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Browser - Program that displays HTML pages - Netscape, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Opera, and others.

Web Page - An HTML file viewable with a browser.

Web Site - A collection of web pages - think of it as a "book" of HTML files.

File - Examples are: Text files, HTML files, Folders, Images, etc., all of which can be on the hard disk of your computer, or on the internet.

HTML - HTML is the magic code that creates what you see on a web page and gives the page its "look." HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. It's "The Code," a text file, that tells the viewer's browser what to display on the viewer's screen. HTML can seem a little overwhelming at first, but you'll be surprised how far a little bit of knowledge will go! The last page of these lessons has links to sites that teach you how to write HTML.

Link - Text or image on a page which, when clicked, takes you to a different web page, or to a different place on the same page, or to another file, such as a music file, or larger image file, or printable pdf version of the page.

Tag - The part of the HTML code that does not display on the browser screen, but which tells the browser how to display the text, links, and images.

Head - Top of the HTML document. Does not appear on browser screen. Contains such things as the Title and Meta.

Title - Not the same as the file name, which ends in .htm or .html. Goes in the Head of the document and is the word or phrase which appears when the page is bookmarked. If no Title, the file name will be the bookmark name.

Meta - Also called Meta Tags. Place in the "Head" of your HTML document. Contains things such as Keywords and Description.

There are links on the links page which will take you to sites with much more information and many more terms.

The next section is perhaps the most important, however the most often overlooked...

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