Exam 1: Introduction to the Internet and Web Design

A(n) _____ is a private network that uses Internet technologies to share business information with selected corporate partners or key customers.

Instructors use a _____ to communicate announcements, post questions on reading material, list contact information, and provide access to lecture slides and videos.

Active white spaces in a wireframe help a user to focus on one part of the page.

A hyperlink, more commonly called a link, is an element that connects one webpage to another webpage on the same server or to any other web server in the world.

Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)  was created to work with XML-based user agents.

Secure socket layer (SSL) protocol is the fundamental protocol used to exchange text, graphics, audio, video, and other multimedia files on the web.

A web _____ is a program that interprets and displays webpages so that users can view and interact with a webpage.

_____ in a wireframe is an area on the page that is intentionally left blank.

A _____ is a simple, visual guide that clearly identifies the location of main webpage elements, such as the navigation area, organization logo, content areas, and images.

The Internet backbone is a collection of high-speed data lines that link major computer systems located around the world.

A(n) _____ is contained within a company or organization's network, which makes it private and available only to those who need access.

A _____ is a planning tool that lists or displays all the pages on a website and indicates how they are related to each other.

_____ is a set of rules for exchanging text, graphic, sound, video, and other multimedia files on the web.

The convention for HTML 5 is to use all uppercase tags to conform to the current World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standard.

WYSIWYG editors provide a graphical user interface to design a webpage, as opposed to the blank page provided in a text editor used to write code.

An example of a _____ present in a browser is http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/index.html.

Prior to HTML 5, the _____ tag meant horizontal rule or reference. It is now called a thematic break and is used to distinguish between various topics on a single webpage. 

A _____ website structure connects webpages in a treelike structure.

A(n) _____ is any device, such as a computer, tablet, or smartphone, connected to a network.

Before creating their website, Mark and Sebastian identify the location of main webpage elements using wireframe. They leave a few areas of the website intentionally blank to help balance the design of an asymmetrical page. What are these intentionally left blank spaces called?