what is HTML?
the language/script that web pages are written in
what does HTML do?
allows a browser to interpret and render a webpage
what is a tag in HTML?
HTML code ismade up of tags, tags are the names given to values written within angle brackets
what is an identifier selector?
a value that follows a hashtag
what is a class selector?
a value that follows a full stop
what is CSS?
a script/language like HTML except it’s used to describe the style of a webpage
what are the names of the two methods of applying CSS?
internal/embedded CSS, External CSS
where do you write internal CSS?
it’s placed inside the style tags and is entered directly within the HTML document
where do you write external CSS?
you write it in a separate document
how do you use external CSS in your HTML code?
You use the <link> tag
what is JavaScript?
a language used on webpages to add interactivity
is JavaScript interpreted or compiled?
interpreted
what is a search engine?
a program that searches through a database of internet addresses looking for a resource based on a criteria set by the client/user
what software do search engines use?
web crawlers
what does a web crawler do?
travels across the internet collecting keywords and phrases from a web page and adding it to an index of web resources
what is the pagerank algorithm?
used to determine the order used when showing web results for a search engine query
what factors determine a pagerank?
number of incoming links it has from other web pages, the page rank of the web pages that link to it
what is server side processing?
when a client sends information to a server for processing
what is client side processing?
when information is processed on a local device for processing