
Glossary
Glossary of terms and abbreviations used in web development: Web development, front end, back end, SEO, SERP, HTML, CSS, JS, jQ, framework ...
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Back end
Back end is a part of web development, which deals with work done on the server side. Manage databases, generate dynamic content and everything that happens in the background that the user does not see.
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CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
The CSS language is used to describe HTML elements and stylize their content. Along with HTML and JS is one of the basic languages and technologies applied in web development.
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Front end
The front end is the part of web development that is in charge of everything that happens on the client's side. User interface design, UI / UX, programming of its functionalities and everything that the user sees and uses.
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Hyperlinks
Hyperlinks are links from one website to another that a user can click on.
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
HTML is the basic markup language for creating websites, applications and other web content. Along with CSS and JS is the basis of the web. HTML documents consist of tags, so-called tags.
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(HyperText Trasfer Protocol)
http is a protocol for transmitting html documents over the Internet.
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https is a secure http protocol. "s" in the end represents the initials "security".
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javascript
java script, JS is a client-side programming language intended for web development.
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MVC (Model View Controller)
Widely used pattern in web design. The model represents the data, View serves to display the content and the Controller controls what and how it will be displayed. Most web frameworks use this pattern.
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PWA (Progressive Web App)
PWA is an application that is distributed over the web but the interface is adapted to be displayed as a natural application on Widnows, iOS and Android platforms.
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Responsive
Responsive design, adapted to all types of devices and the resolutions of their screens.
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SE (Search Engine)
SE web browsers are very powerful machines connected to the Internet that are used to find web content.
SEO (Search engine optimization)
SEO optimization is a field of web development that deals with the optimization of web content to be noticed by SE (Search Engines) and ranked in SERP (Search Engine Results Page). Read more about SEO optimization on this page.
SERP (Search Engine Results Page)
When we use web browsers, after assigning a keyword to a search engine, we get a web browser search results page, SERP.
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Tag(s)
Tags are tags in HTML that are used to create html documents. HTML documents are the basis of any website. Tags are used to describe the content of the elements of the website, how they will be displayed. h1-h6 title tags, p tag text paragraph ...
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UI / UX
UI (User Interface) / UX (User Experience) design is a web development skill that researches user experiences and improves the user interface based on them.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
A URL, known as a web address, specifies the location where web content is located. Also, the URL determines which protocol is used: http, https, ftp and others.
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Web
WEB, WWW, 3W is software for managing and transferring documents and multimedia content over the Internet. The web was found by Sir Tim Bernards-Lee, a physicist at CERN Laboratories in 1990.
Web Development
Web development is a profession that deals with the planning, design, programming and design of the web.
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