The Internet and World Wide Web are made up of a series of systems and subsystems that tells computer hardware and software what to do. Every time a URL is typed into the address bar, the viewer is taken to a specific location on a specific server. The browser software encodes the HTML code, which make up the web page, and decoded that information so it can be viewed on a monitor. The dedicated link between all these systems and subsystems ensure a page is displayed the way the author intended it to be displayed.
* Internet - an network of computers used to move data around.
* HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is a set of rules that link pages together.
* Browser Window - Software program that displays the pages on the computer monitor
* HTML - Hypertext Markup Language, is the code that formats the text, graphics, sounds, video, animation, division of space, colors, and all the other elements that make up a web page. This code explains how a page should appear through a browser window.
* IP Address - is a number that identifies a specific computer connected to the Internet.
* URL - Uniform Resource Locator, addresses for pages, documents, photos, videos, etc.
URL's are the specific addresses for everything on the World Wide Web. The address specify the protocol for transfer, the server, the pathnames, and the filename.
* http - Protocol for transfer
* www.domainame.com - the address of the server
* /pathnames - the location of the file on the server
* filename.html - the page, document, photo, video, graphic, etc.
Because of the growing number of website's on the web, domain name include extensions. Extensions help classify the purpose of a site.
* .com - a commercial site
* .org - a nonprofit organization, such as a museum or a charity
* .net - a network site
* .edu - an educational site such as college and universities.
* .gov - a government site
People must make good choices. Technology must only be used in the way it was intended. The Internet is a great tool for research and entertainment. It is also a great tool for stealing personal information or people's identity. Every Internet user has the ethical responsibility to use the Internet appropriately.
