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A
- Abstraction
- Accessibility
- Adobe Flash
- AJAX
- Algorithm
- API
- Apple Safari
- Application Context
- Argument
- ARIA
- ARPA
- Arpanet
- Array
- ASCII
- Asynchronous
- ATAG
- Attribute
B
- Bandwidth
- BiDi
- Blink
- Block
- Block (CSS)
- Block (scripting)
- Boolean
- Boot2Gecko
- Bounding Box
- Browser
- Browsing context
- buffer
C
- Cache
- Cacheable
- CalDAV
- Call stack
- Callback function
- Canonical order
- Canvas
- Card sorting
- CardDAV
- caret
- CDN
- Certificate authority
- Certified
- Challenge-response authentication
- Character
- Character encoding
- Chrome
- CIA
- Cipher
- Cipher suite
- Ciphertext
- Class
- Closure
- CMS
- Codec
- Compile
- Compile time
- Computer Programming
- Conditional
- Constant
- Constructor
- Control flow
- Cookie
- Copyleft
- CORS
- Crawler
- CRLF
- Cross Axis
- Cross-site scripting
- CRUD
- Cryptanalysis
- Cryptographic hash function
- Cryptography
- CSP
- CSRF
- CSS
- CSS preprocessor
D
- Data structure
- Decryption
- Denial of Service
- Descriptor (CSS)
- Deserialization
- Developer Tools
- DHTML
- Digest
- Digital certificate
- Distributed Denial of Service
- DMZ
- DNS
- Doctype
- Document directive
- document environment
- DOM
- Domain
- Domain name
- Dominator
- DoS attack
- DTD
- DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency signaling)
- Dynamic programming language
- Dynamic typing
E
- ECMA
- ECMAScript
- Element
- Empty element
- Encapsulation
- Encryption
- Endianness
- Engine
- Entity
- Entity header
- Event
- Exception
- Expando
F
- Falsy
- Fetch directive
- Firefox OS
- firewall
- First-class Function
- Flex
- Flex Container
- Flex Item
- Flexbox
- Forbidden header name
- Forbidden response header name
- Fork
- FTP
- FTU
- Function
G
- Gaia
- Garbage collection
- Gecko
- General header
- GIF
- GIJ
- Git
- Global attribute
- Global object
- Global scope
- Global variable
- Gonk
- Google Chrome
- GPL
- GPU
- Graceful degradation
- Grid
- Grid Areas
- Grid Axis
- Grid Cell
- Grid Column
- Grid Lines
- Grid Row
- Grid Tracks
- Guard
- Gutters
- GZip compression
H
- Hash
- Head
- Header
- High-level programming language
- HMAC
- Hoisting
- Host
- Hotlink
- HPKP
- HSTS
- HTML
- HTML5
- HTTP
- HTTPS
- Hyperlink
- Hypertext
I
- I18N
- IANA
- ICANN
- ICE
- IDE
- Idempotent
- Identifier
- IDL
- IETF
- IIFE
- IMAP
- Immutable
- Index
- IndexedDB
- Information architecture
- Inheritance
- Instance
- Internet
- IP Address
- IPv4
- IPv6
- IRC
- ISO
- ISP
J
K
L
M
- Main Axis
- MathML
- Metadata
- Method
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Middleware
- mime
- MIME type
- MitM
- Mixin
- Mobile First
- Modem
- Modern web apps
- Modularity
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mutable
- MVC
N
- Namespace
- NaN
- NAT
- Native
- Navigation directive
- Netscape Navigator
- NNTP
- Node
- Node (DOM)
- Node (networking)
- Node.js
- non-normative
- Normative
- Null
- Number
O
P
- P2P
- PAC
- Parameter
- Parent object
- Parse
- Parser
- Percent-encoding
- PHP
- Pixel
- Placeholder names
- Plaintext
- PNG
- Polyfill
- Polymorphism
- POP3
- Port
- Preflight request
- Presto
- Primitive
- Privileged
- privileged code
- Progressive Enhancement
- Progressive web apps
- Property
- Property (CSS)
- Property (JavaScript)
- Protocol
- Prototype
- Prototype-based programming
- Proxy server
- Pseudo-class
- Pseudo-element
- Pseudocode
- Python
Q
R
- Random Number Generator
- Raptor
- Raster image
- RDF
- Recursion
- Reference
- Reflow
- Regular expression
- Rendering engine
- Repo
- Reporting directive
- Request header
- Response header
- Responsive web design
- REST
- RGB
- RIL
- Robots.txt
- RSS
- RTF
- rtl
- RTP
- RTSP
- Ruby
S
- Safe
- SCM
- Scope
- Script-supporting element
- SCTP
- SDP
- Search engine
- Second-level Domain
- Selector (CSS)
- Semantics
- SEO
- Serialization
- Server
- Session Hijacking
- SGML
- Shim
- Signature
- Signature (functions)
- Signature (security)
- SIMD
- Simple header
- Simple response header
- SISD
- SLD
- Sloppy mode
- Slug
- Smoke Test
- SMTP
- SOAP
- Specification
- SQL
- SQL Injection
- SRI
- SSL
- Stacking context
- State machine
- Statement
- Static typing
- String
- STUN
- SVG
- SVN
- Symbol
- Synchronous
- Syntax
- Syntax error
T
U
V
W
- W3C
- WAI
- WCAG
- Web standards
- WebDAV
- WebExtensions
- WebGL
- WebIDL
- WebKit
- WebM
- WebP
- WebRTC
- WebSockets
- WebVTT
- WHATWG
- World Wide Web
- Wrapper
X
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