Dictionary term
CSS
Also called Cascading Style Sheets
Web/DevBeginner
The language that styles a web page — colors, fonts, spacing, layout, and animations.
In plain English
The code that controls how a web page looks: colours, fonts, spacing and layout.
Analogy
Like the paint and clothes on the house's skeleton — it makes things look designed.
Why it matters
It controls how your pages actually look, so knowing CSS lets you match a brand and fix layout issues fast.
In practice
CSS turns plain black-on-white text into your branded gold-on-dark page.
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