JavaScript Terminology

Objects (tags, Elements in XHTML): body, frame, h1, window, document
Properties (attributes in XHTML): bgcolor, background, height, width, nowrap
Arguments (values in XHTML): ="somevalue"
Events (actions, interactions): onMouseOver, onClick
Methods (JavaScript commands): alert, close, assign, print, write, writeln
Collections (set of similar objects): all, attributes, bookmarks, links, areas, forms
Function (subroutine, program): a set of methods the computer will do when an event happens