I am new to the world of coding and CSS. As I post questions and read about CSS, floats and positioning I have come across the terminology logical and physical.
- For someone who knows absolutely very little about CSS, what do these mean?
- How are they different?
- When would I use either one of them?
- Is this term limited to CSS only or does it apply to languages such as PHP, ASP.NET, etc?
- If they apply to other languages as well, do they mean the same thing?
As with Demian, I’ve also never come across these terms in the CSS community or specs.
One interpretation (having read the question that these terms were used in) could be to differentiate the used of markup for stylistic purposes (physical) vs markup used in its more semantic form to give “logical” meaning to the page (rather than being purely for positioning or aesthetic purposes).
Alternatively you could think about asking the person who used those terms (@hyperboreus) for their intended meaning.