Web Application

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WWW – (World Wide Web)
The WWW is a collection of information that has grown up on computer connected to the internet. This information is held in multimedia form and is stored in locations called websites in the form of web pages.
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The Internet
The internet is a global communications system linking computers in geographically separate locations through the use of a variety of telecommunications
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URL – (Universal Resource Locator)
A URL is a unique address (recognized method) for referring to resources on the internet. 
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HTTP – (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
Http is a protocol that defines the process of identifying, requesting and transferring multimedia web pages over the internet. These web pages are usually constructed using HTML and a secure variant HTTPS exists. 
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IP Address
Each computer linked to the internet has a physical address, a number called an IP Address. The IP Address (Internet Protocol) address uniquely identifies the physical computer linked to the internet.
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Web Browser
A web browser is the application running on a user’s computer that is responsible for requesting the text and graphics of webpages from servers on the internet, and assembling them for display.
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Web Server
A web server provides internet pages for other computers through the internet. It often provides the cache of web pages, which are pages stored when first accessed so they can be supplied later without the delay of accessing the internet.
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Web Hosting
A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web.
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FTP – (File Transfer Protocol
FTP is the commonest protocol for the movement of files across the internet. Users can access a server holding the required file and request that it be downloaded to them
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ISP – (Internet Service Provider)
is an organization that has direct links to the internet and accepts transmissions from users over dial-up or broadband connections, and passes these onto the internet
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Search Engine
A search engine is an application accessed over the internet that maintains the indexes of webpages. Users wanting information on a particular topic will access the search engine using the internet and submit a topic or list of topics. The search eng
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Cookies
Cookies are small files placed on the hard drive of a user’s computer by a website that he or she has visited. On a subsequent visit to the same site, the cookie detected and the site knows that the user has visited before. Personal information that
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Portal
A portal is a website designed to be the one that a user will want to visit first when accessing the web. There are obvious commercial advantages for a portal in attracting as many users as possible, because they can sell advertising on the site. To
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Website
A website is a collection of webpages at the same domain, often with a common theme and usually maintained by a single individual or organization. The user moves between pages by clicking on hyperlinks. This causes a new page to be loaded, or parts o
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Webpage
A webpage is a ‘document’ accessed in a browser. It will generally contain text and graphics and may well contain audio or video. Aside from text these elements are not stored on the webpage itself, but are loaded into the page by the user’s browser
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The internet is a global communications system linking computers in geographically separate locations through the use of a variety of telecommunications

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The Internet

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A URL is a unique address (recognized method) for referring to resources on the internet. 

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Card 4

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Http is a protocol that defines the process of identifying, requesting and transferring multimedia web pages over the internet. These web pages are usually constructed using HTML and a secure variant HTTPS exists. 

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Card 5

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Each computer linked to the internet has a physical address, a number called an IP Address. The IP Address (Internet Protocol) address uniquely identifies the physical computer linked to the internet.

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