The document defines essential HTML vocabulary including Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Uniform Resource Locator (URL), hyperlinks, multimedia, text, video, sound, file formats like JPEG, GIF and PNG, text editors like Notepad, storyboards, headings, tags, hexadecimals, domains, zones, bandwidth, and web hosting. It provides sources for additional information.

1. Basic HTML DesignEssential Vocabulary

2. Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) – code behind every webpage. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – special address system or another way of saying web site address.Hyperlinks - text, buttons, or graphics that links to other web pages.Multimedia –combination of text, video, graphics, and music or sound. Text – printed information on a page.Video – recording of still images in digital form.

3. Sound – a form of energy produced by vibrations that act on the ear so that we can hear (Technology Interactions, p. 115)Joint Photographics Exchange Group (JPEG) – compression method for photographs. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) – bitmap images that supports line art and animations. Portable Network Graphics (PNG) – newer format for line art and photographs which preserves image data better.NotePad – a text editor application for manually coding HTML.

4. Storyboard – series of sketches that can be used as a guide for designing a web page.Headings – HTML font sizes for text headings that varies from 1 to 6 with 1 being the largest and 6 the smallest. Tags – HTML instructions. For example,<Title>My First Web Page</Title>Hexadecimals – six digit numbers which instruct a browser how to create a particular color. For example, #009900 is GREEN.

5. Domain – name of the Internet provider. For example, jane_doe@yahoo.com Zone – the third part, after the dot, of an email or web site address. For example, jane_doe@yahoo.comBandwith – the amount of data that can be transmitted in a fixed amount of time. Web hosting – Internet service that allows individuals or organizations to publish their web pages to the World Wide Web for free or for a fee.

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