how to use css sprites? [closed]

Answer 1

In basic terms - it allows you to load one image and use the said image on various elements around your page. Leading to less load requests and possibly load times.

Here's an example: http://www.thedotproduct.org/experiments/css-sprites/

and here is the sprite image used: http://www.thedotproduct.org/experiments/css-sprites/css-sprites-menu.jpg