- A network of computers can consist of two or more computers that can connect and share information.
- The Internet is defined as a network of millions of computers connected worldwide through telephone lines or cables.
- The WWW (World Wide Web) commonly known as the Web, is a way of accessing information over the Internet.
- A web server is a type of server which is responsible for providing web content.
- A website is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos, or other digital media located under the same domain name.
- Components of a website include Domain Name, Site Files, Web Host, and Content Management System (CMS).
- A web portal is a gateway to a wide range of Internet services, such as e - mail, search engines, e - commerce, etc. It is also a type of website but with a huge range of offerings.
- A web page is a digital page which may contain text, hyperlinks, videos, audios, images, tables, etc.
- Structural components of a web page include Title bar, Header area, Menu or Navigational links, Content area, and Footer area.
- Content elements of a web page include Hypertext, Hyperlinks, and Source code.
- A web browser is a program that is used to visit the different websites on the Internet by providing the browser with their respective addresses or URLs. It is an interface between a user and the World Wide Web.
- A web browser can have a graphical user interface or a text - based interface.
- The uniform Resource Locator denotes the global address of web documents and web resources.
- Elements of URL are - the Scheme, Host, Domain, and the Path.
- HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language. It is a complete code package that allows the user to create web pages that contains both text and graphics.
- The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) / Internet Protocol (IP) is the basic communication protocol of the Internet.
- HTTP or Hypertext Transfer Protocol determines how different programs exchange data over the Internet.
- A blog is an easy - to - create websites that allows users to share thier thoughts with the world.
- A newsgroup is an online discussion forum where remotely connected users share and discuss a particular topic.