| English | Kinyarwanda |
| ancestor element | umukurambere (In a tree structure, the element of which a given element is a child. Equivalent to a parent element) |
| chart element | ikigize imbonerahamwe (One of the distinct pieces that make up a chart, such as a title, axis, legend, trendline, or error bar) |
| child element | ishami (In a tree structure, an element that is contained by a parent element. A subordinate element) |
| design element | imbata y'imihangire (An item (such as a page, frameset, item type, form, view, script file, text file, cascading style sheet, or image) that contributes to an overall pattern, scheme, or layout) |
| document element | igice cy'inyandiko (The element in an XML document that contains all other elements. It is the top-level element of an XML document and must be the first element in the document) |
| picture element | ikigize ifoto (The smallest element used to form the composition of an image on a computer monitor. Computer monitors display images by drawing thousands of very small pixels arranged in columns and rows) |
| root element | igice muzi (The element in an XML document that contains all other elements. It is the top-level element of an XML document and must be the first element in the document) |
| XML element | ikigize XML (An XML structure that consists of a start tag, an end tag, and the information between the tags. Elements can have attributes and can contain other elements) |
