- Table of Contents
- A object — An object that represents an <A> element when instantiated in MSIE.
- ABBR object — An object representing the HTML content (an abbreviation) delimited by the <ABBR> HTML tags.
- about: URL — This is a special kind of URL that fetches content from a storage area inside the Netscape browser instead from using HTTP to get it from a web server.
- abstract — Reserved for future language enhancements.
- AbstractView object — An object that belongs to the DOM level 2 views module.
- Accessor method — A method for accessing publicly available object properties.
- ACRONYM object — An object representing the HTML content delimited by the <ACRONYM> HTML tags.
- Activation object — The activation object is created when the flow of control first enters an execution context.
- Active Server Pages — A Microsoft web server product.
- ActiveX — This is a Microsoft technology for embedding and sharing code.
- ActiveXObject object — A Windows and MSIE specific object that allows various document components to be embedded.
- ActiveXObject() — Used for manufacturing new ActiveX objects.
- Add (+) — Add two numeric operands together. See concatenation for Strings.
- Add then assign (+=) — Add two numeric operands and assign the result to the first. See concatenation for Strings.
- Adding JavaScript to HTML — The most popular use of JavaScript is in web pages. Adding it is quite simple.
- Additive expression — This is an expression that adds or subtracts values.
- Additive operator — An operator that adds or subtracts values.
- ADDRESS object — An object representing the HTML content delimited by the <ADDRESS> HTML tags.
- ADO — ActiveX Data Objects is a Microsoft technology for accessing data.
- Adornments — The various control items that form the window border and which can be selectively enabled as needed.
- Aggregate type — Data types built from several atomic components.
- alert() — Present the alert dialog box to the user.
- Alias — An indirect reference to an object.
- Alpha() — A visual filter for controlling transparency.
- AlphaImageLoader() — An image is displayed in the object, with some additional control over how it is displayed.
- Anchor object — An object representing an HTML <A> tag.
- Anchor() — You can construct new Anchor objects in Netscape.
- Anchor.accessKey — A key that needs to be pressed before the anchor object will respond to data entry.
- Anchor.blur() — Remove input focus from the Anchor object.
- Anchor.charset — This property indicates the character encoding of the document at the location specified by the URL.
- Anchor.coords — This defines an area map within an image that is inside the <AREA> HTML tags.
- Anchor.dataFld — This binds the anchor object to a remote data source in MSIE.
- Anchor.dataSrc — The name of a remote ODBC data source is stored in this property.
- Anchor.focus() — Brings input focus back to the anchor object.
- Anchor.hash — On MSIE the Url.hash property is also available as the Anchor.hash property.
- Anchor.host — On MSIE the link.host property is also available as the anchor.host property.
- Anchor.hostname — On MSIE the link.hostname property is also available as the anchor.hostname property.
- Anchor.href — On MSIE the link.href property is also available as the anchor.href property.
- Anchor.hreflang — The language code of the document at the location specified by the URL.
- Anchor.Methods — A property that can indicate some keywords regarding the action that the server provides when the link is clicked on. These reflect the request methods.
- Anchor.mimeType — Contains a long form human readable version of the MIME type of the document at the location specified by the anchor's URL.
- Anchor.name — This corresponds to the NAME attribute of the <A> HTML tag.
- Anchor.nameProp — The filename portion of the URL value.
- Anchor.pathname — In MSIE the Url.pathname property is also available as the Anchor.pathname property.
- Anchor.port — In MSIE the Url.port property is also available as the Anchor.port property.
- Anchor.protocol — In MSIE the Url.protocol property is also available as the Anchor.protocol property.
- Anchor.protocolLong — A long form description of the protocol used by the URL.
- Anchor.recordNumber — The record within the data set that defined the element content when the content came from a data source.
- Anchor.rel — A definition of the relationship between the current document and the document at the location specified by the URL.
- Anchor.rev — A complementary description of the link to the current document as viewed from the document at the location specified by the URL.
- Anchor.search — The query portion of an HREF URL if there is one.
- Anchor.shape — A map whose extent is defined by the coords property and which can be one of several different shapes.
- Anchor.tabIndex — A control of where the Anchor object appears in the tabbing order of the page.
- Anchor.target — In MSIE the Url.target property is also available as the Anchor.target property.
- Anchor.text — The text between the <A> and </A> HTML tags in Netscape.
- Anchor.type — A MIME type value in its abbreviated machine recognizable form.
- Anchor.urn — An alternative format of the contents of the URL.
- Anchor.x — The X location of the anchor within the document.
- Anchor.y — The Y location of the anchor within the document.
- AnchorArray object — An array of Anchor objects retrieved from the document.anchors property.
- AnchorArray.length — The number of named anchors in the current document.
- Anonymous code — Script source executed by function objects.
- Anonymous function — A manually constructed function object with no identifying name.
- Applet object — An object representing an HTML <APPLET> tag.
- Applet() — You normally would not use the constructor to create new applets, but it is possible to do this if you need to create an applet container.
- Applet.align — Determines how the applet area aligns with its surrounding content.
- Applet.alt — The alternative text to be used instead of the applet block in case the applet fails to load or for use as a tool-tip text..
- Applet.altHTML — Some alternative HTML to display if the applet fails to load.
- Applet.archive — The name of a zip archive containing multiple class files.
- Applet.code — The Java class code for the applet.
- Applet.codeBase — The path to the directory containing the applet code.
- Applet.height — The height of the applet extent rectangle in pixels.
- Applet.hspace — The width of the horizontal margin spacing around an Applet object.
- Applet.name — This corresponds to the NAME attribute of the <APPLET> HTML tag.
