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http://www.example.com/something.html. Uniform Resource Locator. URL host. Path to file. URL protocol. E very single website on the Internet has its own unique URL. http://www.example.com/something.html. URL host. Path to file.
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http://www.example.com/something.html Uniform Resource Locator URL host Path to file URL protocol Every single website on the Internet has its own unique URL.
http://www.example.com/something.html URL host Path to file protocol – rules that describe how clients and servers communicate with each other over a network. (https-hypertext transfer protocol secure, ftp-file transfer protocol, mailto) URL protocol
http://www.example.com/something.html URL host Path to file host – name of the server on the internet which is holding the file. URL protocol
domain name http://www.example.com/something.html domain name – uses the domain name system (DNS) server to translate the domain name to an internet protocol (IP) address. URL host Path to file URL protocol
domain name http://www.example.com/something.html domain name suffix also called top-level domain (TLD) name domain name suffix:.gov- restricted to government use.com – commercial entities.edu – restricted to accredited degree-granting institutions of higher education.mil – restricted to military use.net – entities associated with network support of the internet, usually internet service providers or telecommunications companies.org – nonprofit entities
A browser is a piece of software that runs on your computer. Examples are Internet Explorer, Netscape, Chrome and Firefox. The browser allows you, via a connection to the internet via your Internet service provider, to access web pages stored on computers (servers) that are connected to the internet. A search engine is a piece of application software that sits on a powerful computer (a server) on the Internet. The main purpose of a search engine is to search for information on the Internet. They are software programs that search for websites based on keywords that the user types in. The main search engines currently be used are Google, Bing, and Yahoo.