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3. Internet Protocols - The World Wide Web
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- 1SoftwareComputer programmes.
- 2HTTP - Hypertext Transfer ProtocolAn application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web.
- 3HTML - Hypertext Markup languageA computer language used to create web pages.
- 4HTML elementAn individual component of a HTML document.
- 5TagFormatting code used in hypertext mark up language (HTML).
- 6URL - Uniform Resource IdentifierA unique string of characters which makes up a web page’s address. Made up of Protocols, Domain Name and Path
- 7HyperlinkA link which can be
text or a graphic which takes
you to another web page or
location within a document. - 8Web serverStores web pages. It is the job of a web server to deliver web pages to users’ computers.
- 9Web BrowserDisplays webpages. The most popular web browsers that are used today are Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Safari and the Opera browser.
- 10WizardA sequence of dialogue boxes which lead the user through a series of well-defined steps. Not Gandalf.
- 11Web Crawlers/SpidersIs a program or automated script which browses the World Wide Web in a methodical, automated manner.
- 12Search engineA ‘search and locate’ system into which you type what you are looking for and a series of ‘best match’ results will then be displayed.
- 13Communications ProtocolA set of rules which allows a computer system to connect with a different system to transfer data.
- 14BitThe amount of data transferred within a unit of time - bits per second.
- 15BandwidthA measure of the available capacity of a network to carry data measured in bits per second.
- 16Dial-upA wired connection via a conventional telephone line, which needs a modem to convert signals to and from analogue for transmission.
- 17BroadbandA wired connection to a broadband supplier. Normally the connection is via a network card in the computer. Cable users have an ethernet connection from their computer to the network.
- 18WirelessUsed by wireless-enabled
devices (computers, mobiles,
smartphones, etc.) to log in to
the internet. Wireless is exactly
what it says; there are no wires to
connect. - 19AnalogueRelating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage.
- 20DigitalExpressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization.
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- All the anachronisms... All the software and programmes terms and things that make web pages and stuff.
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- Daf (murrayd17) · Nov 2015
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- May 27, 2016
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