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cookie
A small piece of information that certain websites store on your computer when you visit them. Cookies are normally harmless and the reasons for using them vary. Sometimes it is to make sure that their website loads quickly when you next visit, by drawing the saved information from your own computer rather than from the website itself. Another use [..]
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doctype
The doctype declaration specifies which version of HTML is used in a document. It has a direct effect on whether your HTML will validate.
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navigation
Navigation refers to the system that allows visitors to a website to move around that site. Navigation is most often thought of in terms of menus, but links within pages, breadcrumbs, related links, pagination, and any other links that allow a visitor to move from one page to another are included in navigation.
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accessibility
Relates to web design/coding standards and refers to how easy it is for everyone to use your website, including people who are visually impaired or in any way physically handicapped, or limited by older or less common computers and software. These days with the smaller screen sized tablets and smart-phones, accessibility for use on all devises is i [..]
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address bar
The white bar towards the top of your computer screen. It will normally have something typed in it that starts with "http://" This is where you type in the address of a website that you want to visit.
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anchor text
The text a link (hyperlink) uses to refer to your web page. These make a difference in your search engine results.
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ascii
American Standard Code for Information Interchange. A code that represents English characters as numbers, ranging from 0 to 127. Commonly used by computers and browsers, ASCII codes make it possible to transfer data from one computer to another computer (like a server). In terms of transferring data from a computer to a server (called "upl [..]
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asp
A coding language that is compatible with Windows servers. Normally used for increased functionality on a website or to work with a database. It works in conjunction with html and html variants.
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attribute
An attribute supplies additional information within an element. Attributes come in name/value pairs and are always inside the start tag. Looking at this simple example of an a tag (<a></a>), <a href="http://www.thinkingit.com.au">hyperlink</a> the href is the attribute name with http://www.thinkingit.com.au [..]
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backlinks
Links from other website pages to yours. Backlinks are used to increase a site’s popularity with search engines and to get more people to visit your site. The quality of a backlink and its anchor text is factored into Google’s algorythm when deciding how much importance to place on it.
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