| Term | Definition |
| html | hypertext markup language used to express web pages |
| tag | tells web browser what to display |
| formatting | arranging or setting out data in a specific way |
| browser | a program used to connect to the Internet ex: Safari |
| Internet | the world-wide network of computers |
| marquee | move up/down/right/left |
| hyperlink | a link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image |
| hot spot | Computing an area on the screen that can be clicked on to start an operation such as loading a file |
| http | hypertext transfer protocol (native protocol) usually used to transfer html |
| pdf | portable document format |
| element content | the text inside of the tag brackets |
| <!--...--> | comments or notes for designer |
| <html>...</html> | encloses entire html document |
| <body>...</body> | encloses the body (text and tags) of the html document |
| <h1>...</h1> | encloses the head of the html document |
| <p>...</p> | a plain paragraph |
| <title>...</title> | title of the document or page |