Glossary
A
- Accesible name (for a HTML element)
- A piece of information used by Assistive Technology (AT) to identify the element.
- Angle clock
- GUI for choosing angle.
- API
- Application Programming Interface. A set of definitions and protocols for building and integrating application software.
- Assistive technology (AT)
- Any item, piece of equipment, software program, or product system that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of persons with disabilities.
C
- Color picker
- GUI for changing color
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
D
- DevTools
- Developer Tools
- DOM
- Document Object Model
- DOM tree
- Document Object Model presented as tree structure.
- Drawer tab (DevTools)
- Special console tab in DevTools that can be opened along with any DevTools panel.
E
- e.g.
- exempli gratia (Latin), meaning for example
- Eyedropper
- Color sampler in color picker.
G
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface. A computer program that enables a person to communicate with a computer through the use of symbols, visual methapors, and pointing devices. GUI is now standard computer interface
H
- HTML
- HyperText Markup Language
I
- i.e.
- id est (Latin), meaning that is
- Inherit
- The inherit keyword specifies that a property should inherit its value from its parent element. The inherit keyword can be used for any CSS property, and on any HTML element.
M
- Markup language
- Computer language that uses tags to define elements within a document. Contains standard human words rather than typical programming syntax. Example: HTML and XML
- Metalanguage
- Language used to make statements regarding statements made in another language. ALso called Object language.
P
- Pseudo-class (CSS)
- Different stages a class can be.
- For example:
:active, :focus, :hover, :visited, :focus-within, or :focus-visible.
R
- Root element
- Top level element. All other elements must be decendants of this element. Like the
<html> in an HTML document.
S
- Semantic elements
- Elements that clearly defines its content to the browser and developer. For example:
<form>, <table>, and <article>. Example of non-semantic elements: <div> and <span>.
- SVG
- Scalable Vector Graphic. An XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation.
U
- UI
- User Interface
- User agent
- A computer program representing a person. For example, a browser in a web content.
- UTF
- Unicode Transformation Format
V
- Viewport
- User's visible area of a web page.
X
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language