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Tutorial 6 - Vocabulary

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Access keyA single key on the keyboard that you type in conjunction with the Alt key or the Control key in order to jump to one of the control elements on a form.
Check boxA control element for specifying an item as either present or absent.
Command buttonA button on a field that causes some action via a server-based script.
Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scriptA server-based program that can process the information in a form.
Control elementThe different parts of a form, such as input boxes, selection lists, and option buttons.
Drop down list boxA method of displaying the choices of a selection list.
FieldA control element in which the user can enter information.
Field setA method for organizing option buttons into a group of fields on a form.
Field valueInformation entered in a field.
Form buttonA control element that users click to start processing the form.
GetA method for submitting form data that appends the data to the end of the URL specified in the action attribute.
Group boxA box around a field set, to set the fields off from other, unrelated fields.
Hidden fieldA field on a form that has a predefined values and that is invisible to the form’s user.
Input boxA control element for entering text and numerical data
Name/value pairThe name and id of a field, used by a server-side program for processing form data.
Option buttonA control element for selecting a single item from a small group of items.
Option groupsA method for organizing values into distinct groups in a selection list.
Password fieldAn input box in which the characters typed by the user are displayed as bullets or asterisks.
PerlA programming language used to write CGI scripts.
PostA method for submitting form data that sends the data in a separate data stream.
Radio buttonA control element for selecting a single item from a small group of items.
Reset buttonA button on a form that returns the form to its default values.
Selection listA control element for offering a choice from a long list of values.
Submit buttonA button on a form that sends the information in the form to the server for processing.
Text areaA control element that allows users to enter several lines of text.
ValueInformation entered in a field.



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