www, the internet, hosting the cloud

Question 1

what is a URL

Answer 1

the address that is used in the web browser to request a resource (web page) from the world wide web.

Question 2

http
www.bbc.co.uk
/sport/rugby.html

Answer 2

protocol
domain name
path to web page

Question 3

what is a web server

Answer 3

a computer which holds websites for other computers linked to the internet to access.

Question 4

what is an ip address

Answer 4

is a series of numbers that identifies any device on a network.

Question 5

what is a DNS server

Answer 5

a database with a collection of domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.

Question 6

what is hosting

Answer 6

is when a server is used to store files or a website so it can be accessed by others via an ip address or URL

Question 7

how does hosting work

Answer 7

The website is hosted on a web server
The web server has an IP address
Web Browser sends URL to DNS
URL has a linked IP
DNS finds IP
If DNS cannot find the IP it passes request to higher DNS
…if not found return error
IP address sent back to the browser/computer