HTML

The code used to create Web pages.
 * Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)**
 * Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)**

Text contained between two angle brackets (< >) that tells the Web browser how to display a page’s content.
 * HTML tag**

The first of a pair of HTML tags; also known as an opening tag.
 * starting tag**

The last of a pair of HTML tags; also known as a closing tag.
 * ending tag**

An HTML tag that is enclosed within another set of tags.
 * nested tag**

An HTML tag that requires only an opening tag; also known as an orphan tag.
 * empty tag**

The text and HTML commands used to create the Web page.
 * source code**

The three or four characters after a period in a file name that tell the computer system what type of file it is reading.
 * file name extension**

An HTML instruction that is included in an HTML tag to specify a characteristic of a Web page element.
 * Attribute**

A type of list that contains items, usually numbered, that must appear in a particular sequence.
 * ordered list**

A list that contains items that can appear in any order. A type of link in which users click text to activate the link.
 * unordered list**
 * text link**

A type of link in which users click on an image to activate the link.
 * graphic link**

An HTML tag used to create hyperlinks. The tag identifies what is clicked on and where it links to.
 * anchor tag**

A type of link that contains the complete URL or path of the file being linked to.
 * absolute link**

A type of link that is used when linking to a local file, such as one within the same Web site.
 * relative link**

The process of locating and correcting errors in a Web site’s HTML code.
 * Debugging**

The process of repeatedly checking the Web page and site to make certain that elements display as designed.
 * Testing**