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CSS Terms to Apply Styling

Selector
A means to indicate which elements will be affected by a style
select by Element type
select by CLASS attribute
select by ID attribute
select by combination of Element type, ID and CLASS attribute
Property
Style characteristics that will be defined for a selector
Value
The value assigned to a particular property
Cascading
Multiple external, internal and inline styling can be applied to a document, and styles are inherited from the previous style sheet, unless over ridden by a new style