| A | B |
| Style Instruction | tag name { style name : value ; style name : value } |
| Internal Style Instructions | Located in Head |
| External Style Instructions | Located in stylesheet |
| Internal Style Tag | <STYLE TYPE = "text/css"> ... </STYLE> |
| External Style Tag | <LINK REL = "STYLESHEET" TYPE = "text/css" HREF = "location.css"> |
| Selector | Item defined by style |
| Combo Selector | 2 items defined by a style when used together; separated by spaces |
| Grouping | Multiple items governed by same style, separated by commas |
| Property | Effect dictated by style, e.g. font-family |
| Value | Specific effect selection, e.g. Arial is a value for font-family |
| Separates property and value | colon |
| Separates property : value pairs | semicolon |
| Encloses style for a selector | Curly brackets |
| Style precedence: author | author --> reader |
| Precedence: inline vs stylesheet | inline over stylesheet |
| Style block | Area governed by style definition (<style> ... </style>) |
| Multiple Style block precedence | Last style block on page |
| Inline style | Specific style definition used before an item |
| User selector | User-defined style introduced by the <div class> tag |