| A | B |
| Cell Padding | Distance between cell text and the cell border |
| Cell Spacing | Amount of space between table cells |
| Column Group | More than one column in a table treated as a unit for formatting purposes |
| Columnar Layout | A layout wherein content is arranged into columns |
| Monospace Font (Fixed-width font) | A font wherein each letter takes up the same amount of space |
| Fixed-width layout | A layout wherein the Web designer defines the exact size of every table element in absolute units such as pixels |
| Fluid Layout | A layout wherein one or more elements is sized as a percentage of the page width |
| Graphical Table | A table rendered with graphical elements to distinguish among the componets |
| Jigsaw Table (Jigsaw Layout) | A design technique wherein the elements are broken up into units of varying size and shape and are fitted together in a table like a jigsaw puzzle |
| Preformatted Text | Text that remains the extra whitespace needed to line columns and rows up with one another |
| Proportional Font | A font that assigns a different amount of space for each character, depending on the width of the character |
| Row Group | More than one row in a table, treated as a unit for formatting purposes |
| Sectional Layout | A layout wherein the Web designer breaks the content into sections, placing each section in its own table cell |
| Spanning Cell | A cell that occupies more than one row or column in a table |
| Text Table | A table that contains only text and standard word processing characters for formatting |