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Web Design Vocab Chapter 3

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port number
only if the server is set up to receive http traffic on a network port other than the default port
Home Stack
is the main stack containing cards with links to related stacks, the table or contents.
Domain Name Service (DNS)
translate the donmain name into an IP address
Relative path
although initially it may seem a good idea to always specify a full path name, sometimes a better way to tell the browser how to find the files it needs.
Links or Custom
is an especially important to make a storyboard for this type of Web site.
firewall
a program that protects the security of networked computers
Intrapage link
is a link that directs the browser to load data from a different location within the same HTML document's filename.
intrapage target name
a target within the current document or Web page
Charset
Identifies the character encoding of the resource designated by the link.
Target
indicates the end of the link.
Web weaver
sequential, link one page to another.
Anchor
provides data to link images, sounds, another area within the page, or to another web page.
hreflang
Identifies the base language of the link (similar to the lang attribute) designated by the hyper reference (href) attribute and should be used only when href attribute is specified.
Tabindex
Identifies the position of the current element in the document's tabbing order.
id
target anchor within a page may appear as part of the URL
Path
is a set of directory names allowing the browser to find the specific HTML document referenced by the link.
Rel
attribute points forward, from source to target.
Intrasystem links
identify other Web pages stored on the same Web server as the source document.
Storyboard
is a diagram that illustrates how two or more Web pages, or sections of a Web page, relate to one another.
Absolute path
names always start with a slash (/) and contain the full path to the document you are referencing.
name
provides an intrapage target name that will serve to identify specific location within an HTML document
server-side includes
code within an HTML document that asks the web server software to preform some special task while the page is being sent to the bowser
Rev
attribute points back-ward, from target to source.
link riot
inevitable loss of links
Source
indicates the origin of a link.
Sequential
is large amounts of related text lend themselves to a design.
Indexed-sequential
is designs, link sections of text within one page.
IP Address
is a set of four numbers
Hierarchical
is a design that can be used when related text does not need to be read in any particular order.
Accesskey
assigns a single-character access key to the link.
page footer
addition to a list of the navigation links used, basic information about the creator of the page
Link
attribute of the body leads to another page.

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