Glossary

17 May 2017
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Web Design Glossary

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A glossary of jargon terms used in the HTML and XML industry. These words are used regularly throughout web development documentation and books.

Accent Colors
AJAX
Alt
Apache
Attribute
Backend
Backlink
Bait-and-switch
Bandwidth
Banner blindness
Baseline
Breadcrumbs
Broken link
Browser
Bug
CAPTCHA
Case-sensitive
Cloaking
CMS
CMYK
Color Wheel
Complementary Colors
Content
Cookie
CSS
Database
Dedicated server
Deep linking
DOCTYPE
Domain

DPI
Drop Shadow
EPS
Dynamic website
Favicon
Fixed width
Font
Form / Form validation
Frames / Iframe
FTP
Function
GIF
Gradient
Grid
GUI
HEX Code
.htaccess
HTML
Hyperlink
JavaScript
JPG
Kerning
Layout
Leading
Lossless
Markup
Meta tag
Midline
Nav bar
Negative Space

Open Type Fonts
Padding
Pantone
Pageview
Permalink
PDF
PHP
Pop-up
PPI
Query
Redirect
RGB Color Model
Resolution
Robots.txt
RSS
Saturation
Serif
Slider
Static website
Template
Thumbnail
Typeface
User generated content
Vector Image
Visual Hierarchy
W3C
WAMP
White Space
WYSIWYG
XML
ZIP