| |
Standards, Specifications
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is responsible for setting
and maintaining the Web's universal standards and common protocols.
Imagine if every town had a different set of meanings associated
with its traffic signs and signals: Out-of-towners would be demolition-derbied
the second they crossed the city line. Similarly, without W3C standards
giving the Web its uniformity, the whole thing would crumble into
chaos.
Specifications, or "specs," are the technical low-down and nitty-gritty
on a product, either software or hardware.
|