Web design glossary
Understanding web design terms helps you build, manage, and optimize websites. Whether you're a business owner, designer, or just curious, this glossary covers key concepts in web design, UI, and AI-powered site creation.
Explore the terms below to learn more about website performance, accessibility, and user experience.
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- 302 found
- 401 unauthorized error
- 301 redirect
- 404 error
- 405 method not allowed
- 403 forbidden
- 400 bad request
- 4o image generation
- 408 error
- 429 too many requests
- 431 request header fields too large
- 500 internal server error
- 502 bad gateway
- 504 gateway timeout
- 503 service unavailable
- 501 not implemented error
- 522 error
- 521 Cloudflare error
- 522 connection timed out
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- Abandoned cart recovery
- Above-the-fold content
- A/B testing
- Above the fold
- Accessibility overlays
- Accessibility testing tools
- Accessibility
- Accessibility standards
- Accessible forms
- Adaptive design
- Accordion menu
- AI chatbot
- AI-generated content
- AI tools
- AI personalization
- AI website builder
- Algorithm
- ALPN (Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation)
- AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
- Alt text
- Alt tag
- Analogous colors
- API rate limiting
- Anchor tag
- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- API integrations
- Anchor text
- Aspect ratio
- API
- Audience demographics
- Automation
- Automated web design
- ATAG (Authoring tool accessibility guidelines)
- Atomic design
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- Caching strategies
- CAPTCHA
- Call to action (CTA)
- Carousel
- Certificate authority
- Click-through rate
- Clickjacking
- Certificate revocation
- Chatbot
- Cloud hosting
- Content management system (CMS)
- Closed captions
- Code snippets
- CLS (Cumulative layout shift)
- Code editor
- Cognitive load
- Collapsible menu
- Collection item
- Color accessibility
- Color psychology
- Color theory
- Column grid
- Content audit
- Component libraries
- Contrast ratio
- Content scheduling
- Content hierarchy
- Conversion funnel analysis
- Conversion funnel
- Conversion rate optimization
- CSS filters
- Cookie
- Cross-browser testing
- Crawl budget
- CSS frameworks
- CSS preprocessor
- CSS transitions
- CSS variables
- CSS (Cascading style sheets)
- Customer journey mapping
- CSS grid
- CTA testing
- Customer reviews
- Custom domain
D
- Dark mode design
- Data-driven design
- Data layer
- Data modeling
- Data security
- Data training
- Data privacy
- Database management
- Data visualization
- Deployment
- Design iteration
- DNS management
- Design tokens
- Dedicated hosting
- Diffusion models
- Design system
- DNS propagation
- Domain expiration
- DOM manipulation
- DNS (Domain name system)
- Domain forwarding
- Domain name
- Domain privacy
- Domain registrar
- DPI (Dots per inch)
- Domain
- Dynamic pricing
- Drag and drop user interface
- Dynamic theming
- Dropdown menu
- Dynamic transfer
E
- E-commerce
- ERR_CACHE_MISS error
- Encryption
- ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED
- ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error
- ERR_QUIC_PROTOCOL_ERROR
- ERR_SPDY_PROTOCOL_ERROR
- ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED
- ERR_CONNECTION_RESET
- Embed code
- Error handling
- ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS error
- Ethical AI in web design
- Event tracking
- Exit intent popup
- Exit rate
- ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED
- External link
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- Hamburger menu
- Header
- Haptic feedback
- Headless CMS
- Header bidding
- Heatmap analysis
- Hero section
- Heatmaps
- Hex color codes
- Heuristic evaluation
- Hosting
- HTML semantic tags
- Homepage
- HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security)
- Hosting control panel
- HTML
- Hover state
- Hover effects
- HTML5 (Hypertext markup language 5)
- Hyperlink
- HTTPS (Hypertext transfer protocol secure)
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- Machine learning (ML)
- Managed hosting
- Managed SSL
- Margins
- Media queries
- Media query
- Microcopy
- Meta tags
- Mega menu
- Meta title
- Meta description
- Micro-interactions
- Microinteractions
- Mobile-first design
- Minimalist web design
- Mobile usability
- Modal window
- Mockup
- Multimodal AI
- Monochromatic scheme
- Multimodal design
- Motion UI
- Multilingual site SEO
- Mobile-first design
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- Page speed optimization
- Padding
- Parked domain
- Pagination
- Password protection
- Payment gateway
- Pixel
- Persona mapping
- Parallax scrolling
- Plugin
- PR_END_OF_FILE_ERROR
- Portfolio templates
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
- Placeholder text
- Product catalog
- Predictive analytics
- Preloading
- Predictive search
- Progressive enhancement
- Progressive web apps
- Prototype
- Python
- Prompt engineering
- Proximity
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- Schema markup
- Scalability
- Script fonts
- Scalable vector graphics (SVG)
- Sans-serif fonts
- Search intent
- Self-signed certificate
- Secure checkout
- Search query
- Semantic HTML
- SEO automation tools
- Server security
- Server-side scripting
- Serif fonts
- Server uptime
- SEO (Search engine optimization)
- Session duration
- Shared hosting
- Shared hosting
- Shopping cart
- Slider
- Side navigation
- Skeuomorphic design
- Slug
- SQL (Structured Query Language)
- Social proof
- SSL expiration
- Split URL testing
- Skip links
- SSL-handshake
- SSL (Secure sockets layer)
- Sticky menu
- Style guides
- Sticky navigation
- Subdomain
- Subscription models
- Synthetic data
- Synchronous
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- Warm colors
- Web-safe fonts
- Web design
- Web server
- Web accessibility testing
- WebP Format
- Website analytics
- Website accessibility
- Website prompts
- Website integration
- Website taxonomy
- White space
- Website template
- Widget
- Wildcard SSL
- WPO (Web performance optimization)
- Wrapper
- Wireframe
- Wireframe tools
- WYSIWYG (What you see is what you get)
- WYSIWYG editor
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