HTML & CSS Definitions Worksheet: Getting Started (Modules 1–10)
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Key terms
Write what each term means, in your own words.
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rendering
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HTML
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</p>
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<!DOCTYPE html>
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<title>
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<meta>
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<!-- -->
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<h1>
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<p>
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<br>
Answer Key
HTML & CSS · Modules 1–10 · Student wording will vary for definitions
1rendering — Rendering is when the browser reads the HTML it received and paints it into the visible page shown on screen.
2HTML — The language that defines the structure and content of a webpage using tags and elements, not appearance.
3</p> — A closing tag - the forward slash before the tag name signals the end of an HTML element.
4<!DOCTYPE html> — The declaration that must appear on the very first line of every HTML file, telling the browser the document uses modern HTML.
5<title> — An HTML element placed inside <head> that sets the text shown in the browser tab. Its content is not displayed on the page.
6<meta> — A self-closing HTML element placed in <head> that provides metadata about the page, such as character encoding or viewport settings.
7<!-- --> — An HTML comment - text placed between <!-- and --> is ignored by the browser and never shown on the page.
8<h1> — The most important HTML heading element - displays as the largest heading on the page. Headings range from <h1> (most important) to <h6> (least important).
9<p> — An HTML element that wraps a block of text as a paragraph. The browser adds spacing above and below it and displays it on its own line.
10<br> — A self-closing HTML element that inserts a line break, forcing the next content onto a new line. It has no content and needs no closing tag.