| A | B |
| linear data | Data that proceeds in a pre-defined order |
| hypertext | Linking organization scheme for files |
| hypermedia | Fusion of hypertext and mulimedia |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language and a type of scripting language |
| hyperlink | Visible navigation anchor |
| non-linear | Information with no pre-defined order |
| attribute | An additional code that modifies existing tags using predetermined values |
| closing tag | Appears at the end of the line enclosed in wickets |
| element | A start tag and its corresponding end tag, including the content between these two tags |
| empty tag | A tag that is a single (standalone) tag; it does not need both an opening and closing tag |
| non-empty tag | A tag that requires opening and closing tags and the majority of these are HTML tags |
| opening tag | Appears at the beginning of the line enclosed in wickets |
| plain text | Text in an HTML document that has not yet been formatted |
| wicket | The technical term for the brackets that enclose HTML tags |