VOCABULARY & QUESTIONS CH1
Ø Backbone-travel long distances Ø Checksum-the destination address Ø Computer network- when 2 or more computers are connected in a way that allows them to communicate with each other Ø Domain Name System-associate names with IP addresses. Ø Header – is attached to the IP packet Ø Internet- is a collection of computer networks Ø Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Ø Internet Protocol (IP) - Defines how data is routed over the internet. Ø Internet Society (ISOC)- is nonprofit group that is the central organization for the groups that are responsible for the standards for Internet infrastructure Ø IP address – an address recognized by IP, The Internet Protocol. Ø IP packet – Less than 1500 characters in Length Ø Local Area Network (LAN)- the packet starts out on a network. Ø Name Server-when a user enters a web address Ø Packet –data that is sent trough the network in small pieces Ø Packet switched network –the internet is a type of network Ø Protocol-common set of rules Ø Router-examine the packets and decide the path that each packet should travel Ø Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)-defines how data is broken down into packets at the sending end resembled at the receiving end Ø World Wide Web Consortium- A combination of two protocols- has developed dozens of technical specifications for the web. Written questions What term is used to describe the set of rules that computer networks use to communicate? · The internet. What term is used to describe the small pieces of data created by TCP? · The internet protocol. What does IP stand for? · Internet protocol. What is the function of the checksum in TCP/IP? · A number that allows the receiving end of the packet to determine if any errors occurred in the transmission of the data. In windows, how do you access the tracert command? · You can access it from the command line (DOS prompt). What does the ping command do? · To determine if a device at a specific IP address is responding. What is an example of a third-level domain name? · www. Why does the process of registering a domain name include specifying a DNS? · Because it doesn’t know the IP address of your web site, but it does know which name server to ask. What nonprofit group is the home for the groups that are responsible for the standards for internet infrastructure? · The internet society. What group develops specifications for the web? · The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium).
Vocabulary CH4 1. Cell- enclosed space in a table- the intersection of a row and a column.
2. Cell padding- amount of space between the border of a cell and the content.
3. Cell spacing- is the amount of space between two cells.
4. Column- refers to the number of vertical sections of a table.
5. Hierarchical structure- good way to organize a website when there are clear categories and subcategories.
6. Linear structure- works best when you want the users to view the pages in a specific order much like reading a book.
7. Link- hyperlink is a way to get from one page to another.
8. Local site- web site that is kept on your computer’s hard drive or on a local network for development and maintenance purposes.
9. Mission statement- brief description of your Web site’s purpose.
10. Mixed structure – you can integrate characteristics of each of these structures into a web site
11. Page properties- enables you to modify the properties of an entire page without using a theme, including elements such as the page title, the background color or background image, color links and text, and the browser margins.
12. Page title- name of a page that appears in the Title bar of browser window.
13. Random access structure- pages are not arranged in any specific order and users can quickly access any information with a single click.
14. Remote site web site that is kept on a server and is accessible from the Internet.
15. Row- refers to the number of horizontal sections of a table.
16. Target audience-characteristics such as age, income, gender, and culture.
17. Template- web page that is used as the basis for other page.
18. Theme- collection of graphic elements, design, and colors that present a consistent image throughout your web site.
19. Web presence provider- you can publish your website; WWP or an FTP server.
Questions 1. Why is it important to start with a plan when creating a new web site? A plan is necessary to build an effective web site that reaches the selected audience and presents the intended message.
2. What are the advantages of using a template to build a web site? This makes building and maintains a web site easier and gives it a more consistent look and feel.
3. What is the difference between a local site and a remote site? A local site is a web site that is kept on your computer’s hard drive or on a local network for development and maintenance purposes.
A remote site is a web site that is kept on a server and is accessible from the internet. 4. What should FrontPage users look for when selecting a WPP? You need to find one that does support front page extension
5. What is the difference a template and a theme? Template: A web page that is used as the basis for other pages. Theme: a collection of graphic elements, design, and colors that presents a consistent image throughout your web site.
