Chapter II The WWW and It's Structure
Chapter II The WWW and It's Structure
• Client
• it is a software program of computer that request
information from another software program on
another computer
IMPORTANT TERMS
• Server
• it is a software program that interacts with client software in
a client/server environment
• it is also referred to as a computer running the server
software and responds to request for information from client
computer.
IMPORTANT TERMS
• Web Browser
• it is an application that allows client to view
documents on the Web with a hypertext content.
• it is also used to view the web pages, text, graphics
and videos and hear sounds on the web
IMPORTANT TERMS
• Download
• It is a process of getting the information from the host
computer down to the local computer
• Upload
• It is the opposite of the download process; it is sending of
information from the local computer to the host computer.
IMPORTANT TERMS
• Hypertext
• it is a clickable underlined text that will automatically bring
the user to the desired Web pages once click.
• Search Engine
• - is the toll use when you want to visit a website without
knowing its URL.
THREE KEY COMPONENT OF WWW