Part 1-Website Architecture
Internet service provider is a company that provides the individual with access to the Internet and other related services such as Website building and virtual hosting. The IPS contains the equipment and telecommunication line access which is needed to have a point of presence (which is an access point from one place in to the rest of the internet) on the internet for the geographic area served. Some ISP’s are larger than others, the larger ones have their own high speed leased lines, this means they are less dependent on telecommunication provider and therefore can provide customers with a better service. Larger ISP’s interconnect …show more content…
Another part is that running your own server is very time consuming as if you have another job a personal server may struggle to be maintained. Where as having a commercial provider you will just have to use it not maintain and check for intrusions. Lastly having your own server means that you will need a larger bandwidth as your usual one will be more expensive and may make the server run slower, this means that it may add costs in other respects, where as a commercial provider is a cost pay yearly which is a one of payment, which no additional extra fees, which means its easier to plan how much it may cost …show more content…
The Internet provides a variety of information and communication facilities with the use of standardised communication protocols. The World Wide Web is an information system, allows document to be connected to other documents by hyperlink text. They are formatted in a mark-up language called HTML; this supports links to other documents. This allows you to jump from one document to another simply by clicking on hot spots.
The difference between the Internet and World Wide Web is that the WWW is that its the content within the Internet. The Internet is the hardware structure that underpins all online activity. It’s the various computers around the world that holds all data together whereas the web is a software layer that sits on top of this structure and allows user to find and interact with data on computer around the world.
Hardware components
Routers
A router is a type of hardware device designed to receive, analyse and transfer incoming packets of data to another network. It can also convert data to another network interface. There are two types of router, router and the wireless router. The main purpose a router is to connect multiple networks and transfer information to own networks or other networks. The router also prevents data from going where its not