UNIT 1: THE ONLINE WORLD Worldwide web

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Worldwide web

Understand the concepts, functions and impact of the worldwide web (WWW),

including:

● the worldwide web (WWW) as the collection of information on computers connected

to the internet

● the role of a web server

● the structure of a website in terms of hyperlinked web pages.

● the components of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and the roles of each

component

● the function of HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

● that HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is used to create web pages

● the main features of HyperText Markup Language (HTML) source code

● the role of internet browsers in requesting and displaying web page components

● the purpose of search engines and their role in maintaining indexes of web pages.