HTML Fundamentals Vocabulary
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Vocabulary flashcards covering essential HTML terms, structural elements, tags, and attributes based on the lecture transcript.
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HTML
HyperText Markup Language; the standard markup language for creating web pages that describes page structure using elements.
<!DOCTYPE html>
A document declaration placed at the very beginning of an HTML file to define it as HTML5.
The root element of an HTML document that wraps all other content on the page.
An HTML element containing meta information about the page—such as the title, links to CSS, and meta tags—that is not displayed directly on the webpage.
An element inside the head tag that sets the text shown in the browser tab.
The root visual container element that holds everything visible to the user on a webpage.
HTML Element
A component of an HTML document that usually consists of a start tag, content, and an end tag, though some are empty elements.
Empty Elements
HTML elements that do not contain content or closing tags, such as
,
, and
Nesting
The core HTML practice of placing elements inside other elements to build structural hierarchy.
HTML Attributes
Name and value pairs located inside an element's start tag that provide additional information used by the browser to render content correctly.
href
An attribute that specifies the destination URL or file path for a hyperlink tag.
src
An attribute that specifies the source file path for visual or functional assets such as images () or scripts.
alt
An attribute that provides alternative descriptive text for image () tags.
class
An attribute used to assign a CSS class name to an element for styling.
id
An attribute used to assign a unique identifier to an element on a webpage.
style
An attribute used to apply inline CSS directly to an individual HTML element.
Headings (
–)
Tags ranging from
(most important) to (least important) used by search engines and screen readers to structure content; exactly one should be used per page.
should be used per page.
The standard HTML tag used to define a paragraph of text.
An empty HTML tag used to embed images, utilizing src for the file source and alt for alternate text.
An empty HTML element used to insert a line break.
An empty HTML element used to insert a horizontal rule.