Step by Step HTML5

Glossary 367
logical tag See descriptive tag.
metatag A type of header tag that provides
information about the document, such as
keywords.
monospace font A font in which each letter occupies
the same amount of horizontal space,
regardless of its actual size and shape.
navigation bar A set of hyperlinks that connect
to the major pages of a Web site.
nested A term referring to embedding within, as
when a list is embedded within a list.
one-sided tag A tag that does not have a closing
tag and that takes arguments.
ordered list . A numbered list.
page title The text in an HTML document’s Head
section that appears in the title bar of the Web
browser and on the Microsoft Windows taskbar
button.
paragraph formatting Formatting that is applicable
only to entire paragraphs, and not to
individual characters.
parent folder A folder one level above a child
folder (or subfolder).
player An external program that plays an audio
or video file in a separate window.
plug-in A helper file that allows content that a
browser does not natively support to open in a
browser window.
proportional font A font in which the characters
take up various amounts of space horizontally
depending on their sizes.
pseudo-class A class that uses a variable to determine
membership.
quirks mode The mode used to process HTML
pages when the browser doesn’t encounter a
DOCTYPE tag.
redirect A redirect sets up an old Web page to
automatically display a new Web page.
relative path A path that uses just the file name
rather than the complete address. A relative
path looks for the destination file in the same
folder as the current file’s location. (See also
absolute path.)
resolution The size of a graphic, determined
by the number of pixels that comprise it.
Resolution is expressed in width and height.
rule An argument, especially when applied within
a style tag or section.
samples A series of audio “snapshots” that
are taken per second when an audio clip is
digitized.
sampling rate The number of samples taken per
second.
semantic tag A tag where the name is based on
its usage, such as or .
spam Junk e-mail.
special characters Characters that are not included
on a standard English keyboard.
standards mode The mode used to process
HTML pages when the browser encounters a
DOCTYPE tag.
style A formatting rule that can be applied to an
individual tag, to all instances of a certain tag
within a document, or to all instances of a certain
tag across a group of documents.
table A grid of rows and columns, the intersections
of which form cells.
tags In HTML, tags indicate where the formatting
should be applied, how the layout should appear,
what pictures should be placed in certain
locations, and more.
themes Formatting templates in Word that can
be applied to any document.
two-sided tag Tags that enclose text between
their opening and closing tags.
unordered list . A bulleted list.