Web Page Design I

Retest Terms Review

1. Web pages are created using a language known as ___________. The coding of this language must follow specific rules in order for the web page to display properly; these rules are known as the ________ of the language. Individual instructions, called ___________, must be enclosed in < > brackets.

HTML

syntax

HTML tags

2. Web pages are saved (hosted) on a _______________________, which is a special computer that has 24/7 connectivity to the Internet. To load the pages to this computer, you will use a protocol know as ______________.

Web server

ftp

3. A software program, known as a _______________________, is used to view web pages using the protocol ______________. To access a web page, you type in the protocol, the server name, and the path –this is known as the ___________ also known as the web address.

Web browser

http

URL

4. There are two ways to create a web page:developing code from scratch, known as _________________, and using a software program, known as a ____________________________.

HTML

Web editor

5. Many navigation options are located on the web browser’s tool bar. To move back to a previously viewed page, choose the __________ button on the toolbar. The ________________ button is only available if you have moved back to a previous page and wanted to return to the page you left from. To return to the page that opens when the browser window opens, choose _________________ from the toolbar.

back

forward

home

6. Utilities are also available on the toolbar in the web browser. To request that a page be retransmitted, choose the __________________ button. To interrupt a request, choose the ___________ button.

refresh

stop

7. Graphics for the web are primarily in two file formats:____________ for photographs and ____________ for hand-drawn pictures. The technique used to remove the color from the background of a picture is ________________________. The _________ format supports this technique.

.jpg

.gif

transparency.gif

8. A domain name needs to be converted to an IP address. The device that handles this function is the ________________. Once this translation has occurred, the __________________ can now send a request out on to the Internet.

DNS

router

9. The agreed upon way to communicate over the Internet is known as _________________________; these are often referred to as standards. The standard for viewing web pages is known as ____________. http

protocol

10. The part of the URL that is leased and is the unique portion of a web address that identifies a company is the _____________________.

The organization that maintains a database of all leased domain names is ___________________.

Internic

Domain name

11. The desktop of your computer is an example of _________ as it allows you to point and click with a mouse to initiate an action.

gui

12. In order to access the Internet from your home computer, you must connect to your ________; otherwise you have no access to the Internet. The purpose of a network is ___________________.

communication

ISP

13. Devices connected together for the purpose of communicating represent a _________________. There are two types: one is external and called ________________ and the other one is internal and called ______________.

Intranet

Internet

network

14. Web pages are retrieved more quickly the second time that you access them because of a special feature that saves a copy in a temporary storage space found in this application; this temporary storage is referred to as ________________.

cache

15. Explain the process of retrieving a web page on your PC’s monitor. Be specific in identifying the steps of the process, including the functions of the various devices at each stage in the process.

@

router

DNS

@Web Server Internet

My PC modem ISP Server