A Partial List of ITE170 Technical Terms

These terms are used in the handouts linked to from the schedule page and in the powerpoints on Blackboard. If you are unsure of the definition, you can consult the handout or powerpoint. Terms are listed roughly in the order in which they appeared during the course.

before midterm
HTML/XHTML

tag (also known as element)
attribute of a tag
FTP
relative reference
absolute reference
rgb color
hexadecimal
validate
DOCTYPE
deprecated or obsolete tag or attribute
pixel
monitor/screen resolution
inline image
accessible
serif font
sans-serif font
table

CSS

selector
inline style
embedded style
external stylesheet
class
id
background image
tiled background image
descendant or contextual selector
the box model - padding, border, margin
wrapper or container
opacity
rgba and hsla color
gradients
pseudo-classes, particularly a:link, a:visited, and a:hover
relative and absolute positioning
block and inline elements
media attribute in link tag
CSS3 media query
CSS3 structural pseudo-classes, e.g. :first of type, :first-child, :last-of-type, :last-child

Images

gif
jpg
png
transparency
lossless and lossy compression
crop
resize
thumbnail

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after midterm:

Dreamweaver

design, code, and split view
site definition
properties panel
keywords (the meta tag)
description (the meta tag)
named Anchors/fragment Identifiers
imagemap
imagemap hotspot
form
querystring
image rollover
JavaScript
template
editable region
library item

Flash

bitmap graphics
vector graphics
timeline
frame
playhead
Stage
Library
layer
frame rate
tools
stroke
fill
merge drawing model
object drawing model
gradient
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keyframe
frame-by-frame animation
onionskinning
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tweening
shape tween
shape hint
symbol
instance of symbol
graphic symbol
classic tween
ease in/ease out
motion guide
guide layer
mask
button symbol
up, over, down, and hit state of button
interactivity
movie clip symbol
ActionScript
function
event listener
if statement
frame label

Revised: December 14, 2015