Internet

Question 1

What is a cookie?

Answer 1

A cookie is a string sent from a server to the browser. The string is stored in the browser and sent back to that server every time the browser makes a subsequent request. The string will usually contain information about the client so that the server can send back customized information to the client.

Question 2

What parameters can a cookie have?

Answer 2

• Name
• Value
• Expiration date
• Path (that the cookie is valid for)
• Domain (that the cookie is valid for)
• Need for HTTPS

Question 3

What is TCP/IP?

Answer 3

Transmission Control Protocal and Internet Protocol

Communicatio protocols that define how data should be transmitted across the web.

Question 4

What does DNS mean?

Answer 4

Domain Name Server

A DNS acts as an address book for websites, matching web addresses with IP addresses. A device provides a web address and the DNS send back the IP address.

If a DNS does not have a particular web-IP pairing, it can ping other DNSs and save it for future requests.

Question 5

What is HTTP?

Answer 5

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

An application protocol that defines a language for clients and servers to communicate with one another.

Question 6

What is the purpose of the HTTP OPTIONS method?

Answer 6

To find out which request methods (e.g., GET, POST) a server supports.