Web Design Vocabulary BRAEDEN SIZEMORE Angle Brackets A kind of sideways caret that can be used to include tags or pieces of code Attributes A changeable property or characteristic of some component of a program that can be set to different values Body Contains all the contents of an HTML document, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc Element A component of an HTML document that tells a web browser how to structure and interpret a part of the HTML document FTP (File Transfer Protocol) A standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network Head A container for metadata (data about data) and is placed between the <html> tag and the <body> tag Home Page The introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of contents for the site HTML (Hyper-Text Markup Language) The code that is used to structure a web page and its content WYSIWIG (What you see is what you get) Refers to the ability of software to show users exactly how every content type will look with no need for additional work or coding HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) An application-layer protocol for transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML Hyperlink A reference to data that the user can follow by clicking or tapping Tags A set of characters constituting a formatted command for a Web page URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) A unique sequence of characters that identifies a logical or physical resource used by web technologies URL (Uniform Resource Locator) A reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it Web Browser Application software for accessing the World Wide Web or a local website Web Server Software and hardware that uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and other protocols to respond to client requests made over the World Wide Web Syntax The arrangement of elements and attributes to create well-formed documents
