Web Applications

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internet A global computer network consisting of interconnect networks using communication protocols
www(world wide web)A system of interlinked hypertext documents that are accessed via the internet using a browser
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URL A unique address identifying every resource on the internet
HTTP(hyper text markup language) This is a protocol that deffines the processing of multimedia webpages
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IP address , this is the address of each computer it uniquely identifies the physical computer loiked to the internet
Web Browser , is the application running on a users computer that is responsible for requesting the text and graphics of webpages from servers onthe webpages some examples of webpages are safari and internet exployer
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Web Sever , this provides internet pages for other computers through the internet
Web Hoster this is a type of internet hosting service that allows indivduals andf organizations to make their website accesible via the world wide web
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FTP(File Transfer Protocol) this is the commonst protocol for the movement of files across the internet . Users can acess the server by holding the required file system
ISP(internet service provider) is an organisation that has direct links to the internet and accepts transmissions from users over dial up or brodband connections and passes thses onto the interent
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Search Engine which is and application accessed over the interent that mantains the indexes of webpages . Users wanting information on a particular topic will access the search engine using the interent to sumit a topic or a list of topics
Cache , this is a store of recently accessed webpages and the images they contain,kept by a browser . because transmitting more information than is strictly necessary over the interent is inefficientIf user is frequently using the webpage
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Cookies, these are small files placed on a hard drive of a users computer by a website that he or she has visited this means the site knows if the user has visited the site
Portal this is a website that is designed to be the one that a user will want to visit first when accessign the web i nmoost cases this will allow the user to customise their own page
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Website is a collectio nof webpages at the same domain name , often with a common theme and usually maitained by a single organisation
Webpage is a document ,it will generally contain text and graphics and may well contain audio or video
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HTTP(hyper text markup language) This is a protocol that deffines the processing of multimedia webpages

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URL A unique address identifying every resource on the internet

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Web Browser , is the application running on a users computer that is responsible for requesting the text and graphics of webpages from servers onthe webpages some examples of webpages are safari and internet exployer

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Web Hoster this is a type of internet hosting service that allows indivduals andf organizations to make their website accesible via the world wide web

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ISP(internet service provider) is an organisation that has direct links to the internet and accepts transmissions from users over dial up or brodband connections and passes thses onto the interent

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