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Category: Web Development Concepts

  • October 9, 2026
    A block on a webpage is an HTML element that appears on a new line, i.e., underneath the preceding element…
  • October 9, 2026
    In JavaScript, a block is a collection of related statements enclosed in braces ("{}").
  • October 9, 2026
    Bitwise flags are sets of variables, usually simple number values, which can be used to enable or disable specific usages…
  • October 9, 2026
    Blink is an open-source browser rendering engine developed by Google as part of Chromium (and therefore part of Chrome as…
  • October 9, 2026
    In programming, a binding is an association of an identifier with a value.
  • October 9, 2026
    The back/forward cache, or bfcache, is a performance-enhancing feature available in modern browsers that enables instant back and forward navigation…
  • October 9, 2026
    BiDi (BiDirectional) describes a document that contains both right-to-left (RTL) and left-to-right (LTR) text.
  • October 9, 2026
    A BCP 47 language tag is a string of characters that precisely specifies a human language in terms of the…
  • October 9, 2026
    A web beacon is a small object, such as a 1 pixel gif, embedded in markup, used to communicate information…
  • October 9, 2026
    A baseline is an imaginary line along the inline axis of a line box along which individual glyphs of text…
  • October 9, 2026
    Base64 is a group of similar binary-to-text encoding schemes that represent binary data in an ASCII string format by transforming…
  • October 9, 2026
    Baseline identifies the availability of web platform features across popular browsers, including APIs, CSS properties, and JavaScript syntax.
  • October 9, 2026
    An aspect ratio is the proportional relationship between an element or viewport's width and height.
  • October 9, 2026
    An array is an ordered collection of data (either primitive or object depending upon the language).
  • October 9, 2026
    The ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork) was an early computer network, constructed in 1969 as a robust medium to…
  • October 9, 2026
    ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) is a W3C specification developed by WAI to make Web content and Web applications more…
  • October 9, 2026
    .arpa (address and routing parameter area) is a top-level domain in the Domain Name System (DNS) used for Internet infrastructure…
  • October 9, 2026
    Arguments are values (primitive or object) passed as input to a function.
  • October 9, 2026
    Application context refers to the top-level browsing context of a web application.
  • October 9, 2026
    An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of features and rules that exist inside a software program (the application)…
  • October 9, 2026
    The alpha channel specifies the opacity of a color.
  • October 9, 2026
    In CSS box alignment the alignment subject is the thing (or things) being aligned within the alignment container by the…
  • October 9, 2026
    An algorithm is a self-contained series of instructions to perform a function.
  • October 9, 2026
    Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax, or AJAX) is a web development technique in which a web app fetches content from…
  • October 9, 2026
    The advance measure is the total space the glyph takes, either horizontally or vertically, depending on the current writing direction.
  • October 9, 2026
    The accessibility tree contains accessibility-related information for most HTML elements.
  • October 9, 2026
    An accessible description is the description of a user interface element that provides additional information to help users of assistive…
  • October 9, 2026
    Abstraction in computer programming is a way to reduce complexity and allow efficient design and implementation in complex software systems.
  • October 9, 2026
    An accent is a typically bright color that contrasts with the more utilitarian background and foreground colors within a color…