how_the_web_works.md

How The Web Works

Today we are going to investigate the way the web works.

Materials:

• 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

QUIZ:

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:

1. Describe, step by step, what happens when I type www.example.com into my browser and try to go to the page?

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1. What does HTTP stand for?

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2. What protocol does the World Wide Web use?

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3. Each computer on the Internet is assigned an IP address, what does IP stand for?

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4. What does DNS stand for?

• A. Domain Name System
• B. Digital Number System
• C. Domain Number System
• D. Domain Name Service
• E. Digital Name Service

5. 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.

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6. What is the client?

• A. A purchaser
• B. Internet shopping customer (Consumer)
• C. The software which requests information from a server (browser)
• D. The server to which a particular computer sends data
• E. The computer which the IP address belongs to

8. What does URL stand for?

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9. What are protocols

• A. The standardisation of IP addressess
• B. The DNS standard method for data transfer
• C. The standardised network address system
• D. The standardised method for transferring data or documents over a network
• E. The standardised method for prioratising data or document storage over a network

10. What does DNS stand for?

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14. what is the www portion of a url?

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19. What is The markup language used for all web documents?

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20. What is the organization that monitors web technologies?

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22. What is the Protocol for transferring web documents on the Internet?

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24. What matches the domain names with numeric IP addresses?

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