selector

In CSS, the XHTML tag that the formatting is applied to.

XHTML:
<selector>blah.</selector>

CSS:
selector {property: value}

by Pathoschild March 21, 2005

value

in CSS, the value is the amount or setting of a property.

selector {text-weight: bold;} - this applies the value 'bold' to the property 'text-weight'.

by Pathoschild March 21, 2005

tag

A sequence of characters used in XHTML and CSS to provide information to the browser, such as text formatting.

<b></b> are, respectively, the opening and closing bold tags. This tells the browser to make the enclosed text heavier than normal.

by Pathoschild March 21, 2005