| A | B |
| file extensions for browser viewing | .htm and .html |
| dynamically reworking a file | the browers changes to make the file fit into a window |
| HTML | hypertext markup language |
| the 4 basic elements all web pages should contain | HTML, HEAD, TITLE, BODY |
| heading element | a title inside the window at the top of the Web page display |
| head element | identifying information in the title bar of a window |
| HTML attribute | a property of an HTML element consisting of an attribute name and an attribute value |
| paragraph tags | <p><P> </P></p> |
| heading tags | <p><H1> </H1>, <H2> </H2> , etc</p> |
| unordered list | <p><UL> </UL></p> |
| ordered list | <p><OL> </OL></p> |
| list item tags | <p><L1> </L1></p> |
| line break tag | <p><BR></p> |
| web-safe colors | colors that can faithfully be reproduced on any computer monitor regardless of the OS used |
| hexadecimal notation | a code used to identify colors |
| GIF | graphics interchange format |
| JPEG | joint photographic experts group |
| image tag | <p><IMG></p> |
| inline image | an image that is treated like a single, alphanumeric character |
| ALIGN | attribute to center, left, or right align an image |
| CLEAR | controls text behavior around an image |
| scale | increasing or decreasing image size |
| transparent GIF | background is transparent |
| BACKGROUND | attribute for a background image for a page |
| URLs | HTML links |
| absolute URL | connects 2 web servers |
| relative URL | connects one page to another page in the same Web site |
| named anchor | connects two locations on the same Web page |
| <p><A HREF> </A></p> | URL tag |
| <p><A NAME> </A></p> | named anchor tag |
| 3 C's of web page design | quality content, reader convenience, artistic composition |
| intellectual property rights | a category of legal protections that include the protection of patents and of trademarks |
| doctrine of fair use | allows writers and scholars to refer to othe works by quoting exerpts from those works |
| thumbnail preview | a smaller version of a graphic on a web page |
| interlaced | displaying the file incrementally in increasingly better resolution |
| HTML converter | takes a text document and converts it to HTML |
| web ring | facilitates browsing by organizing a group of Web sites on the same subject in a linked ring |
| gateway or bridge | pages that are tuned for each engine and link back to your main site |
| browser-specific extensions | unofficial HTML tags and attributes that are supported by only one browser |