- First let's read MDN HOW WEB WORKS.
- Next let's watch a few quick examples of how the internet works.
- And [how IP addresses work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFooN7Mu0IM - how IP addresses work).
- Finally let's tie these things together and watch a video about DNS - what happens when you type an address into a web browser.
- Lastly, let's read a little about the anatomy of a URL
Now we have a better grasp about the internet, and how some of the things are working. Now, let's answer a few questions to check our understanding. Don't be afraid to do additional research (googleing) for an answer. Fork this gist and answer the following questions:
- Describe, step by step, what happens when I type
www.example.com
into my browser and try to go to the page?
- ANSWER: request is sent to a router -> ISP(your) -> Server(your) -> Internet -> Server(their) and then back to your computer using IP address.
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What does HTTP stand for? Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
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What protocol does the World Wide Web use?
- ANSWER: Some include: http, https, and ftp.
- Each computer on the Internet is assigned an IP address, what does IP stand for?
- ANSWER: Internet Protocol
- What does DNS stand for?
- A. Domain Name System
- How are text domain names matched to their respective numeric IP addresses.Matching the text domain names to their respective numeric IP addresses is the job of a seperate __________ server.
- ANSWER: Name
- What is the client?
- E. The computer which the IP address belongs to
- What does URL stand for?
- ANSWER: Uniform Resource Locator
- What are protocols
- D. The standardised method for transferring data or documents over a network
- What does DNS stand for?
- ANSWER: Domain Name Service
- what is the
www
portion of a url?
- ANSWER:Subdomain
- What is The markup language used for all web documents?
- ANSWER: HTML
- What is the organization that monitors web technologies?
- ANSWER: W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
- What is the Protocol for transferring web documents on the Internet?
- ANSWER: http or https are most common
- What matches the domain names with numeric IP addresses?
- ANSWER: Name server
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