Bus4 118W Chapter 1
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
a communications protocol used to send information over the web
Internet
a global network of computers was made possible by the convergence of computing and communications technologies
Portable
allowing you to design web pages and applications that run across an enormous range of Internet devices
world wide web
allows computer users to execute web-based applications and to locate and view multimedia-based documents
cloud computing
allows you to use software, hardware and information stored in the cloud
packet switching
digital data was sent in small bundles
Moores law
every year or two the capacities of computers have approximately doubled inexpensively
IP (Internet Protocol)
getting different networks to communicates/ creating network of networks
HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
is the standard for transferring encrypted data on the web
Jquery
most popular and simplifies Javascript programming by making it easier to manipulate a web pages elements and interact with servers
TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
protocol for communicating/ ensured that messages were properly routed from sender to receiver
packets
small bundles that contain address, error-control and sequencing information
URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
specifies the address of the web page displayed in the browser window
Client-side programming
technologies are used too build web pages and applications that are run on the client
Server-side programming
the applications that respond to requests from client-side web browsers
bandwidth
the information carrying capacity
Javascripit
the language of choice for implementing the client side of internet-based apllications
bit
the smallest data item in a computer it can assume the value 0 or 1
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
to specify the presentation or styling of element on a web page (fonts/spacing)
HTML5(Hypertext Markup Language)
using markup language to specify the content and structure of web pages in a portable manner