Vocabulary Study Guide

Part 1 - The Web

The Internet: A collection of computer networks all over the world that are connected together using the Internet Protocol (IP). It is sometimes called "The Net".
HTML: Hypertext Markup Language: A standard type of document that specifies fonts, styles, and other formatting information about how the document should be displayed.

hyperlink: A link from one HTML document to another. Clicking on a hyperlink takes the user to a different location on the Web.
URL: Uniform Resource Locater: A string of letters that identify a document on the Internet. For example: http://www.google.com

The World Wide Web: A collection of HTML documents, identified by URL's, that are connected together using hyperlinks. It is sometimes called "The Web".

web page: A single HTML document in the World Wide Web.

web site: A collection of related web pages with a single topic or purpose.
web browser: A program used to view web pages.
address bar: The box near the top of a web browser that shows the URL.

primary color: Red, Green, and Blue: The three pure colors that make up all other colors.
secondary color: Green, Orange, and Violet: Color made by combining two primary colors.
hue: A pure color without white or black added.
value: How light or dark a color appears.
saturation: How bright or dull a color appears.
tint: A pure color with white added.
shade: A pure color with black added.
cool color: Made mostly of green, blue, and violet.
warm color: Made mostly of red, orange, and yellow.
neutral color: Made mostly of black, gray, and white. They sometimes include browns, beiges, and tans.
monochromatic color scheme: A set of colors designed with one hue
complimentary color scheme: A set of colors designed with complimentary (opposite) hues
triadic color scheme: A set of colors designed with three hues at equal distances around the color wheel
analogous color scheme: A set of colors designed with closely related hues