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Internet
⢠International network of computers used to share
data.
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Internet
⢠International network of computers used to share
data.
⢠Includes e-mail, bulletin boards, IM, newsgroups,
databases, newsgroups, streaming audio and
videoâalmost all of which is delivered, of course,
through the WWW.
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World Wide Web
⢠The graphical interface that uses the Internet to
share information.
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World Wide Web
⢠The graphical interface that uses the Internet to
share information.
⢠The WWW cannot exist without the Internet. The
Internet can and does exist without the Web.
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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol
The rules that move Web pages across the Internet
and that link pages together
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IP
Internet Protocol
IP addresses are unique numbers that identify
specific computers connected to the Internet.
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DNS
Domain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through
the Internet would be far more laborious and error-
prone if it had to be done with IP addressesâe.g.,
10.0.1.197).
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DNS
Domain Name System
Connecting to computers and Web sites through
the Internet would be far more laborious and error-
prone if it had to be done with IP addressesâe.g.,
10.0.1.197).
The DNS is what translates domain names
(www.mcpherson.edu) meaningful to humans into
an IP.
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
⢠The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
⢠The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet
⢠The address beginning with the transfer protocol
HTTP:// in a browser address bar
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URL
Uniform Resource Locator
⢠The rules that identify specific files available on the
Internet
⢠The address beginning with the transfer protocol
HTTP:// in a browser address bar
⢠See pg. 22 in Robbins for parts of a URL address
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Other Web acronyms
⢠DHTML: Dynamic HTML
⢠PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
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Other Web acronyms
⢠DHTML: Dynamic HTML
⢠PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
⢠MySQL: Structured Query Language
The preceding âMyâ indicates that MySQL is Open
Source and free for anyone to use
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Other Web acronyms
⢠DHTML: Dynamic HTML
⢠PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
⢠MySQL: Structured Query Language
The preceding âMyâ indicates that MySQL is Open
Source and free for anyone to use
⢠CMS: Content Management System
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Other essential Web terms
⢠JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting
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Other essential Web terms
⢠JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting
⢠jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with
just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages
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Other essential Web terms
⢠JavaScript: A client-side scripting language (which
means end-users can turn it off, disabling any parts
of your Web page dependent upon scripting
⢠jQuery: A JavaScript library that can be called with
just a few lines of code in your XHTML pages
⢠AJAX: Asynchronous JavaScript and XML