This page defines the basic terminology (vocabulary, jargon) of CSS.
Style Sheet
- A collection of rules that will be applied to a document
Rule
- A selector followed by a declaration block
Selector
- The element(s) to which the rule will be applied
Declaration Block
- A pair of curly braces { } containing one or more declarations
Declaration
- A property, followed by a colon (:), followed by a value
Property
- An aspect or quality of an element’s presention, e.g. color
Value
- The specific text or number associated with a property, e.g. read
