Glossary of Web Development Terms

Total Width
The combination of the value of the width property, widths of left and right padding, and the left and right borders. For more information read up on the Box Models.
Layers
Common term for absolute positioning. It's also the name of a Netscape 4 proprietary element.

Abbreviations of Commonly used Terms

AbbreviationsFull Name
HTMLHyper-Text Markup Language
XHTMLeXtensible Hyper-Text Markup Language
XMLeXtensible Markup Language
X/HTML or (X)HTMLHTML and/or XHTML
X(HT)MLXML and/or XHTML
CSSCascading Style Sheets
JSJavaScript
PHPrecursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
ASPActive Server Pages
JSPJavaServer Pages
Last update: 2007-02-07