6. What are three options that change the appearance of a theme in your web site? Graphic elements, design, and colors
7. Why is it a good idea to avoid placing a background image in a cell? Not all browsers support background images
8. What is the difference between a page title and a filename? Page title is the name of a page that appears in the title bar of a browser window. Filename is for default.html.
9. What is the function of an email link? Email clients opens and the email address that is specified in the link is displayed as the addressee in the email
10. What is the difference between cell padding and cell spacing? Call padding is the amount of space between the border of a cell and the content. Cell spacing is the amount of space between two cells.
Vocabulary Analogous Colors- are three colors on the color wheel that are side by side. Bit- is the smallest unit of information that a computer understand . Color Wheel- is an ordered progression of hues (or colors) that helps a designer easily understand and select color combinations. Complementary Colors- are colors that are located opposite from each other on the color wheel. Cool Colors- contain the color blue they give the viewer a sense of calm. Primary Hues- of the additive color wheel are red, green, and blue (RGB) Secondary Hues- are cyan, magenta, and yellow. Shade- Darkening a hue. Split Complementary Colors- form an uneven triangle on the color wheel. Tertiary Hues- are red-yellow (orange), green-yellow, green-cyan, blue-cyan, blue-magenta (violet), and red-magenta. Tint- It’s terms lightening a hue. Triad Colors- are three colors on the color wheel that have an equal amount of distance between each one. Typography- is the act or art of expressing an idea by utilizing type faces or symbols Value- of a hue you are referring to its lightness or darkness. Warm Colors- They give the user a sense of warmth such as a warm fireplace or a brilliant orange sky at dawn. Written Question 1.What is a color wheel? Is an ordered progression of hues (or colors) that helps a designer easily understand and select color combinations. 2.What are the two types of color models? Color Wheel, and Color Dialog Box. 3.What are the three secondary hues? Cyan, magenta, and yellow. 4.What are split-complementary colors ? Colors from an uneven triangle on the color wheel. 5.What are triad colors? three colors on the color wheel that have an equal amount of distance between each one. 6.What are Web safe colors? 256 colors found on an 8-bit monitor there are 216 that are common among all computers. These 216 colors make up the Web Safe Color Palette. 7.Why is it important not to use too many fonts throughout a Web site? Because some of the fonts you use some people can’t read. 8.How does color affect legibility of text? Because it makes it difficult to read and understand.
9.In general, what is the acceptable range of type sizes for the main body text? 10 points, 12 points, and 14 points. 10.What is the best way to display a heading in an unusual font on a Web page? In The Top Left Corner.
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Lesson 2 Vocabulary
1. Client-server operation- divides the processing between the client and the server 2. Client-side operation- the user’s computer (called the client) does not work. 3. Cluster- group of computers HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) – includes specially coded text that directs the Web browser to create a web page. 4. Plug-in- Software that is written in a special way that allows it to become a part of a web browser. 5. Server-side operation -the server does the work Streaming- playing an audio or video file while it is downloading 6. Telecommuting- communication provided by the internet 7. Web browser- a primary tool that a computer user needs to access the resources of the World Wide Web. 8. Web server- runs special software that serves Web Pages and related files.
Written Questions
1. Is every file and image that can be saved from the internet free to be used in your own work? Why or why not?
2. How many files would a web browser likely request from a web server in order to load a simple Web page that included two separate images? Explain why.
3. What is the job of Web server software? -The Web Sever runs special software that serves Web Pages and related files.
4. What term refers to a group of computers that serve a website? -A Cluster refers to a group of computers that serve a website.
5. What type of communication occurs using the HTTP protocol? -Using the HTTP protocol, the Web browser sends a request to the Web server at that IP address for the Web page named index.htm
6. When an address is entered in to the web browser with no specified protocol, what communications protocol is used by default to access that resource? 7.Show more Comments... 8.Hide more comments... -HTTP, is used by default.
