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HTML |
Hypertext Markup Lanugage |
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<HTML></HTML> |
Tags placed at the beginning and end of the document, these tags tell the browser that the entire document is composed of HTML. |
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<HEAD></HEAD> |
Tags which define the header portion of the document which contains information about the document. It is a container for other header tags, such as <base>, <meta>, <title>. |
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<TITLE></TITLE> |
Tags which specify the title of the document. They generally appear in the top bar of the browser window. |
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<BODY></BODY> |
Tags which define the beginning and the end of the document body. |
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<I></I> |
Tags which specifies that the text should be rendered in italic font. |
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<BR> |
A tag which breaks the text and begins a new line. |
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<HR> |
A tag which adds a horizontal rule to the page. |
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<!------------ ------------> |
A tag which adds a comment to the page. |
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<IMG SRC="filename.ext"> |
A tag which places a graphic on the page. |
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<FONT></FONT> |
Tags which affect the style (color, typeface, and size) of the enclosed text. |
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<CENTER></CENTER> |
Tags which center enclosed text horizontally on the page. |
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<DIR></DIR> |
Tags which indicate the beginning and the end of a directory list. |
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<DL></DL> |
Tags which indicate the beginning and the end of a definition list. |
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<MENU></MENU> |
Tags which indicate the beginning and the end of a menu list. |
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<OL></OL> |
Tags which indicate the beginning and the end of an ordered list. |
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<UL></UL> |
Tags which indicate the beginning and the end of an unordered list. |
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<H#></H#> |
Tags which specify that the enclosed text is a heading. |
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<TABLE></TABLE> |
Tags which are used to begin and end a table. |
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<TR></TR> |
Tags which are used to begin and end a row in a table. |
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<TH></TH> |
Tags which are used to begin and end a header in a table. |
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<TD></TD> |
Tags which are used to begin and end a cell in a table. |
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<B></B> |
Tags used to emphasis text by making it bold. |
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Background="filename.ext" |
Tag ATTRIBUTE which can be used to point to an image file that will be tiled across the browser window, to provide a background for the document. |
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Bgcolor=color |
Tag ATTRIBUTE which is used to specify the background color of the page. |
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Link=color, Alink=color, Vlink=color |
Tag ATTRIBUTES which are used to specify the color for hyperlinks. |
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Text=color |
Tag ATTRIBUTE used to control the color of all the normal text in the document. |
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NIC--Network Interface Card |
The expansion board inserted into a computer so the computer can be connected to a network. |
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MAC--Media Access Control |
The hardware address which uniquely identifies each node of a network. |