Exchanging Data 1.3 part 2 Flashcards
What is HTML?
HTML is the Language that web pages are written in
What does HTML do?
HTML allows a browser to interpret and render a webpage
What is CSS?
CSS is a Language which is used to describe the style of the webpage
What is Javascript?
Javascript is a language used on webpages to add interactivity
What is a search engine?
A search engine is a program that searches through a database of internet addresses, looking for a resource based on criteria set by the user
What software do search engine use?
Web Crawlers
What do Web Crawlers do?
They travel across the internet, collecting keywords and phrases from a web page and adding it to an index of web resources
What is the PageRank algorithm?
The algorithm used to determine the order used when showing results for a search engine query
What factors determine a PageRank?
- The number of incoming links it has from other webpages
- The PageRank of the webpages that link to it
what is server-side processing?
Server-side processing is when a client sends information to a server for processing
What is client-side processing?
Client-side processing is when information is processed on a local device for processing