CSS

E3741

style sheet language web technology

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to control the presentation and layout of web pages written in HTML or XML.

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All labels observed (27)

Label	Occurrences
CSS canonical	79
Cascading Style Sheets	41
CSS3	11
CSS Box Model	1
CSS Containment Module	1
CSS Flexible Box Layout Module	1
CSS Fonts Module	1
CSS Grid Layout Module	1
CSS Level 1	1
CSS Masking Module	1
CSS Multi-column Layout Module	1
CSS Shapes Module	1
CSS Values and Units Module	1
CSS Will Change Module	1
CSS cascade	1
CSS selectors	1
CSS specifications	1
CSS viewport	1
CSS1	1
CSS1 specification	1
CSS2	1
CSS2 specification	1
CSS2.1	1
CSS3 modules	1
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)	1
SASS	1
Sass	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T20736 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CSS
Context triple: [World Wide Web, usesStandard, CSS]

A. HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to structure and present content on the World Wide Web.
B. .cl
.cl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Chile for use on the internet.
C. SCC
SCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub for computing and AI research and education.
D. CCC
The CCC, or Civilian Conservation Corps, was a New Deal work relief program in the United States during the 1930s and early 1940s that employed young men in conservation and public works projects such as reforestation, park development, and soil erosion control.
E. WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: CSS
Target entity description: CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a style sheet language used to control the presentation and layout of web pages written in HTML or XML.

A. HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard markup language used to structure and present content on the World Wide Web.
B. .cl
.cl is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Chile for use on the internet.
C. SCC
SCC is the commonly used abbreviation for the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, an interdisciplinary hub for computing and AI research and education.
D. CCC
The CCC, or Civilian Conservation Corps, was a New Deal work relief program in the United States during the 1930s and early 1940s that employed young men in conservation and public works projects such as reforestation, park development, and soil erosion control.
E. WAI
WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) program that develops guidelines, resources, and standards to make the web accessible to people with disabilities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	style sheet language ⓘ web technology ⓘ
abbreviationOf	CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cascading Style Sheets
appliesTo	HTML ⓘ MathML ⓘ SVG ⓘ HTML ⓘ surface form: XHTML XML ⓘ
category	front-end web development technology ⓘ
coDevelopedBy	Bert Bos ⓘ
coreConcept	box model ⓘ cascade ⓘ inheritance model ⓘ specificity ⓘ
createdBy	Håkon Wium Lie ⓘ
declarationContains	property ⓘ value ⓘ
designedFor	describing presentation of HTML documents ⓘ describing presentation of XML documents ⓘ
fullName	CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cascading Style Sheets
introduced	1996 ⓘ
standardizedBy	World Wide Web Consortium ⓘ
supports	animations ⓘ cascading rules ⓘ custom properties ⓘ embedded style sheets ⓘ external style sheets ⓘ flexbox layout ⓘ grid layout ⓘ inheritance ⓘ inline styles ⓘ media queries ⓘ positioning ⓘ pseudo-classes ⓘ pseudo-elements ⓘ selectors ⓘ transforms ⓘ transitions ⓘ variables ⓘ
syntaxBasedOn	rule sets of selectors and declarations ⓘ
usedFor	controlling colors of web pages ⓘ controlling fonts of web pages ⓘ controlling layout of web pages ⓘ controlling responsive design ⓘ controlling spacing of web pages ⓘ
usedWith	DOM ⓘ JavaScript ⓘ
version	CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CSS1 CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CSS2 CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CSS2.1 CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: CSS3
versioningModel	modular specifications ⓘ

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Referenced by (155)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

World Wide Web → usesStandard → CSS ⓘ

World Wide Web Consortium → developsStandard → CSS ⓘ

Håkon Wium Lie → knownFor → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets

Håkon Wium Lie → coCreated → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets

Håkon Wium Lie → coCreated → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS1 specification

Håkon Wium Lie → workedOn → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS2 specification

Håkon Wium Lie → workedOn → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS3 modules

Håkon Wium Lie → notableWork → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS specifications

HTML → associatedWith → CSS ⓘ

CSS → fullName → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets

CSS → abbreviationOf → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets

CSS → version → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS1

CSS → version → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS2

CSS → version → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS2.1

CSS → version → CSS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS3

JavaScript → usedWith → CSS ⓘ

SVG → compatibleWith → CSS ⓘ

WAI-ARIA → usedWith → CSS ⓘ

Visual Studio → supportsProgrammingLanguage → CSS ⓘ

Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web → mainSubject → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets

GNU Emacs → supportsLanguage → CSS ⓘ

Blink → supports → CSS ⓘ

Chromium → supportsStandard → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS3

HTML5 → compatibleWith → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: CSS3

W3C CSS Working Group → field → CSS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cascading Style Sheets