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Property

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

/ˈprɑːpərti/nounCore term

In software engineering, property means: In CSS, the name of a style feature you set, such as color, margin or display, which is always paired with a value.

In Turkish: özellik, property

How it is used

A CSS declaration has the form 'property: value;'. Developers set, change and override properties; custom properties (CSS variables such as --main-color) store reusable values. JavaScript objects have properties too.

Example sentences

  1. Which CSS property makes the text bold? It's font-weight.

  2. Use a custom property for the brand color so we can change it in one place.

Common collocations

  • CSS property
  • custom property
  • set a property
  • shorthand property
  • CSSCascading Style Sheets: the language that controls how HTML looks, including colors, fonts, spacing, layout and animations.
  • selectorThe part of a CSS rule that says which elements the styles apply to, for example p, .button or #header.
  • attributeExtra information written inside an opening HTML tag as a name and a value, such as href in a link or alt in an image.
  • marginThe space outside an element's border, which pushes other elements away from it.

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