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What is a browser?

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What does a browser do?

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How many browsers are there?

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What does HTTP stand for?

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HyperText Transfer Protocol

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What is the purpose of HTTP?

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Where is HTTP used?

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How is HTTPS related to HTTP?

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Why is HTTPS important? What problems does it solve?

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What does TCP/IP stand for?

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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

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What is the purpose of TCP/IP?

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To set boundaries, or rules, for computers to communicate with each other on the internet.

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What are the layers of TCP/IP?

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What is an IP address?

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What is an example of an IP address?

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What version of IP addresses is best?

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What does URL stand for?

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Uniform Resource Locator

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Where do you put a URL?

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What are the different parts of a URL?

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What affects the length of a URL?

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What things need a URL?

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What does DNS stand for?

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Domain Name System

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What is the purpose of DNS?

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It’s a giant system that matches domain names to the ip addresses of their servers.

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How is DNS related to a URL?

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What and where does DNS store its information?

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What is the purpose of a Web Server?

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Where does a web server live?
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Who controls web servers?
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What is a web client?
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Where do web clients live?
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What software is required to be a web client?
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What does WWW stand for?
World Wide Web
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How is WWW different from the internet?
It is a set of resources, documents, and applications that are ON the internet
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Why do you see www in a URL? Is www in every website?
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What does HTML stand for? What role does HTML play in web development?
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What role does HTML play in web development?
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What does CSS stand for?
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What role does CSS play in web development?
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What is the purpose of client-side scripting languages?
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What is the purpose of server-side scripting languages?

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