Exam 15: The Internet

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Describe the World Wide Web.

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The World Wide Web (WWW), or simply the Web as it is commonly referred to, is a collection of Web servers providing access to files on the host computers. The Web is actually the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) in use on the Internet. The protocol allows for hypermedia information to be exchanged, such as text, video, audio, animation, Java applets, images, and so much more. Traditionally, the hypertext markup language or HTML was used to determine how the hypermedia information is to be displayed on a Web client screen.

____________________ Web pages contain a combination of HTML code and Java applets, or Microsoft Active Server Pages.

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The Internet offers a method to achieve ____, or a connection to virtually any computer, anywhere in the world, at any time.

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Using a VPN, a private LAN connected to the Internet can be connected to other LANs using a combination of ____.

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____ is the core component of the information that composes a Web page.

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List the capabilities that a VPN using PPTP or L2TP provides.

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___________________ is a programming language used to perform client side processing on the Web.

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Network programming is a challenging activity and requires a large investment of time and resources.

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Describe the Java programming language.

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One of the most popular Web server programs for business and personal use is the ____ from the Apache Software Foundation.

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The ____ contain information about the client and server environment that is available to the CGI application.

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Describe XML.

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The Internet is organized into several top-level ____________________ categories.

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____________________ is an application that provides the capability for a user to send and receive instant messages, which are delivered to the recipient instantly-even faster than electronic mail.

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____ contain a form element to collect information from the user which is sent to a server for processing.

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By using ____, a corporation can use the wide-area network (Internet) as a single large LAN.

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The Web ___________________ is used to navigate the Internet by selecting links on any Web page or by specifying an address, in the form of a Uniform Resource Locator.

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____ is a technique used by Windows computers to share Internet access for two to twenty users over a single connection to an ISP.

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Setting up a Web server, or HTTP server, to host Web pages on the Internet is becoming a commonplace activity for business, education, and personal use.

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What is a Java applet?

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