# Web Development flash cards: Novice level

20 Web Development terms at the Novice level, as flash cards.

Updated: October 16, 2026

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## Terms in this deck

- [Absolute Path](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/absolute-path): An absolute path is the entire path of a resource.
- [API](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/api): A set of rules that lets one program ask another for data or actions.
- [Browser default styles](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/browser-default-styles): Styles the browser adds before yours, like blue links and heading sizes.
- [Client and Server](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/client-and-server): The client asks; the server answers.
- [Color](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/color): The color property sets text color; colors can be names, hex or rgb().
- [External stylesheet](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/external-stylesheet): A separate .css file that pages load with a <link> tag.
- [Fragment identifier](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/fragment-identifier): The portion of a URL that appears after the # symbol.
- [HTTP](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/http): The request-and-response language of the web.
- [HTTPS](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/https): HTTP over an encrypted connection.
- [Inline style](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/inline-style): CSS written on one element with the style attribute.
- [Internal stylesheet](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/internal-stylesheet): CSS inside a <style> tag that styles only that page.
- [JSON](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/json): The text format most APIs use for data.
- [Kebab Case](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/kebab-case): All letters are lower case. Each word is separated by an dash.
- [Link element](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/link-element): This loads an external stylesheet.
- [Pixel](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/pixel): px: a fixed unit of size on screen.
- [Relative Path](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/relative-path): A relative path is where the path of a resource is defined in relation to the current…
- [Request](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/request): What the client sends: method, URL, headers and an optional body.
- [Response](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/response-web-development): What the server sends back: a status code, headers and usually a body.
- [URL](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/url): The full address of a resource on the web.
- [Web API](https://www.ask-codey.com/glossary/web-api): An API you call over HTTP, usually getting JSON back.

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