Ch. 13 Web Design II Vocab.
Terms
undefined, object
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- Scripting Language
- simplified programming language
- Onreset
- the user activates the reset control
- Ondblclick
- the user double-clicks the mouse on the object
- Onkeydown
- the user presses a key over the object
- Meta
- supplies additional information about the document
- Function Call
- place in the code where we request the results returned from the funciton
- Language
- used to identify the script's language to the browser
- Loop
- code that counts down form 10 to 1
- Onblur
- the user moves off the object by moving the mouse pointer or tabbing
- Workaround
- instead of achieving the results of a command that doesn't work by using other commands that were not designed for that effect but produce the desired effect
- Function
- small piece of code that preforms a single well defined task
- src
- specifies the URL of the JavaScript
- Onmousedown
- the user presses the button on the mouse while the pointer is over the object
- Defer
- tells the browser whether the code in the script is necessary to build the page
- Onunload
- the browser removes the element from the window or frame
- Onfocus
- the user moves to the object either by mouse movement or tabbing
- Concatenate
- additional pieces to the original contents of the variable
- Properties
- attributes or features of the object like the color of the text, links, and background of a document
- Code Leveraging
- reusing code that works
- Onselect
- the user selects some text in a text field
- Array
- a subscripted variable, a series of identical data elements stored contiguously in memory
- Onclick
- the user clicks the mouse button on the object
- Onkeyup
- the user releases a key over the object
- Type
- specifies the scripting language
- Instance
- is an example
- Onchange
- the user alters the contents of the object
- Onkeypress
- the user presses and releases a key over the object
- Onload
- the browser finishes loading a window or all the frames within a
- Onmouseover
- the user move the ponter onto the object
- Onmouseup
- the user releases the mouse button over the object
- Onmouseout
- the user moves the pointer off, or away from the object
- Multithreading
- capabilities that are built into JavaScript, meaning CPU can't be shared among multiple threads or JavaScript tasks
- Methods
- predefined functions that manipulate data
- Script(s)
- encloses the actual element of the scripting language
- String
- series of characters enclosed in either single or double quotations marks
- Onmousemove
- the user moves the pointer while i is positioned over the object (different from onmouseover)
- Calling Page
- here doesn't contain many new features except the external all
- Parameters
- value passed to the function which is then used to preform some action
- Object
- mean an entity like a document, a button, or a form
- Modal
- means they will stay on the screen and prevent the user from doing anything else
- Onsubmit
- the user activates the submit control