Computers and the Internet have come a long way from years before. There are so many different forms of verbiage and acronyms that it can get confusing. Here are some of those terms explained.
- HTTP. This stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and it is a communications protocol that sets standards used by each and every computer that has access to the web-based information.
- Internet. The Internet is a communications system; the web is an interlinked collection of a plethora of information that flows directly over that computer system.
- Web page. These pages are specially coded documents that contain items such as: text, graphics, videos, animation, and audio elements.
- Web server. This is a computer that is attached to the Internet that is run by special web server software, and transmits web pages out to other computers.
- Web site. A web site is one or more pages on a web server.
- URL. Each and every web page is assigned their own URL, which is Uniform Resource Locator. The URL uniquely identifies its location on the Internet by referencing: server name, domain, and file name.
- HTML. This stands for Hypertext Makeup Language, and it is a set of specifications for creating documents that can be displayed as web pages.
- HTML tags. These tags are special instructions on how the author of the page wants tags displayed.
- Web browser. More often called browser, and is a program that runs on your computer and helps you to access all the web pages. There are numerous browsers out there. Here are just a few: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome. All of these browsers require HTTP to get to web pages. The browser depends on the your computer platform and individual preference. There are some that will use multiple browsers. Each browser has different features that work to accommodate each needs, and to still be user friendly.