6. What is a web portal?
Ans: A web portal is a gateway to a wide range of Internet services, such as e-mail, search engines, e-commerce, etc. Moreover, unlike a website, it does not contain information on any topic. Instead, it suggests related web pages to the user to find the desired information and links to the related sites. Nowadays, most of the search engines are acting as web portals to present information from diverse sources in a unified way like Yahoo, MSN, etc.

7. What is a web host or hosting server?
Ans: Web hosting is the service providing space on the Internet for the maintenance of thw website. Like any other computer, web host or hosting servers run on different operating systems. Commonly used operating systems for hosting servers are Apache (Linux) and Windows.

8. What is a URL?
Ans: The Uniform Resource Locator denotes the global address of web documents and web resources. Internet communication is the main reason for identifying a resource on the web. This communication between a web user and an Internet resource is possible by identifying each resource on the Internet in a standardised manner. For example, http://prsindia.org/aboutus/background.html

9. Differentiate between HTTP and HTTPS.
Ans:

HTTP HTTPS
It is the foundation of any data exchange on the web. HTTPS ia a variant of HTTP.
The information or data flows from server to browser unencrypted. HTTPS protocol encrypts the information or data using Transform Layer Security (TLS).
HTTP allows access to hypertext files. HTTPS is used to transfer confidental information over the Internet, e.g., financial information, login credentials, etc.

10. Write any two disadvantages of blogging?
Ans: The disadvantages of blogging are as follows:

  1. In blogging, recognition of your talent can be a slow process, and initially, the traffic can be quite low for your blog, so your approach should be optimistic.
  2. While writing, you need to be thoughtful and unblasted, otherwise it may have a negative impact on the readers.

SECTION 3: THEORETICAL QUESTIONS-(UNSOLVED)
  1. Discuss the components of a URL with an example.

  2. What is Dynamic content?

  3. What is the difference between web portal and website?

  4. What is a Newsgroup? What role does a Newsreader program play in using a Newsgroup?

  5. Define markup languages. Give an example of a markup language.

  6. What are the different structural components of a web page? Answer briefly.

  7. What is a protocol?

  8. What is TCP/IP?

  9. Write a brief note on any three different types of blogs.

  10. Name any two popular web browser.
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