| A | B |
| XHTML | Extensible Hyper Text Markup Language. he language used to create and organize a web page |
| .html | File extension used with standard web pages |
| DOCTYPE | This statement tellsthe web browser which version of HTML the page is written in |
| <html> | The first XHTML element on a webpage.This element tells the browser that the page will be formatted in HTML and, optionally, which world language the page content is in |
| <head> </head> | The first of the two SECTIONS of a werbpage. Contains elements that are "behind the scenes". Elements in this section do not display on the webpage |
| <body> </body> | This element surrounds all the actual content (text, images, videos, links, etc.) that will be displayed on our web page |
| <meta> | This element provides information about thedocument to web browsers and search engines.This line declares that the document is encoded in the UTF-8 (Unicode) character set |
| <title> </title> | This element defines what text will show in the title bar of the web browser. |
| tag | Keywords within a web page that define how the browser must format and display the content |
| element | Consists of a start tag content and an ending tag |
| XHTML Essential Elements | The basic elements necessary for a functioning webpage |
| <h1> </h1> - <h6> </h6> | Six elements - coded in the body section , that define headings on the webpage. |
| Text editor | Software used to code web pages - does not add additional formatting characters to the file. |
| <ul> </ul> | This element deifnes an unordered list |
| <li> </li> | This element is used to specifiy individual items within an ordered or unoredred list. |
| <ol> </ol> | This element deifnes an ordered list |
| <p> </p> | This element is used to specify a block of text on a webpage. |
| nesting | This refers to the closing of inner elements beforethe closing outer elements |
| bgcolor | An attribute used to add color to the background of a webpage |
| attribute | A included in an element that further defines an element |