9. What is the function of a DNS server when a Web page is being retrieved? -The DNS server determines the IP address of the domain name.
10. What term describes the process by which a computer user is listening to music as the data is being fed to the computer, rather than waiting for an entire file to load and then playing the audio? -Streaming allows audio to play while downloading it.
11. What term describes the situation where processing is divided between a server and user’s computer? -The term that describes the situation where processing is divided between a server and USER’S computer is the Client-Server Operation.
12. What is one example of how the Internet has impacted society? -Placing an order for products over the Internet is one example of how the Internet has impacted our society.
Vocabulary CH6 Form-used to collect information over the internet from a user
Text box-a box into which a user can key text
Single-line text box-used to gather short bits of information such as a user’s name
Multi-line text box-just like a single-line text box except it is used to gather several lines of data such as comments
Check box-allow the user to choose more than one item from a group of items
Radio button- a group of options from which a user can select
List-a scrollable box from which a user can choose multiple items
Menu-a drop box from which a user can choose only one item
Image field-an image that is used as a button instead of the standard gray button
Validate-to check the content entered into the text fields by the user in order to make sure all of the information has been entered properly
Written Questions 1.What can a form be used for? Give an example. § To collect information over the internet from a user 2.What is a single-line text box used for? Give an example. § To gather short bits of information such as a user’s name 3.What are the four types of wraps that can be applied to a multi-line text box? § Default, off, virtual, and physical 4.What is another name for a multi-line text box? § Text area 5.What is the difference between a check box and a radio button? § Check box allows you to choose more than one item from a group of items. And radio buttons only lets you check one. 6.What is a list used for? § A scrollable box from which a user can choose multiple items 7.What is a drop-down menu used for? § A button that allows you only to make a single selection 8.What are the three types of buttons that can be placed on a web page? § Submit, reset, and none button 9.What is an image field used for? § Is used as a button instead of the standard gray button 10.What are the advantages of validating a form? § It will reduce the number of mistakes and inaccurate information you make
Lesson 14
Vocabulary Clip Art- is ready – made art that is available to use without having to edit it in any graphics applications.
Compression- means to make smaller in the sense that the amount of information is reduced
File Format- Is the arrangement in which data is saved in order to display it in a certain way.
GIF- Is a file format that can be viewed equally well on every kind of computer.
Icon- A small symbolic graphic can be used as part of the user’s intermation
Index Color- means that a GIF can contain a maximum of 256 colors.
JPEG- stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group.
Raster- A graphic is an image that is made up of pixels.
Vector- Image is based on a mathematical formula.
Short Question Answer
1.What are the differences between raster and vector graphics? RASTER- made up of pixels VECTOR-mathematical formula
2.What are the difference between GIF and JPEG images? GIF- animated, vector graphics JPEG- photo – like graphics
3.What advantages do GIF images have over JPEG images?
4.What advantages do JPEG images have over GIF images?
5.What file format would you use to save a detailed photograph and why?
6.What file format should be used to save a scanned image and why?
7.Why are icons useful on a Web page?
8.What are some techniques that can be used to help a background image on a Web page to load more quickly?
9.What does it means to crop an image and what should you remember when you do so?
10.What is clip art why is it useful?
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VOCABULARY & QUESTIONS CH3 Docked- Panes anchored to a specific location at the edge of the FrontPage.
Editing window- The primary workspace for creating and editing web pages
Floating- A pane is not anchored to a specific location in the window
Font face- is a set of characters (letters and numbers) that have a defined style.
Formatting toolbar- is displayed the same in most Microsoft Office applications.
Heading-appears larger and bolder than regular text and has extra white space above and below it to help it stand out.
Horizontal space- is space to the right and left of image.
Menu- located at the top of the window
Page tab- The top of the editing window enable you to quickly to move among the pages in your website.
Pane- a section of the window that can display options or information that isn’t available in other areas of the window.
Sans-serif font- does not have small lines on the ends of the letters and appear plain.
Serif font- is a font that has small lines or strokes on the ends of the letters.
