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packet

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A unit into which information is divided for transmission across the Internet.
page view

From Web Characterization Terminology & Definitions Sheet (1999-05-24) | Glossary for this source

Visual rendering of a Web page in a specific client environment at a specific point in time.
palette

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

indexed table of three 8-bit sample values, red, green, and blue, which with an indexed-colour image defines the red, green, and blue sample values of the reference image . In other cases, the palette may be a suggested palette that viewers may use to present the image on indexed-colour display hardware. Alpha samples may be defined for palette entries via the alpha table and may be used to reconstruct the alpha sample values of the reference image.
parameter

From XSL Transformations (XSLT) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

The xsl:param element declares a parameter, which may be a stylesheet parameter, a template parameter, or a function parameter. A parameter is a variable with the additional property that its value can be set by the caller when the stylesheet, the template, or the function is invoked.
parameter entities

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

Parameter entities are parsed entities for use within the DTD.
parameter entity

From Modularization of XHTML (2001-04-10) | Glossary for this source

an entity whose scope of use is within the document prolog (i.e., the external subset/DTD or internal subset). Parameter entities are disallowed within the document instance.
parameter-entity references

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

Parameter-entity references use percent-sign (%) and semicolon (;) as delimiters.
parameter-entity references

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

Parameter-entity references use percent-sign (%) and semicolon (;) as delimiters.
parent

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

As a consequence of this, for each non-root element C in the document, there is one other element P in the document such that C is in the content of P, but is not in the content of any other element that is in the content of P. P is referred to as the parent of C, and C as a child of P.
parent

From XML Path Language (XPath) (1999-11-16) | Glossary for this source

Every node other than the root node has exactly one parent, which is either an element node or the root node.
parent

From Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range Specification (2000-11-13) | Glossary for this source

A parent is an immediate ancestor node of a node.
parent

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

As a consequence of this, for each non-root element C in the document, there is one other element P in the document such that C is in the content of P, but is not in the content of any other element that is in the content of P. P is referred to as the parent of C, and C as a child of P.
parent document type

From Modularization of XHTML (2001-04-10) | Glossary for this source

A parent document type of a hybrid document is the document type of the root element.
parsed character data (PCDATA)

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

An SGML/XML data type for raw data occurring in a context where text is parsed and markup (for instance entity references and element start/end tags) is recognized.
parsed entity

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.1 (2004-02-04) | Glossary for this source

The contents of a parsed entity are referred to as its replacement text; this text is considered an integral part of the document.
parsed entity's

From Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (2000-10-06) | Glossary for this source

A parsed entity's contents are referred to as its replacement text; this text is considered an integral part of the document.
parsing

From XHTML 1.0: The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition) (2000-01-26) | Glossary for this source

Parsing is the act whereby a document is scanned, and the information contained within the document is filtered into the context of the elements in which the information is structured.
partial understanding

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

The ability to understand part of the import of a document that uses multiple vocabularies, some but not all of which are understood.
partially selected

From XML Inclusions (XInclude) (2004-12-20) | Glossary for this source

An information item is said to be partially selected by a range if it contains only the starting point of the range, or only the ending point of the range.
participate

From XML Linking Language (XLink) (2001-06-27) | Glossary for this source

When a link associates a set of resources, those resources are said to participate in the link.

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