1.3.4 Web Technologies

Question 1

Search Engine Indexing

Answer 1

The process of a search engine collecting, sorting and storing data in it’s index

Question 2

Page Rank Algorithm

Answer 2

Ranks each webpage with higher ranked pages showing up first on the search engine

There are 2 factors which determine the page rank of a page :

• Number of incoming links from other webpages
• Page rank of the pages to that link to it

Question 3

Server Side Processing

Answer 3

When a client sends data to a server for it to processed meaning no information is processed on the client computer

• Doesn’t require plugins
• More secure
• Can perform large calculations faster than clients

Question 4

Client Side Processing

Answer 4

When a client processes the data on its local device meaning all of the information is processed on the client computer

• Gives developers more control over the behaviour and look of a website
• Webpages can immediately respond to user actions

Question 5

JavaScript

Answer 5

Main function is to add interactivity to websties

Question 6

CSS

Answer 6

Used to style a webpage

Question 7

HTML

Answer 7

The language that webpages are written in