WGU C779 Web Development Foundations Questions and Answers Graded A+

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) A protocol that enables operating systems to map file name extensions to corresponding applications. Also used by applications to automatically process files downloaded from the internet. DTD (Document Type Definition) A set of rules contained in a simple text file that defines the structure, syntax and vocabulary as it is related to tags and attributes for a corresponding document. It is generally specified in a separate file, which you reference, or declare, at the beginning of each document that you want to conform to the rules. Hyperlinks Embedded instructions within a text file that link to another point in the file or to a separate file. XML (Extensible Markup Language) A markup language that describes document content instead of adding structure or formatting to document content. A simplified version of SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language) A medium that merges XML & HTML, because the two have dramatically different requirements. W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) The main international standards organization for the World Wide Web WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) A set of guidelines for ensuring Website accessibility to all users, including those with disabilities. Developed by Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)HTML The traditional authoring language used to develop Webpages for many applications CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) A technology that allows greater style definition and formatting control of HTML elements. Formatting can be placed within the HTML or called remotely from an external style sheet