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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Add Style to the Page

Aditya Allam
Aditya Allam
181 Points
Posted by Aditya Allam
Aditya Allam
181 Points

cascading style sheets

what is the literal meaning of css(cascading style sheet)?

2 Answers

Kathleen Sapp
Kathleen Sapp
12,776 Points

Aditya- According to http://techterms.com/definition/css: "CSS stands for "Cascading Style Sheet." Cascading style sheets are used to format the layout of Web pages. They can be used to define text styles, table sizes, and other aspects of Web pages that previously could only be defined in a page's HTML.

CSS helps Web developers create a uniform look across several pages of a Web site. Instead of defining the style of each table and each block of text within a page's HTML, commonly used styles need to be defined only once in a CSS document. Once the style is defined in cascading style sheet, it can be used by any page that references the CSS file. Plus, CSS makes it easy to change styles across several pages at once."

Kathleen Sapp
Kathleen Sapp
12,776 Points
Kathleen Sapp
Kathleen Sapp
12,776 Points

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