WGU D276 OA EXAMS 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ WWW (World Wide Web). Answer: WWW or Worldwide Web, or
simply "the web," developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
◉ Webpage. Answer: a document that is viewed in a web browser
◉ HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Answer: The standard
markup language for web documents.
◉ Early 1990's. Answer: The period when the web was first
developed.
◉ Website. Answer: a collection of related webpages
◉ Web Server. Answer: A program that serves webpages to browsers
◉ HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). Answer: the protocol used
for transmitting web pages over the Internet
,◉ Browser. Answer: A program for viewing webpages.
◉ W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Answer: The main
international standards organization for the World Wide Web
◉ WHATWG. Answer: Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group (WHATWG) is an organization that develops a
variety of web standards and whose members include the major
browser vendors.
◉ HTML Living Standard. Answer: Produced by the WHATWG. A
continually evolving standard without version numbers that
replaces HTML5.
◉ 1945. Answer: The idea for generating links from within one
document to other documents is described.
◉ 1965. Answer: The term hypertext was invented
◉ 1990. Answer: The first web browser was created
◉ 1994. Answer: The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
◉ 1995. Answer: HTML 2.0 standard published
, ◉ 2014. Answer: HTML5 standard published.
◉ 2019. Answer: WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
◉ Separation of Duties. Answer: Over time, a move to separate
document structure (HTML), document presentation (CSS), and
webpage interaction with the user (JavaScript).
◉ Packet. Answer: Information sent on the internet that contains TO
and FROM IP addresses, the information to communicate, and other
configuration information.
◉ IP address. Answer: Internet Protocol address, a computer's
unique address on the internet. A typical IP address is 32 bits,
divided into 8-bit groups, often written as a decimal number.
◉ IPv4. Answer: The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit
addresses, can represent about 4 billion unique addresses.
◉ IPv6. Answer: A new protocol developed to replace IPv4,
addressing the issue of IP address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit
addresses.
STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CONCEPT REVIEW
◉ WWW (World Wide Web). Answer: WWW or Worldwide Web, or
simply "the web," developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
◉ Webpage. Answer: a document that is viewed in a web browser
◉ HTML (Hypertext Markup Language). Answer: The standard
markup language for web documents.
◉ Early 1990's. Answer: The period when the web was first
developed.
◉ Website. Answer: a collection of related webpages
◉ Web Server. Answer: A program that serves webpages to browsers
◉ HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). Answer: the protocol used
for transmitting web pages over the Internet
,◉ Browser. Answer: A program for viewing webpages.
◉ W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). Answer: The main
international standards organization for the World Wide Web
◉ WHATWG. Answer: Web Hypertext Application Technology
Working Group (WHATWG) is an organization that develops a
variety of web standards and whose members include the major
browser vendors.
◉ HTML Living Standard. Answer: Produced by the WHATWG. A
continually evolving standard without version numbers that
replaces HTML5.
◉ 1945. Answer: The idea for generating links from within one
document to other documents is described.
◉ 1965. Answer: The term hypertext was invented
◉ 1990. Answer: The first web browser was created
◉ 1994. Answer: The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
◉ 1995. Answer: HTML 2.0 standard published
, ◉ 2014. Answer: HTML5 standard published.
◉ 2019. Answer: WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
◉ Separation of Duties. Answer: Over time, a move to separate
document structure (HTML), document presentation (CSS), and
webpage interaction with the user (JavaScript).
◉ Packet. Answer: Information sent on the internet that contains TO
and FROM IP addresses, the information to communicate, and other
configuration information.
◉ IP address. Answer: Internet Protocol address, a computer's
unique address on the internet. A typical IP address is 32 bits,
divided into 8-bit groups, often written as a decimal number.
◉ IPv4. Answer: The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit
addresses, can represent about 4 billion unique addresses.
◉ IPv6. Answer: A new protocol developed to replace IPv4,
addressing the issue of IP address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit
addresses.
