Key Terms

Review the following list of key terms:

  • Body— The section of the HTML document that contains the text that will actually appear in the browser window. The body section is enclosed between the <BODY> and </BODY> tags.

  • Browser— An HTTP client application. Most modern browsers can also process other protocols, such as FTP.

  • CGI (common gateway interface)— A programming interface that lets a designer integrate scripts and programs with a web page.

  • Head— The beginning section of an HTML document containing the title of the document and other optional parameters. The head section is enclosed between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags.

  • HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)— A markup language used for building web pages. HTML consists of text and special codes ...

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