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Glossary

browser: Computer program to view and interact with Internet Web pages.

Cascading Style Sheets: Extensible HTML - HTML 4.0 rewritten to be compliant with XML rules.

CMS: Content Management System. A tool for managing content, usually on a Web site, that separates the design, interactivity, and content from one another to make it easier for content authors to provide content.

CSS: An acronym that means Cascading Style Sheets. These Style Sheets set the look of your page.

DHTML: Dynamic HTML; The fusion of XHTML, the DOM, Cascading Style Sheets, and JavaScript to create a dynamic and interactive Web document.

doctype: Specifies the HTML version used in the document.

HTML: Hypertext Markup Language. The language used to write Web pages. Based on SGML and recently rewritten to follow XML guidelines.

HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The set of rules used to exchange information on the Web. When seen as part of a URL, it tells the user-agent what protocol to use to gather the data for display/use.

hyperlink: An image or portion of text that is highlighted in some way (usually underlined on the Web) and connects the current document to another. Hyperlinks are what make plain text into "hypertext".

hypertext: Computer based information retrieval method. On Web pages, hypertext is any text that is "clickable".

JPG: A lossy graphics format best suited for photographs and images with a lot of colors. It's an acronym that stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.

markup: The characters and codes that change a text document into an XML or other Markup Language document. This includes the < and > characters as well as the elements and attributes of a document.

style: The style of an element is the way it looks or acts on the Web page. This includes the color, layout, position, and sometimes sound (in aural style sheets).

URL: URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the address of a document or other resource on the Internet. RFC 1738.

Valid: A web document that is verified correct against a DTD or schema.

W3C: W3C is an acronym standing for the World Wide Web Consortium. This is the group that determines the standards for the technology behind the Web.

XML: eXtensible Markup Language. A markup language for writing other markup languages. XML is sometimes called a "meta" language because it describes how to write new languages. It allows for the creation of applications that are streamlined for the use of the owner.

XHTML: Extensible HTML - HTML 4.0 rewritten to be compliant with XML rules.

Thanks to Web Design Glossary.