Mobile App Quiz 2 Flashcards
HTTP stands for
hypertext transfer protocol
through HTTP, a server tells your computer…
how data is being transferred
HTTPS stands for
hypertext transfer protocol secure
through HTTPS, the server and computer…
communicate and agree upon an encryption before data is transferred
is it peer-to-peer/a direct line from you to the server?
no; there are switches, routers, DNS in between
what are the 3 different parts of HTTP
www, domain name, TLD
www is/stands for
is the web host server
stands for world wide web
what does the domain name do?
connects to an IP address (easier than typing out the IP)
what does DNS stand for and what does it do?
Domain Name Server; it is basically a phone book of name to IP address
what does TLD stand for?
top level domain name
what are some examples of TLDs?
.com, .org, .gov, .edu, .mil, .pro
what is FQDN?
Fully Qualified Domain Name = web host server + domain name + top level domain name
relative links
know how to get to it/pretty much saved to the server; links in the same relative location
../ goes to the parent directory of where you currently are
absolute links
exact location of a file generally not found in the server; a link through FQDN - actual URL for the page
Google prefers (relative/absolute) links
absolute