The Web Flashcards
the web, originally known as the
World Wide Web
A collection of webpages (often shortened to “pages”) makes up a
website
To access the web, you open a
a browser (Google, Chrome, Safari)
an address that identifies the location of the page on the Internet
uniform resource locator (URL)
A standardized procedure computers use to exchange information
Protocol (HTTP)
The address of the server storing the webpage
Server address (www.hbs.com)
The address to the folder containing the webpage
Pathname (student/index/html)
The name of the webpage file
File name (index/html)
the most common way to transfer information around the web, to retrieve the page
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
delivers webpages to computers requesting the pages through a browser
A web server
a unique number that consists of four sets of numbers from 0 to 255 separated by periods, or dots, as in 69.32.132.255.
Internet Protocol (IP) address
As you navigate websites, your browser keeps a copy of each page you view in a
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The browser also keeps track of pages you have viewed in sequence by tracking
breadcrumbs
identifies the type of organization associated with the domain
a top-level domain (TLD)
Who approves and controls TLDs?
Public Technical Identifiers (PTI)
Unrestricted use, but usually identifies businesses
.biz
Most commercial sites that sell products and services
.com
Academic and research sites such as schools and universities
.edu
U.S. government organizations
.gov
International treaty organizations
.int
Military organizations
.mil
Sites optimized for mobile devices
.mobi
Network providers, ISPs, and other Internet administrative organizations
.net
Organizations such as political or not for profit (any website can have the it but, traditionally, only professional and nonprofit organizations such as churches and humanitarian groups use it)
.org