Web Design Terminology

Part One

Match the following web design key terms with their correct definitions. Use the Principles of Web Design Week One readings as a resource.

1) CSS
2) DTD
3) HTML
4) Search engine
5) URL
6) W3C
7) Cookie

Definition Term

1 A set of rules that contains all the elements, attributes, and usage rules for the markup language used in a web page
2 The markup language that defines the structure and display properties of a web page
3 The global address of documents and other resources on the web
4 A style language, created by the W3C, that allows for the complete specifications of style for HTML documents
5 A software program that searches out and indexes websites in a catalog

Part Two

Match the following web design key terms with their correct definitions. Use the Principles of Web Design Week One readings as a resource.

1) Style Sheet
2) FTP
3) Search engine
4) Valid Code
5) Web server
6) W3C
7) XHTML

Definition Term

6 An organization that sets standards for markup languages and provides an open, nonproprietary forum for industry and academic representatives to add to the evolution of HTML
7 Markup code that conforms to the usage rules of the W3C.
8 A set of style rules that describes a document's display characteristics. There are two types of style sheets: internal and external.
9 A computer connected to the Internet that runs server software: The software lets the computer use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to serve an HTML file to web browser clients.
10 A reformulated as an application of XML based on HTML 4.01

Part Three

Match the following web design key terms with their correct definitions. Use the Principles of Web Design Week One readings as a resource.

1) Style Sheet
2) FTP
3) XHTML
4) JavaScript
5) ISP
6) Cookie
7) Plug-in

Definition Term

11 A company that provides Internet access and website hosting services to individuals and organizations
12 A standard communications protocol for transferring files over the Internet
13 A small piece of text-based data that a Web page stores on the user's machine.
14 A helper application that assists a browser in rendering a special effect
15 A client-side scripting language used with HTML forms