Intro to Web Programming Flashcards
FTP
File Transfer Protocol is a way to transfer files over the internet.
WWW
Worldwide Web was developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage
A document that is viewed in a web browser.
HTML
HyperText Markup Language is a standard markup language for web documents. Hypertext is text that has links to other text or media.
Document markup is special markings in the document that provide additional information about links, formatting, and images.
Website
Collection of related webpages.
Web Server
A program that serves webpages to browsers.
HTTP
HypterText Transfer Protocol - the protocol for transferring files among computer via the web.
Runs over TCP/IP and governs communications between web browsers and web servers.
Browser
A program for viewing webpages.
W3C
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the international standards organization that traditionally has controlled a number of web standards, including HTML. HTML5 was the latest HTML standard released by the W3C in 2014.
WHATWG
Web Hyptertext Application Technology Working Group (WHATWG) is an organization that develops a variety of web standards and whose members include the major browser vendors.
HTML Living Standard
Produced by the WHATWG. A continually evolving standard without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945
The idea for generating links from within one document to other documents is described.
1965
The term HyperText invented.
1990
First web browser is created.
1994
The World Wide Consortium (W3C) created.
1995
HTML 2.0 standard published.
2014
HTML5 standard published.
2019
WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties
Over time, a move to separate document structure (HTML), document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user (JavaScript).
Packet
Information sent on the Internet that contains To and From IP addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration information.
IP Address
IP (Internet Protocol) that is a computer’s unique address on the Internet.
A typical IP address is 32 bits, divided into four 8-bit groups, each group often written as a decimal number.
IPv4
The original Internet Protocol with 32-bit addresses. Can represent about 4 billion unique addresses.
IPv6
A new version of Internet Protocol that uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS
Domain Name Server, used to convert domain names to IP addresses.
Root Servers
Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registrar
Services that allow anyone to register an unused domain name.