CIMW 100 Website Development - HTML

Glossary

A | B | C | D | E | I | K | M | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W

A

a

An anchor or hypertext link.

abbr

Abbreviation.

B

b

Added visual attention, such as keywords (bold)

bdi

Indicates text that may have directional requirements.

bdo

Bidirectional override; explicitly indicates text direction (left to right, ltr, or right to left, rtl).

br

Line break.

C

cite

Citation; a reference to the title of a work, such as a book title.

code

Computer code sample.

D

data

Machine-readable equivalent dates, times, weights, and other measurable values.

del

Deleted text indicates an edit made to a document.

dfn

A name that corresponds to a specific IP address.

E

em

Emphasized text..

I

i

Alternative voice (italic) or alternative language.

ins

Inserted text; indicates an insertion in a document.

K

kbd

Keyboard; text entered by a user (for technical documents).

L

lossy

A type of compression in which data is thrown out to reduce file size. The JPEG format uses a lossy compression scheme.

M

mark

Contextually relevant text.

Q

q

Short, inline quotation.

R

ruby, rt, rp

Provides annotations or pronunciation guides under East Asian typography and ideographs.

S

s

Incorrect text (strike-through).

samp

Sample output from programs.

small

Small print, such as copyright or legal notice (displayed in a smaller type size).

span

Generic phrase content.

strong

Content of strong importance.

sub

Subscript.

sup

Superscript.

T

time

Machine-readable time data.

U

u

Indicates a formal name, misspelled word, or text that would be underlined.

V

var

A variable or program argument (for technical documents).

W

wbr

Word break.