History of the Net
HTML Basics
Style
Lists
Syntax
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In 1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower established this high tech research and development group within the Department of Defense mostly in response to the Soviet Union's launch of the Sputnik satellite.
What is the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)?
-OR- What is the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)?
100
Tag which is necessary for a web browser to know it's dealing with a web page.
<HTML></HTML>
100
Tags that are used to make a paragraph aligned on a central axis.
<center></center>
100
<ul>
<li>item</li>
<li> another item</li>
</ul>
This code produces a simple list which uses dots or disks called "bullets."
What is an "Unordered List?"
100
Like any language, HTML comes with a set of rules. These rules are relatively simple. The "mark-up" words used in any tag must be in a certain order, like in an algebraic or chemical equation, or like sentence structure in language grammar.
What is "Syntax?"
200
The the goal of this his early 1960's communications network was to transmit data between computer systems for government research teams, allowing scientists and researchers to share information and collaborate at a distance. It would eventually lay the groundwork for today's "Internet."
What is ARPANET?
200
Part of a web page which visitors never see. Code written in this section is for web browsers on your computer, for search engines, and for other programmers who are looking at your code.
<head></head>
200
Tag that will make a word BOLD
<b>text</b>
200
<ol>
<li>Biology</li>
<li>Chemistry</li>
<li>Physics</li>
</ol>
The default of this kind of list simply counts off, 1, 2, 3, etc.
What is an "Ordered List?"
200
These are the three parts that generally make up a tag of code in correct HTML syntax.
What are Element, Attribute, Value?
300
An early computer scientist working for the U.S. Defense Department who had an early vision of a worldwide computer network, which he dubbed "the Galactic Network." He has a hand in the inception of the ARPANET, which would eventually become what we know today as the "Internet/"
Who is J.C.R. Licklider?
300
Part of the web page structure, which includes the content made available to visitors of your website.
<body></body>
300
Tag that will make a word or italicized.
<i>text</i>
300
<ol style="list-style-type: upper-roman">
<li>Ham I</li>
<li>Chem II</li>
</ol>
This coding will produce a certain kind of ordered list.
What are Roman numerals?
300
<a href="http://url.com">website</a>
In this hypertext link, the "a" stands for "anchor."
This "a" represents one of the three parts of HTML syntax.
What is an "Element?"
400
American computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system in 1971-72
Who is Ray Thomlinson?
400
HTML stands for this.
What is Hypertext Transfer Markup Language?
400
One sided tag for forcing a line break without starting a whole new paragraph <p></p>, span, or block of text.
<br>
400
<ul style="list-style-image: url (flask.jpg)">
<li>Conceptual Chemistry</li>
<li>Chem I</li>
</ul>
This code is used for a list with what kind of "bullet?"
What is an image or graphic?
400
<img src="http://url.com/picture.jpg" /a>
In this tag, the "src" stands for the image's "source."
That "img" also represents one of the three parts of HTML syntax.
What is an "attribute?"
500
Between 1990 & 1993, this CERN engineer essentially invented the World Wide Web using HTML as a way to navigate the Internet. In 1994 he helped co-found the W3C to standardize HTML while keeping the WWW open to everyone.
Who is Tim Berner-Lee?
500
Text that contains links to other documents and resources.
What is hypertext?
500
Tag for creating a horizontal line (or "rule") across your page.
<hr>
500
An HTML list format; each item consists of a term followed by it's definition.
<dl>
<dt>term</dt>
<dd>definition</dd>
<dt>term 2</dt>
<dd>definition w</dd>
</dl>
What is a "definition list?"
500
<h1 style="text-align: center"; style="text-color: red"> Welcome to Heck</h1>
Since this tag has two attributes and two values, both modifying the same element (the heading), it's an example of this...
What is a "nesting?"