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Here are some commonly used World Wide Web terms and definitions that are useful to know.
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The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertex documents accessed via the Internet.With a web browser one can view web pages that contain text, images, videos, and navigate between them via hyperlinks.It is the complete set of electronic documents stored on computers that are connected over the Internet.The Web requires only undirectional links rather than bidirectional ones. This makes it possible for someone to link to another resource without action by the owner of that resource.As of 1993 the World Wide Web was declared free for everyone to use. A turning point for the World Wide Web begain with the introduction of the Mosaic Web Browser in 1993. Prior to this, graphics were not commonly mixed with text in web pages. WWW Wiki
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Internet
- The terms Internet and World Wide Web are often used in every-day speech without much distinction but they are not the same. The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks.Whereas the World Wide Web is one of the services that runs on the Internet.
ARPANET
-Is the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet.Designed as a computer version of the nuclear bomb shelter, ARPAnet protected the flow of information between military installations by creating a network of geographically separated computers that could exchange information via a newly developed protocol,rule for how computers interact. ARPANET Wiki
URL
-Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.The first part of the address is called a protocol identifier and it indicates what protocol to use, and the second part is called a resource name and it specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. The protocol identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two forward slashes. URL Webopedia
HTTP
- 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. HTTP Webopedia
Protocol
-An agreed-upon format for transmitting data between two devices. The protocol determines the following:the type of error checking to be used,data compression method, if any,how the sending device will indicate that it has finished sending a message,how the receiving device will indicate that it has received a message. There are a variety of standard protocols from which programmers can choose. Each has particular advantages and disadvantages; for example, some are simpler than others, some are more reliable, and some are faster. Protocol WebopediaServer
-A computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the server performs some computational task on behalf of "clients". The clients either run on the same computer or connect through the network. In most common use, server is a physical computer (a hardware system) dedicated to running one or more such services (as a host),to serve the needs of users of the other computers on the network. Depending on the computing service that it offers it could be a database server, file server, mail server, print server, web servers, or other.Server WikopediaTop-level domain
-(TLD)Is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet.The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a fully qualified domain name..TLD WikopediaHTML
-is the predominant markup language for web pages. HTML elements are the basic building-blocks of webpages.HTML is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags, enclosed in angle brackets, within the web page content.The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag (they are also called opening tags and closing tags). In between these tags web designers can add text, tags, comments, and other types of text-based content.HTML WikopediaCSS
-Cascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics (the look and formatting) of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can also be applied to any kind of XML document, including plain XML, SVG and XUL.CSS Wikopedia
Webcast
- Uses the Internet to broadcast live or delayed audio and/or video transmissions, much like traditional television and radio broadcasts. For example, a university may offer on-line courses in which the instructor Webcasts a pre-recorded or live lecture, or an enterprise may Webcast a press conference in lieu of or in addition to a conference call. Users typically must have the appropriate multimedia application in order to view a Webcast.Used to send Web-based information to an Internet user.Webcast Webopedia
Cookies
-Web sites store cookies on your computer to keep track of information about your activity on the site. Cookies are named after magic cookies, the data objects exchanged by computer processes on Unix computers to establish various authorizations. Web cookies were also called "magic cookies" when they were first introduced.A cookie is a small text file stored by a web site on your computer to keep track of information about your browsing on that site.Cookies LivingInternet
Web
-A software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. An information resource is identified by a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and may be a web page, image, video, or other piece of content.Hyperlinks present in resources enable users easily to navigate their browsers to related resources.It can also be defined as an application software or program designed to enable users to access, retrieve and view documents and other resources on the Internet. Web Wikopedia
Streaming Audio
- It's a method of delivering an audio signal to your computer over the Internet, and differs from the "normal" method of receiving Internet audio in one important way: instead of having to download a ".wav", ".au" or other type of file completely before being able to listen to it, you hear the sound as it arrives at your computer, and therefore do not have to wait for a complete download.Streaming Audio Link
Streaming Video
-Content sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed by the viewer in real time. With streaming video a Web user does not have to wait to download a file to play it. Instead, the media is sent in a continuous stream of data and is played as it arrives. The user needs a player, which is a special program that uncompresses and sends video data to the display and audio data to speakers. A player can be either an integral part of a browser or downloaded from the software maker's Web site.Streaming Video LinkCyberspace
The electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term cyberspace stands for the global network of interdependent information technology infrastructures, telecommunications networks and computer processing systems. As a social experience, individuals can interact, exchange ideas, share information, provide social support, conduct business, direct actions, create artistic media, play games, engage in political discussion, and so on, using this global network. The term has become a conventional means to describe anything associated with the Internet and the diverse Internet culture.Cyperspace WikipediaPlug-Ins
- a set of software components that adds specific abilities to a larger software application. If supported, plug-ins enable customizing the functionality of an application. For example, plug-ins are commonly used in web browsers to play video, scan for viruses, and display new file types. Well-known plug-ins examples include Adobe Flash Player, QuickTime, and Microsoft Silverlight.
ISP
- Or internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections.[1] Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers (colocation). Transit ISPs provide large tubes for connecting hosting ISPs to access ISPs.ISP Wikipedia
