Web Words Worth Knowing

Domain Name- The logical name of the server that the file is on.

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – the address you type into the address box to get to a Web page.

Pathname – Tells the server how to find the file you want to retrieve.

Web Page ­  a text document that is published on a Web server, has HTML tags in it, almost always includes hypertext links, and usually includes graphics.

Web Site - a collection of Web Pages that share a common theme and purpose and that users generally access through the site’s home page.

Home Page – The Web Page that people generally access first within a Web Site.

HTML tags - Brief formatting or linking commands placed within brackets in the text of an HTML file. For instance, the <BOLD> tag tells the Web browser to display the text afterwards in bold print.

Protocol - The name of the communications language that the URL uses. HTTP is used on the Web.

Dynamic – Changing frequently

Static -  Unchanging

ACRONYMS

HTML - Hyper Text Mark up Language

HTTP - Hyper Text Transfer Protocol

URL - Uniform Resource Locator

WWW - World Wide Web

ISP – Internet Service Provider

IP – Internet Protocol

How URL addresses break down

ßProtocolà        ßDomain Nameà        ßPath Nameà

      http://                  www.server.com        folder/filename.ext