A glossary of jargon terms used in the HTML and XML industry. These words are used regularly throughout web development documentation and books.
A
- accessibility
- affiliate program
- agent
- AJAX
- anchor
- anti-aliasing
- applet
- associate program
- attribute
- aural
- azimuth
B
- backlink
- bad neighborhood
- bandwidth
- below the fold
- block-level elements
- blog
- bookmark
- boolean
- bounce rate
- breadcrumb
- brightness
- browser
C
- candidate recommendation
- CAPTCHA
- cascade
- Cascading Style Sheets
- case-sensitive
- CDATA
- CDF
- CGI
- child
- CMS
- comment
- comment - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
- comment - XML
- container element
- content
- continuous media
- conversion
- conversion funnel
- conversion rate
- cookie
- CSS
- CSS Framework
- cursive
D
- declaration (CSS)
- declaration statement (XML)
- dedicated server
- deprecated
- design
- DHTML
- dither
- DNS
- doctype
- DOM
- domain
- domain name
- DPI
- DTD
E
- ecommerce
- elastic layout
- element
- em
- embedded style
- entry page
- EPUB
- ex
- exit page
- Extensible Markup Language
- external link
- external style sheet
F
- fantasy
- favicon
- favorites icon
- first visit
- fixed width layout
- focal point
- fold
- font
- font category
- font family
- font stack
- font style
- font weight
- FQDN
G
H
- heuristics
- hexadecimal
- hit
- HSL
- .htaccess
- HTML
- HTML code
- HTML codes
- html tag
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- hue
- hyperlink
- hypertext
I
- image map
- impression
- inbound link
- inheritance
- inline elements
- inline style
- internal link
- IP
- IP address
- IRI
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
- paged media
- pageview
- parent
- permalink
- pica
- pixel
- pixel (typography)
- placeholder text
- PNG
- podcast
- point
- progressive enhancement
- prolog
- property
- proposed recommendation
- pseudo-element
- pseudo-class
R
S
- sans-serif
- saturation
- schema
- script
- selector
- semantic markup
- seo
- serif
- SGML
- shortcut menu
- Simple Object Access Protocol
- singleton (HTML)
- singleton (web analytics)
- SOAP
- specification
- specificity
- Standard Generalized Markup Language
- streaming media
- style
- subdomain
T
U
V
W
- W3C
- WAMP
- web application
- web designer
- web developer
- web log
- web page
- web server
- web standards
- well-formed
- white space
- wiki
- wireframe
- working draft
- WYSIWYG
- WYSIWYG editor
