World Wide Web Concepts
                                 W01c Review

Answers are at the end of this document.

1. What service does a hyperlink provide?

   

2. At what agency was the idea of the World Wide Web was first developed?


3. Hypertext is a hyperlink using ____________ as the link:

4. A program that lets you view information on the World Wide Web is called a ________________________.

5. What communications protocol is necessary when using the Web over a modem?


6. An example of a graphical Web browser is:

7. The computer on which a Web site exists is called a _________.

8. If you use a telephone to access the Web, you need a ____________ to connect your computer to the phone.

9. When you connect to the Web by phone, what kind of organization do you need to answer the phone at the other end?


10. HTML is H________T______ M___________ L____________

11. In one sentence, describe the World Wide Web.



12. In one sentence, describe the term "Client" as it is used in computer terminology.



13. What is HTTP used for?



14. HTTP is H________T________ T________________ P______________

15. What is HTML used for?





ANSWERS:
1. A hyperlink provides a connection between one computerized document and another
2. CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Récherche Nucleaire, the European particle physics research lab), Geneva, Switzerland.
3. written material, text
4. Web browser.
5. PPP (Point to Point Protocol) or SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol)
6. Netscape, Internet Explorer
7. Server
8. Modem
9. Internet Service Provider
10. HyperText Markup Language
11. An information retreival system in which browsers ask servers for files using HyperText Transfer Protocol over the Internet.
12. A client is a computer running software the allows it to request and receive files and other services over a network.
13. HTTP is the protocol for requesting and handling World Wide Web files.
14. HyperText Transfer Protocol.
15. HTML is used to format World Wide Web pages.