Computing Revision

Computing Revision

1. What does HTML stand for?

   • Hypertext Markup Langauge

2. What is the World Wide Web(WWW)?

   • A huge collection of websites stored all over the world

3. Where are all of the websites stored?

   • On servers all over the world; there is no central storage.

4. How does WWW differ from the Internet?

   • Websites are access throught the Internet;which is a global network of internetworks.

5. What happens when you try to view a webpage from a browser on your computer?

   • The local browser sends a request to the local Internet Service Provider (ISP); which fetches the requested content from a web server located on the Internet; and send it back to your computer.

6. Write a line of HTML code to display the title “HTML Script” in the top bar of the browser window.

   • <title>HTML Script</title>

7. What does CSS stand for?

   • Cascading Stye Sheets

8. HTML defines the structure and content of your web page. What function does CSS play in web page design?

   • CSS defines the styles (e.g. colours, fonts and borders); and the layout of web pages.

9. Suggest two features of good website design.

   • A limited colour palette (maximum three colours); limited font selction; common interface across pages; navigation functions such as buttons or a navigation bar..

10. What is meant by responsive in the context of website design?

    • When a page automatically adjusts to best suit the size of a screen it is being viewed on

11. Explain how the rest of the website may look in order to maintain consistency.

    • heading and links bar may remain on all pages; same colour scheme and fonts used across all pages; just the content section may change on each page.

12. Describe how the user experience of a web site could be improved through the use of colour, sounds, icons and positioning of page objects.

    • Colours can indicate success or failure e.g. green or red; icons can help provide indicators for unread messages or notifications, and take up less screen space than a descriptive button. Sounds can help indicate success or failure e.g. a ping often indicates correct, and a beep may indicate an alert. Consistent positioning of screen objects such as the navigation bar will mean that visitors can find common elements easily on different pages.