What is an URL?
The URL which stands for Uniform Resource Locator refers to an address used to locate a resource (file or document) on the Internet. A URL can be composed of words, such as ‘blogspot.com’ or its corresponding IP (Internet protocol) address. Each address will take the user to the same website, However since the internet protocol is a group of numbers separated by dots, the name of the website is more often used as it is easiest to remember.
What is a DNS?
A DNS or a domain name service refers to an internet service which converts domain names to IP addresses. This system works whenever the user enters the domain name of a website rather than the IP address since it is harder to recall.
What is Domain name?
A domain name refers to a name which identifies an IP address; however a domain name may also represent more than one IP addresses. Domain names are located in URL’s and are used to identify particular web pages.
What is TCP/IP?
Transmission control protocol/ Internet protocol (TCPIP) is the communication language of the internet. TCPIP is a two layer program; Transmission control protocol controls the conversion of files into smaller packets which are distributed over the Internet and received by a TCP layer which then reassembles the packets into the original message. The lower layer, Internet Protocol, handles the address part of each packet to ensure that it gets to the right destination.
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The internet vs. the web
Amoyah Allwood
Id# 24090035
Introduction to computer science
Prof. Michael reid
The words internet and the web has been used interchangeably for many years, however that is in fact the incorrect use of the words as the web is actually a portion of the internet. The internet was developed in the early 1960s and can be defined in many ways but is simply a large global communication network consisting of thousands of smaller networks or in other words a network of networks which allows users worldwide to communicate and share information.
The World Wide Web, also known as the web, or by the acronym- WWW, refers to a way of accessing information from the internet, which can easily be accessed by the use of software called an internet browser.
The World Wide Web and the internet may sometimes be confused with each other, however the web operates over the internet and is one of the ways that information can be distributed across the internet and is therefore a large portion and the most widely used part of the internet. The internet, unlike the World Wide Web is also used for the sending and receiving of e-mails.
Id# 24090035
Introduction to computer science
Prof. Michael reid
The words internet and the web has been used interchangeably for many years, however that is in fact the incorrect use of the words as the web is actually a portion of the internet. The internet was developed in the early 1960s and can be defined in many ways but is simply a large global communication network consisting of thousands of smaller networks or in other words a network of networks which allows users worldwide to communicate and share information.
The World Wide Web, also known as the web, or by the acronym- WWW, refers to a way of accessing information from the internet, which can easily be accessed by the use of software called an internet browser.
The World Wide Web and the internet may sometimes be confused with each other, however the web operates over the internet and is one of the ways that information can be distributed across the internet and is therefore a large portion and the most widely used part of the internet. The internet, unlike the World Wide Web is also used for the sending and receiving of e-mails.
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