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Webpage | A document stored on a web server which can be accessed and viewed using a web browser on a computer or mobile device. |
Static webpage | Content remains the same every time it is viewed. |
Dynamic webpage | Content can change each time it is accessed based on how each viewer interacts with the content. |
Website | A collection of related webpages. |
Standards | Basic set of rules for authoring and scripting languages used to make webpages. |
W3C | Develops the HTML coding standards. |
HTML | The first authoring language used to create files that can be viewed on the World Wide Web. |
XML | Uses author-defined tags to identify data so that the data can be easily imported into other applications. |
XHTML | Uses XML code along with the HTML programming language to develop webpages. |
HTML 5 | Adopted as the next standard and merges some of the features of HTML and XML. |
Style Sheets | Describe how browsers should present or display information on a webpage. |
CSS | A popular style sheet language. |
Scripting Languages | Lightweight programming languages used to create interactive webpages in which content will respond to mouse or keyboard actions or at specified timed events. |
JavaScript | The most popular scripting language on the internet. |
Applets | Short programs written in Java code that can be embedded into webpages and allow web developers to add multimedia, animation, gaming, and other interactive elements. |
Text Editors | Allow developers to write code in plain text. |
Web Editors | Provide a graphical user interface with menus containing commands to make webpage creation easier for developers. |
Linear Structure | Used for pages that users need to read in order. |
Webbed Structure | Used when the order in which the user views the pages does not matter. |
Hierarchichal Structure | Used to organize complex bodies of information. |