1.5 WWW - world wide web technologies.

Question 1

www - world wide web definition

Answer 1

a collection of resources (webpages) which are connected through hyperlinks

(software that is hosted on the internet)

Question 2

types of networks that use the www software

Answer 2

• internet (public, open access)
• intranet (private, closed access)
• extranet (private, part shared access)

Question 3

internet

Answer 3

it is used to access www resources such as web pages

• it is public with open access
  meaning that anyone can request viewing the sources

Question 4

intranet

Answer 4

this belongs to one person or organisation

it is a internal, private network

an organisation can host it on an internal website so that only its employees can access it

Question 5

extranet

Answer 5

internal, private network but allows part access to those outside of the organisation

e.g
an internal website might provide access to a page via the internet.