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boundary whitespace

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

Boundary whitespace is a sequence of consecutive whitespace characters within the content of a direct element constructor, that is delimited at each end either by the start or end of the content, or by a DirectConstructor, or by an EnclosedExpr. For this purpose, characters generated by character references such as or by CdataSections are not considered to be whitespace characters.
boundary-space declaration

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

A boundary-space declaration sets the boundary-space policy in the static context, overriding any implementation-defined default. Boundary-space policy controls whether boundary whitespace is preserved by element constructors during processing of the query.
boundary-space policy.

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

Boundary-space policy. This component controls the processing of boundary whitespace by direct element constructors, as described in .
bounding box

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

The rectangular box of smallest size, taking into account the constraints on boxes allowed in a particular context, which contains some specific part of a rendered display.
box

From Mathematical Markup Language (MathML) Version 2.0 (2001-02-21) | Glossary for this source

A rectangular plane area considered to contain a character or further sub-boxes, used in discussions of rendering for display. It is usually considered to have a baseline, height, depth and width.
braille

From Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (1999-05-05) | Glossary for this source

Braille uses six raised dots in different patterns to represent letters and numbers to be read by people who are blind with their fingertips. The word "Accessible" in braille follows:A braille display, commonly referred to as a "dynamic braille display," raises or lowers dot patterns on command from an electronic device, usually a computer. The result is a line of braille that can change from moment to moment. Current dynamic braille displays range in size from one cell (six or eight dots) to an eighty-cell line, most having between twelve and twenty cells per line.
bridge

From Glossary of W3C Jargon (2003-03-11) | Glossary for this source

n. A teleconference bridge. A device which connects multiple telephone lines for the purpose of holding meetings.
browser

From Glossary of "Weaving the Web" (1999-07-23) | Glossary for this source

A Web client that allows a human to read information on the Web.
browser

From Glossary of Terms for Device Independence (2005-01-18) | Glossary for this source

A user agent that allows a user to perceive and interact with information on the Web.
This definition was developed from that in Weaving the Web: Glossary.
browser

From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15) | Glossary for this source

A program which allows a person to read hypertext . The browser gives some means of viewing the contents of nodes , and of navigating from one node to another.
built-in functions

From XQuery 1.0: An XML Query Language (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

The built-in functions supported by XQuery are defined in .
built-in functions

From XML Path Language (XPath) 2.0 (2007-01-23) | Glossary for this source

The built-in functions supported by XPath are defined in .
button

From Hypertext Terms (1995-04-15) | Glossary for this source

An anchor which is the source of a link . Often, but not always, represented on screen to look like a push-button.
byte

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

8 bits; also called an octet. The highest bit (value 128) of a byte is numbered bit 7; the lowest bit (value 1) is numbered bit 0.
ordering of bytes for multi-byte data values within a PNG file or PNG datastream. PNG uses network byte order.
byte order

From Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Second Edition) (2003-11-10) | Glossary for this source

ordering of bytes for multi-byte data values within a PNG file or PNG datastream . PNG uses network byte order .

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