Standard toolbar- Simply clicks a button on the toolbar to access the most actions performed by users.
Vertical space- is space above and below an image.
Views bar-is displayed in the left side of the FrontPage window.
Visual interface- it will be familiar if you have used other Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Word or PowerPoint.
Web-safe colors-to display the colors you select, regardless
1. How do the components of the FrontPage visual interface operate? ·
2. What is the function of the formatting toolbar? · To reinforce the tone of your web site projects 3. What are the most popular fonts? · Times new roman, Calibri (body), and Arial 4. How many levels of headings are there to choose from in HTML? · Six 5. How do you add an item to a bulleted list? · Just type it in. 6. What are your options when FrontPage finds a possible error while spell checking your Web Page? · Ignore the word, choose one of the suggested spellings to replace the word in question, or enter the correct spelling and click the change or change all button. 7. How do you adjust the dimensions of an image and how can you keep the image in proportion? · By clicking the vertical or horizontal space 8. Why should you use the preview function? · So you can look how your viewers will see it. 9. Why is it important to save your document often? · So you can ensure that you will not lose the changes that you’ve done due to computer problems 10. What is the keyboard shortcut for saving your document? · Ctrl S
VOCABULARY Attribute- an addition to an HTML tag that is used to modify its properties Container tags- work in pairs usually with some other text or HTML in between them Document type declaration (DTD)- tells browser what type of document to expect Empty tags -it does not contain text HTML -Hypertext Markup Language Hypertext- organization of units of information that can be connected with links, had already been around for a long time. Ordered list- each item has a number instead of a bullet by it Source- code source of what is eventually displayed on the screen Tags- Are codes that can be used in a Web Page to designate attributes of a section of text Unordered list- good for listing items whose order is not important Value- specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page
Written Questions What are three reasons that it is important to be able to write HTML code without the help of a tool like Dreamweaver? So that you could do everything and anything you want with out Dreamweaver messing things up.
Why is HTML sometimes referred to as the source code for a Web page? Because of people are use of seeing Source Code instead of Web Page. What organization helped to create standards for different versions of HTML? World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). What is the purpose of the following line of code that is generated by Dreamweaver? It basically tells the browser what type of document to expect. The first portion of the code tells the browser that it should be looking for HTML code. What is the purpose of the <META> tag? To describe information about the HTML document including the author, content-type, keyword, page language, and so on. What are some guidelines for titling your pages? First step toward creating great Web pages. What is the difference between an attribute and a value? Attribute- an addition to an HTML tag that is used to modify its properties Value- specifies that the paragraph be aligned in the center of the page
What is important to know about white space? They won’t work on HTML Documents. Why should hexadecimal colors be used to define text colors? Because it’s a better way to get the color you need faster instead of going through all the other things to find the right color Why might it be important to define keywords for a document through the use of the <META> tag? Because it going to help you understand what you might of type wrong on your page or had to much space somewhere.
Vocabulary
1. Print-based layout method-The first method which talks into account that people are already accustomed to view content in printed material in a certain way.
2. Screen-based layout method- The second method of guiding the eye.
True/False 1. When designing a site, put yourself in your user’s shoes. 2. A good Web page layout will guide the user’s eye through the content. 3. The print-based method of page layout accounts for the user scanning a page using a sweeping motion. 4. Because of the way people view Web pages, the most important information can be placed anywhere on the page. 5. The user is not conscious of the way his or her eye is following the content of a Web page. 6. Some home page content describes the destinations of links 7. Home pages should contain detailed information to hook the user. 8. Graphics and rollovers are as important as organization. 9. Text links at the bottom of a web page are useful in instances where graphical navigation loads slowly. 10. White space is important to a page layout.
Written Question 1. What is a question you should ask yourself when designing for the user? 2. Which layout method involves the eye zigzagging down the page? 3. When using a print-based method of page layout, where do you want to draw the user’s eye as the starting point? 4. What type of user is best served by a
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