Copyright: A legal aspect of the internet, most material on the Web is protected by copyright laws.
Social Networking Sites: An area where it is difficult to protect people online, divulging personal
information online is risky.
Browsers: Are software for viewing Web pages and documents on the internet, they display the
contents of Web pages according to their HTML.
Website Constraints: Technical issues which influence the amount information that can be
included in a Web Site. Issues with: Bandwidth, screen resolution, colour palette, browser
compatibility, font availability, font size.
W3C Standards: Web standards to promote consistency, rules and guidelines established by the
WWW Consortium (W3C). Code Quality, User accessibility, basic usability, site management.
Graphic Types: GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, the main difference is compression. Bitmaps are made of
pixels in a grid and Vectors are defined by mathematical equations instead of pixels and they have
higher quality.
Lossless vs Lossy: Lossy makes smaller files by removing details from the original image, ex: JEPG.
Lossless uses algorithms that reduce size but not quality, ex: GIF, TIFF, PNG.
Website design principles: The placement and structure of all design elements affect the message,
readability and usability. Balance, Unity, Alignment, Repetition, Contrast, and White Space.
Storyboard: A way of designing a Web Site, illustration of the relationships between the pages
that make the site. The logical structure and navigation of the Web site.
Social Networking Sites: An area where it is difficult to protect people online, divulging personal
information online is risky.
Browsers: Are software for viewing Web pages and documents on the internet, they display the
contents of Web pages according to their HTML.
Website Constraints: Technical issues which influence the amount information that can be
included in a Web Site. Issues with: Bandwidth, screen resolution, colour palette, browser
compatibility, font availability, font size.
W3C Standards: Web standards to promote consistency, rules and guidelines established by the
WWW Consortium (W3C). Code Quality, User accessibility, basic usability, site management.
Graphic Types: GIF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, the main difference is compression. Bitmaps are made of
pixels in a grid and Vectors are defined by mathematical equations instead of pixels and they have
higher quality.
Lossless vs Lossy: Lossy makes smaller files by removing details from the original image, ex: JEPG.
Lossless uses algorithms that reduce size but not quality, ex: GIF, TIFF, PNG.
Website design principles: The placement and structure of all design elements affect the message,
readability and usability. Balance, Unity, Alignment, Repetition, Contrast, and White Space.
Storyboard: A way of designing a Web Site, illustration of the relationships between the pages
that make the site. The logical structure and navigation of the Web site.
