How does the Web work? How can I make my own Web Site?
What is a Web Host? What is an Internet Service Provider?
What is the World Wide Web?
* The Web is a network of computers all over the world. * All the computers in the Web can communicate with each other. * All the computers use a communication standard called HTTP.
How does the WWW work?
* Web information is stored in documents called web pages. * Web pages are files stored on computers called web servers. * Computers reading the web pages are called web clients. * Web clients view the pages with a program called a web browser. * Popular browsers are Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
How does a Browser Fetch a Web Page?
* A browser fetches a page from a web server by a request. * A request is a standard HTTP request containing a page address. * An address may look like this: http://www.someone.com/page.htm.
How does a Browser Display a Web Page?
* All web pages contain instructions for display * The browser displays the page by reading these instructions. * The most common display instructions are called HTML tags. * HTML tags look like this <p>This is a Paragraph</p>.
If you want to learn more about HTML, please visit our HTML tutorial.
What is a Web Server?
* The collection of all your web pages is called your web site. * To let others view your work, you must publish your web site. * To publish your work, you must copy your site to a web server. * Your own PC can act as a web server if it is connected to a network. * Most common is to use an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
What is an Internet Service Provider?
* ISP stands for Internet Service Provider. * An ISP provides Internet services. * A common Internet service is web hosting. * Web hosting means storing your web site on a public server. * Web hosting