Term
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Unit
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Definition
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API
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2.1.2
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Application Programming Interface is offered by a server for communication with a client app. A client computer program can send instructions to the server and get data from the server by sending requests to various URL endpoints that form the API
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Attribute
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2.1.1
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HTML tags use tags to mark elements in a web page. The value of an attribute in an element’s tag describes the element.
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Arguments
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2.1.3
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Arguments are values that must be passed to a procedure when it is called
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Black hat hacker
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2.1.3
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A person who attempts to find computer security vulnerabilities and exploit them for malicious reasons. The term is derived from old Western movies in which the bad guys wore black hats
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Browser
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2.1.1
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A client program that requests a URL from a web server program
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Brute force attack
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Method of guessing a password for a server by trying every possible combination
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Client
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2.1.1
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A program that accesses data from a server. Multiple clients can access a single server.
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Constant value
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2.1.3
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Values are concrete words or numbers. When a variable in a computer program is used to represent a constant value, it is set at the beginning of the program and does not change. The program can refer to the constant value by the variable name rather than the value itself.
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CSS
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2.1.1
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Cascading Style Sheets—a formatting standard that specifies the layout and appearance of a web page. CSS is usually written in a separate file so that it can be applied to many pages on a single website
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Crowdsourcing
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3.1
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Strategy that takes advantage of large numbers of people connected by computer networks to generate the creation of content, the evaluation of content, and the funding of ventures
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Data visualization
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2.1.4
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The art of creating graphs to display data—helps humans discover patterns in data
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Element
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2.1.1
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HTML tags use tags to mark elements in a web page. Elements are parts of a web page such as the header, body, hyperlinks, and images
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Encode
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2.1.3
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To convert information into a particular format
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Endpoint
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2.1.2
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URLs that form the commands available in an API
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Global Variable
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2.1.3
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A variable that is accessible from all procedures and blocks of code within the program in which it is defined.
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HTML
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2.1.1
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Hypertext Markup Language—uses tags to mark elements in a web page
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HTTP
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2.1.2
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol—specifies the norms of transactions between client requests and server responses on the web
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Index out of bounds
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2.1.3
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The error given when a program tries to access a sequence by asking for an item number bigger than the length of the sequence
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IP Address
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2.1.1
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Internet Protocol addresses are numbers assigned to each computer that communicates over the TCP/IP communication protocol
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Local variable
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2.1.3
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A variable that is only accessible from within the local procedure or block of code within which it is defined
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Protocol
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2.1.1
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A standard of normal interaction in a system
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Rendering
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2.1.1
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The process of drawing the text, pictures, and user interface elements on the screen based on the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript of a web page
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Request
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2.1.2
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Data sent from a client to a server, also called a query
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Response
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2.1.2
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Data sent from a server to a client as a result of a client request
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Tag
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2.1.1
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A construct of HTML that is used to mark elements of a page with values and attributes
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Test bed
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2.1.3
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An environment designed for testing specific functions
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URL
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2.1.1
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Abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator. URL is one type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI); the generic term for all types of names and addresses that refer to objects on the web. A URL that uses the HTTP / HTTPS protocol is usually referred to as a web address
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Value
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2.1.1
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Values are concrete words or numbers. Variables in computer programs and to tag attributes in HTML can hold values
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