary as it relates to tags and attributes for a corresponding
document.
Extensible Markup Language (XML) - answerA markup language that describes document content
instead of adding structure or formatting to document content. A simplified version of SGML.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - answerA program that provides visual navigation with menus and
screen icons, and performs automated functions when users click command buttons.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - answerThe traditional authoring language used to develop
Web pages for many applications.
*markup language - answerA series of commands used to format, organize and describe
information on a Web page. Uses tags to define elements within a document
Metalanguage - answerA language used for defining other languages.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) - answerA protocol that enables operating systems
to map file name extensions to corresponding applications. Also used by applications to
automatically process files downloaded from the Internet.
on the fly - answerDynamically created Web page content, as opposed to pre-defined, static
content.
Software as a Service (SaaS) - answerSoftware that is hosted centrally on the Internet and accessed
by users with a Web browser.
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) - answerA metalanguage used to create other
languages, including HTML and XHTML.
user agent - answerAny application, such as a Web browser, mobile phone, smartphone or help
engine, that renders HTML for display to users.
wireframing - answerThe process of developing an outline for a Web presence.
block-level element - answerA markup element that affects at least an entire paragraph.
character set - answerThe group of symbols used to render text on a page.
document type declaration () - answerA declaration of document or code type
embedded within an HTML, XHTML, XML or SGML document; identifies the version and markup
language used. Denoted by the declaration at the beginning of the document.
fixed-width font - answera font in which every character, including the space character, has equal
width. In proportional-width fonts, letters such as I and J have less width than M or B
text-level element - answerA markup element that affects single characters or words.
unicode - answerA universal character set designed to support all written languages, as well as
scholarly disciplines (e.g., mathematics).
dithering - answerThe ability for a computer to approximate a color by combining the RGB values.
hexadecimal - answerA base-16 number system that allows large numbers to be displayed by fewer
characters than if the number were displayed in the regular base-10 system. In hexadecimal, the
number 10 is represented as the letter A, 15 is represented as F, and 16 is represented as 10.
rule - answeran instruction format, in a style sheet, that consists of a specified selector and the
properties and values applied to it
sans-serif - answerA font style that does not use decorative strokes at the tips of characters.
Includes the Arial font family.
selector - answerany element in a style sheet, to which designated styles are applied
serif - answerA font style that uses characters with small decorative additions at the outermost
points of the characters, called strokes. Includes the Times and Times New Roman fonts.
hyperlinks - answerembedded instructions within a text file that link it to another point in the file
or to a separate file
link rot - answerThe phenomenon in which hyperlinks on a Web site gradually become invalid as
referenced Web page content, links and page locations change.
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