Tuesday, 26 November 2013

World Wide Web

Web server...
The term web server can refer to either the hardware or the software that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet. The most common use of web servers is to host websites, but there are other uses such as gaming, data storage or running enterprise applications.
What is the world wide web?
it is an information system on the internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links. enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another.
 
Hyperlink...
An element in an electronic document that links to another place in the same document or to an entirely different document. Typically, you click on the hyperlink to follow the link. Hyperlinks are the most essential ingredient of all hypertext systems, including the World Wide Web.
For example....
essential ingredient of all hypertext systems, including the World Wide Web.
Short for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. For example, when you enter a URL in your browser, this actually sends an HTTP command to the Web server directing it to fetch and transmit the requested Web page.
Search engines...
a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the Internet.
URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. A URL is a formatted text string used by Web browsers, email clients and other software to identify a network resource on the Internet. Network resources are files that can be plain Web pages, other text documents, graphics, or programs.
URL strings consist of three parts (substrings):
1. network protocol
2. host name or address
3. file or resource location
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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