Web Glossary - X
- XHTML (eXtensible HypertText Markup Language)
- A markup language similar HTML, but with a stricter syntax similar to XML.
Related Terms: CSS (Cascading Style Sheet), HTML (HyperText Markup Language), XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
- XML (eXtensible Markup Language)
- An update version of HTML that not only describes the way to lay out content on a web page for display and printing, which HTML does, but also describes the nature of the content. XML provides a way of indexing data for retrieval and for other kinds of manipulation. XML provides a simple way to handle data exchange over the Internet.
Related Terms: AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML), RSS (Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary), XHTML (eXtensible HypertText Markup Language)