Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - ANSWER-A technology that allows greater style definition and formatting control of HTML elements. Formatting can be placed
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Cloud Computing - ANSWER-Software, 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) - ANSWER-A 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) - ANSWER-A markup language that describes document content instead of adding structure or formatting to document content. A simplified version of SGML.
Graphical User Interface (GUI) - ANSWER-A program that provides visual navigation with menus and screen icons, and performs automated functions when users click command buttons.
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) - ANSWER-The traditional authoring language used to develop Web pages for many applications.
Markup Language - ANSWER-A series of commands used to format, organize and describe information on a Web page.
Metalanguage - ANSWER-A language used for defining other languages.
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) - ANSWER-A 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 - ANSWER-Dynamically created Web page content, as opposed to pre-defined, static content.
Software as a Service (SaaS) - ANSWER-Software that is hosted centrally on the Internet and accessed by users with a Web browser.
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) - ANSWER-A metalanguage used to create other languages, including HTML and XHTML.
Troll - ANSWER-A Web user who publishes negative comments or submits feedback simply to annoy or anger.
Trouble Ticket - ANSWER-A record of a problem related to a service provided by an ISP or cloud service provider. Used to record receipt of a complaint and track resolution of the problem.
Any application, such as a Web browser, mobile phone, smartphone or help engine, that renders HTML for display to users. - ANSWER-User Agent
Wireframing - ANSWER-The process of developing an outline for a Web presence.
Block-Level Element - ANSWER-A markup element that affects at least an entire paragraph.
Character Set - ANSWER-The group of symbols used to render text on a page.
Document Type Declaration - ANSWER-A 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 - ANSWER-A 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 - ANSWER-A markup element that affects single characters or words.
Unicode - ANSWER-A universal character set designed to support all written languages, as well as scholarly disciplines (e.g., mathematics).
Dithering - ANSWER-The ability for a computer to approximate a color by combining the RGB values.
Hexadecimal - ANSWER-A 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 - ANSWER-In a style sheet, a format instruction that consists of a specified selector and the properties and values applied to it
San-Serif - ANSWER-A font style that does not use decorative strokes at the tips of characters. Includes the Arial font family.
Serif - ANSWER-A 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.
Selector - ANSWER-In a style sheet, any element to which designated styles are applied.
Hyperlinks - ANSWER-Embedded instructions within a text file that link it to another point in the file or to a separate file.
LInk Rot - ANSWER-The phenomenon in which hyperlinks on a Web site gradually become invalid as referenced Web page content, links and page locations change.
Client-Side Script - ANSWER-Code embedded into an HTML page and downloaded by a user; resides on the client and helps process Web form input. Common clientside scripting languages include JavaScript and VBScript.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) - ANSWER-A program that processes data submitted by the user. Allows a Web server to pass control to a software application, based on user request. The application receives and organizes data, then returns it in a consistent format.
Server-Side Script - ANSWER-Code that resides on a server to help process Web form input. Server-side CGI scripts are commonly written in Perl.
Vector - ANSWER-Graphics that use mathematical coordinates with lines, curves and shapes to create images and specify colors. Vector graphics are generally small in file size. Their presentation size can be enlarged or shrunk (i.e., scaled) without losing image quality.
Bitmap - ANSWER-Graphics that use small dots (usually thousands) to create images and specify colors. Each dot is mapped to bits stored in a computer's memory. Bitmaps are also called raster graphics, and they include the JPEG, GIF and PNG formats. Digitized photographs are the most common type of bitmap seen on the Web.
Image Map - ANSWER-A Web page image with clickable regions that are defined as "hot spot" hyperlinks to other pages or page sections.
Application Cache - ANSWER-A directory on a computer where applications, such as Internet apps, can be stored and run without access to the original application. [Show Less]