5.3 Internet and the World Wide Web

Question 1

Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Answer 1

An organisation that provides its customers with a connection to the internet.

Question 2

Router

Answer 2

A piece of networking hardware used to forward packets of data from one network to another.

Question 3

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)

Answer 3

A text document that contains any text to be displayed along with:

• Details of how the text should be formatted (size/colour)
• Details of any hyperlinks and where they link to using a URL.
• Details of any objects such as images/videos that should be shown within the webpage when it is displayed.