Webpage Jargon Flashcards
1
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
- a web address which specifies the webpage’s location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.
- a specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
- used to reference web pages (http), but are also used for file transfer (ftp), email (mailto), database access (JDBC) and many others.
- format: protocol // host/IP addresses : port number / path / file name . file format
- e.g: http://cs.calstatela.edu:8080/cs320stu31/index.html
p. s port number can be omitted if it uses the default port number (e.g default port number for HTTP is 80).
2
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Web browsers
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- programs running on client computers.
- request for data over the World Wide Web using URL.
- eg. MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox,
Google Chrome etc.
3
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Web servers
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- combination of software and hardware.
- data storage that uses various internet transfer protocols to respond to client requests made over the World Wide Web.
- eg. Apache, IIS.
4
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Application servers
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- web servers that can run a program on the server-side (dynamic content).
- a.k.a servlet container (when using Java).
5
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Web Applications
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- stored on application servers.
- no client-side installation, upgrades, maintenance, or backup is required.
- piracy proof
- not available offline
- e.g Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Youtube
6
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WYSIWYG
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What You See Is What You Get
- a display generated by word-processing or desktop-publishing software that exactly reflects the document as it would appear in its finished state
- e.g Dreamweaver
- lets you create pages quickly but you can only
spice up or polish up HTML effects manually
