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Web Development Foundations - D276
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internet Ans: began as four networked computers in 1969
World Wide Web (web) Ans: text files known as HTML files containing
links to other files; a program known as a browser to access links; a set of
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rules known as the HTTP protocol for transferring HTML files among
computers
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webpage Ans: document viewed in a web browser
website Ans: collection of webpages organized
web server Ans: connects web pages to web browsers
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) Ans: standard markup language for
documents
hypertext Ans: contains links to other text
markup Ans: special markings in document that provide additional
information about links, formatting, images, etc.
web vs internet Ans: much of today is web traffic; internet =
interconnection of computers using rules; web = one particular use of
the internet
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web browser Ans: downloads HTML file from a web server; displays
document to user with correct formatting; allows user to interact with
document
W3C Ans: international standards organization that has traditionally
controlled a number of web standards, including HTML;
Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) Ans:
formed in 2019; uses the HTML Living Standards
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HTML Ans: defines the structure and content of a web page
CSS Ans: specifies layout and appearance; Cascading Style Sheets;
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describes how webpage is styled for visual presentation;
JavaScript Ans: describes the dynamic behaviors and actions of a web
page
internet packet Ans: contains to and from IP addresses
Internet protocol (IP) address Ans: computer's unique address on the
internet; usually 32 bits; largest is 255
domain name Ans: name for IP address
DNS server Ans: converts domain name to IP address; 13 exist called root
servers)
domain name registrar Ans: used to name unnamed domains;
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top-level domains (TLD) Ans: .com, .net, .org, .edu, .gov
Country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) Ans: .uk(UK); .ru (russia);
.de(germany)
second-level domain Ans: below top-level domain; e.g. "wikipedia" for
wikipedia.org; commonly an organization's name
third-level domain/further-level domains Ans: below second-level
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domain; sub computer systems local to an organization; e.g. www
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Ans: domain names most commonly
seen in this; location of web resource on the web; composed of:
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scheme, hostname, path, query string, fragment
web resource Ans: any retrievable item, like an HTML file, image, video,
CSS style sheet, etc.
webpage error Ans: status code 404
TCP/IP Ans: protocol suite that governs how data packets are
transferred over the internet from one machine to another
HTTP request Ans: a message sent from the web browser to the web
server
HTTP response Ans: A message sent from the web server back to the
web browser in response to an HTTP request
HTTP request and response components Ans: 1. Start Line (specifies HTTP
version being used)