The Website Jargon Test

1. If someone asks you "what is the URL" what do they mean?

I would like to offer you a knighthood

I want to know how to address an Earl if I meet one in the street

What is the address of your website

Did you get that one, just trying to lull you into a false sense of securuty before the really rough questions later on...

Explanation

Did you get that one, just trying to lull you into a false sense of securuty before the really rough questions later on...

2. HTML is used all over the internet, but what does it mean?

Hot Tomatoes Melt Lips

HyperText Markup Language

How To Meet Ladies

That was an easy one but there's more to come and they get harder...

Explanation

That was an easy one but there's more to come and they get harder...

3. Wordpress and Drupal are examples of Open Source software. What does Open Source mean?

People who are open to using tomato ketchup

Free bottled mineral water

Software that is designed and developed through peer review as opposed to proprietary commercial software

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
From Wikipedia
The free bottled mineral water might become available one day.
Well done by the way, you finished!

Explanation

Open source is a development method for software that harnesses the power of distributed peer review and transparency of process. The promise of open source is better quality, higher reliability, more flexibility, lower cost, and an end to predatory vendor lock-in.
From Wikipedia
The free bottled mineral water might become available one day.
Well done by the way, you finished!

4. What is CSS used for?

To control water flow in public fountains

To help fashion designers control the cut of their fabrics

To control the look and formatting of a web page

To help nurses making hospital corners

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML,

From Wikipedia

Explanation

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML,

From Wikipedia

5. What does SEO stand for in the world of websites?

Senior Executive Officer

Subtransfer Earth Orbit

Search Engine Optimisation

Survivability Enhancement Options

Super Entity Obstructer

Well done if you spotted the correct answer cunningly hidden in among a lot of other real abbreviations.

Explanation

Well done if you spotted the correct answer cunningly hidden in among a lot of other real abbreviations.

6. What does the abbreviation CMS stand for in web design?

Constant Maturity Swap

Cryptographic Message Syntax

Content Management System

Conversational Monitor System

A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer program that allows publishing,

editing and modifying content on a web site as well as maintenance from a central

From wikipedia

Explanation

A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer program that allows publishing,

editing and modifying content on a web site as well as maintenance from a central

From wikipedia

7. If b stands for byte, KB stands for Kilobyte and MB stands for Megabyte, what does TB stand for (in terms of file size)?

Tallulahbyte

Tetrabyte

Tarquinbyte

Terabyte

- The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte digital information. The prefix tera means 1012 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore 1 terabyte is 1099511627776bytes, or 1 trillion (short scale) bytes, or 1024 gigabytes. I prefer the Tallulahbyte myself.
From Wikipedia

Explanation

- The terabyte is a multiple of the unit byte digital information. The prefix tera means 1012 in the International System of Units (SI), and therefore 1 terabyte is 1099511627776bytes, or 1 trillion (short scale) bytes, or 1024 gigabytes. I prefer the Tallulahbyte myself.
From Wikipedia

8. If I told you I had a Responsive website what would it mean?

My website is sensual and attractive

My website adapts according to the site of the screen that you view it on

My website is highly responsible and politically correct

Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is an approach to web design in which a site is crafted to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones) - No reason your site couldn't also be sensual and attractive though!
Mainly from wikipedia

Explanation

Responsive web design (often abbreviated to RWD) is an approach to web design in which a site is crafted to provide an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with a minimum of resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop computer monitors to mobile phones) - No reason your site couldn't also be sensual and attractive though!
Mainly from wikipedia