Block
The termblock can have several meanings depending on the context. It may refer to:
- Block (CSS)
- Ablock on a webpage is an HTML element that appears on a new line, i.e., underneath the preceding element in a horizontal writing mode, and above the following element (commonly known as ablock-level element). For example,
pis by default a block-level element, whereasais aninline element — you can put several links next to one another in your HTML source and they will sit on the same line as one another in the rendered output. - Block (scripting)
- In JavaScript, ablock is a collection of related statements enclosed in braces ("{}"). For example, you can put a block of statements after an
Statements/if...elseblock, indicating that the interpreter should run the code inside the block if the condition is true, or skip the whole block if the condition is false.