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.

Declaration

A property and value pair in a CSS rule. (The term means something else in markup languages, e.g. HTML, XHTML, and XML.)

Inline (CSS or JavaScript)

Using the X/HTML style or event, e.g. onclick, attributes on element(s). It's better to use embedded, or even better, external stylesheets and scripts.

Embedded (CSS or JavaScript)

Including CSS in a <style> element or JavaScript in a <script> element.

ECMA Script

The standard for several languages which include JavaScript, JScript, and ActionScript.

Abbreviations of Commonly Used Terms