- Applet.object — An accessor that yields a reference to the containing JavaScript object when there is a possibility of naming conflicts between internally visible and externally visible property names.
- Applet.src — A supplementary property for passing in URL values to the applet.
- Applet.start() — A public method that starts an applet running.
- Applet.stop() — A public method that stops an applet running.
- Applet.vspace — The height of the vertical margin spacing around an Applet object.
- Applet.width — The width of the applet extent rectangle in pixels.
- AppletArray object — A sub-class of the Array object that implements an applet collection.
- AppletArray.length — The number of Applet objects in the collection.
- Area object — An object representing an <AREA> HTML tag.
- Area.accessKey — A key that needs to be pressed before the mapped link will respond to data entry.
- Area.add() — Add a new element to the Area object that describes the image map.
- Area.alt — The tool-tip text for the Area object.
- Area.coords — The extent rectangle for the Area object within a map.
- Area.hash — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.host — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.hostname — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.href — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.name — This corresponds to the NAME attribute of the <AREA> HTML tag.
- Area.noHref — A Boolean flag to indicate whether the area is a link or a dead spot within the map.
- Area.pathname — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.port — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.protocol — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.search — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.shape — The shape of the extent area within the map.
- Area.tabIndex — A control of where the Area object appears in the tabbing order of the page.
- Area.target — MSIE represents URLs in Link objects.
- Area.text — Netscape represents <AREA> tags as Url objects and therefore they inherit this property.
- Area.x — Netscape provides this as an enumerable property because it represents an <AREA> as a Url object.
- Area.y — Netscape provides this as an enumerable property because it represents an <AREA> as a Url object.
- areas[] — A collection of all the Area objects that contribute to making an image map for the page.
- argc parameter — A command line argument count.
- Argument — A value passed to a function.
- Argument list — A list of values that are passed to a function.
- Arguments object — An object represented as an array containing the argument values passed to the function when it is called.
- Arguments.callee — The function object being called.
- Arguments.caller — The object that called the function that owns the arguments.
- Arguments.length — The number of arguments passed to a function dictates the length of the array to hold them.
- arguments[] — A property that is available inside a function to access its Arguments object.
- argv parameter — A command line argument collection.
- Arithmetic constant — A constant derived from arithmetic (Numeric) values.
- Arithmetic operator — An operator that works with numeric operands.
- Arithmetic type — A subset of the native types concerned with numeric values.
- Array index delimiter ([ ]) — Access elements of an array with this delimiter.
- Array literal — A means of creating and initializing an array at once.
- Array object — An object of the class "Array".
- Array() — An Array object constructor.
- Array() — An Array object constructor.
- Array.Class — Internal property that returns an object class.
- Array.concat() — Concatenate arrays together.
- Array.constructor — A reference to a constructor object.
- Array.index — A special property provided only when the array results from a string match.
- Array.input — A special property provided only when the array results from a string match.
- Array.join() — Concatenate array elements to make a string.
- Array.length — The number of elements in an array.
- Array.pop() — Pops items off of the end of an array like a FILO stack.
- Array.prototype — The prototype for the Array object which can be used to extend the interface for all Array objects.
- Array.push() — Pushes items onto the end of an array like a FILO stack.
- Array.reverse() — Reverse the order of array elements.
- Array.shift() — Pull off of a stack whose access is FILO from the start rather than the end.
- Array.slice() — Slice out a sub-array from the receiving array.
- Array.sort() — Sort the elements in an array.
- Array.splice() — An array editing tool.
- Array.toLocaleString() — Returns a string primitive version of the array taking the present locale into account during the translation.
- Array.toSource() — Output an array formatted as an Array literal contained in a string.
- Array.toString() — Return a string primitive version of an object.
- Array.unshift() — Push onto a stack whose access is FILO from the start rather than the end.
- Array.valueOf() — Returns the contents of the array converted to a native primitive value.
- Array simulation — A means of simulating arrays in JavaScript.
- ASCII — A table of seven-bit binary numbers that encode the alphabet and other symbols.
- ASP — The object model inside an ASP server module.
- ASP — Active Server Pages. A Microsoft product.
- Assign value (=) — Assign one operand to a left value.
- Assignment expression — An expression that causes an assignment as a by-product.
- Assignment operator — An operator that causes an assignment as a by-product.
- Associative array indexing — Accessing array elements with strings as symbolic names.
- Associativity — A direction of evaluation of an operator-driven expression.
- atob() — Decode some base-64 encoded data.
- attachEvent() — A means of attaching events to windows and documents.
- Attr object — This is implemented in MSIE as an Attribute object.
- Attribute object — A DOM object that represents an HTML tag attribute.
- Attribute.name — The name of the HTML tag attribute this object represents.
- Attribute.nodeName — Another alias for the name property of an Attribute object.
- Attribute.nodeType — Part of the internal document hierarchy management within MSIE.
- Attribute.nodeValue — Another name for the value property of this object.
- Attribute.specified — Whether the value has been specified or not.
- Attribute.value — The value of the HTML tag attribute if it has been specified.
- Attributes object — A sub-class of the Array object that contains a set of Element object attributes. This is a collection of all attribute objects that apply to an element.
- Attributes.length — The number of tag attributes supported in this Attributes array.
- ATVEF — Advanced Television Enhancement Forum.
- Aural style sheets — The CSS standard describes style properties for spoken text.
- AuthentiCode — This is a security model that applies digital signatures to ActiveX objects in MSIE.
- Automatic semi-colon insertion — The action of adding semi-colons where they have been omitted.
- Automation object — An object created in the JScript environment for connecting to other applications within the host environment.
