Gr 12 2.4 – INTERNET SERVICES TECHNOLOGIES

Question 1

AJAX

Answer 1

AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) combines
JavaScript with a browser command to allow the browser to
download data without requiring the whole page to refresh.

Question 2

Cookie

Answer 2

A text file (max 4 Kb) used to store customised settings for a
website on your local computer.

Question 3

CSS

Answer 3

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) allow you to define and name
styles and then specify the formatting for those styles and
save it all into .css file – this makes it easy to apply
consistent formatting to the elements of your website.

Question 4

Javascript

Answer 4

A language designed specifically for execution within web
browsers.

Question 5

Online storage

Answer 5

Storage of data in a database by a web server, which
manages resource files such as pictures and videos needed
to generate web pages. (Distinguish carefully from online file
storage, which refers to services offered by sites such as
Dropbox, OneDrive, ect.)

Question 6

Server side instructions / scripting

Answer 6

Server-side instructions make dynamic creation of a web
page possible and are written in languages such as Perl,
Ruby, ASP.NET, Python and PHP. These instructions are
carried out on the server before the .html (page page) file is
sent to the browser.

Question 7

SQL Stored procedures

Answer 7

A whole lot of SQL instructions, grouped together and given
a unique name, and then stored inside the database for easy
reuse later.

Question 8

Web storage specification

Answer 8

A newer alternative to cookies that allows more continuous
and flexible local data storage, and larger amounts of it,
using JavaScript.

Question 9

XML

Answer 9

XML or Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules that you
follow when creating your own codes, to allow you to
structure data in a text document in any way that you need
to.