The components of web applications

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

an international community in which member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.

Cross-browser compatibility

refers to the ability of a website, web application, HTML construct or client-side script to function in environments that provide its required features and to bow out or degrade gracefully when features are absent or lacking

user accessibility

refers to the qualities that make a website accessible to as many users as possible, especially disabled users

Web Hypertext Application Technology working group (WHATWG)

community of people interested in evolving HTML and related technologies.

WAN

consists of two or more LANs that are connected by routers. The routers route information from one network to another

LAN

directly connects computers that are near each other. This kind of network is often called an intranet

ISP

owns a WAN and leases access its network. It connects its WAN to the rest of the Internet at one or more IXPs

Javascript

a client-side scripting language that is run by the JAVAscript engine of a web browser and control the operation of the web browser

Google Chrome

a free web browser developed by Google. It was released in 2008 and is the world's most used browser today

web browser

a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web

Server-side scripting

a technique used in website design which involves embedding scripts in an HTML source code which result in a user's (client's) request to the server website being handled by a script running on the server-side before the server responds to the client's request

Dynamic web page

a web page that is constructed by a server-side program or script

static web page

a web page that is delivered to the user exactly as stored

Cascading Style Sheet (CSS)

are used to control how web pages are displayed by specifying the fonts, colors, borders, spacing, and layout of the pages. It is also used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in a markup language

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

are used to transfer the folders and files to your website from your computer or network to a web server with Internet access

Search engine optimization (SEO)

refer to the goal of optimizing your website so its pages will rank high in the search engines that are used to access them

web server

refers to either the hardware (the computer) or the software (the computer application) that helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

the language used to design the web pages

text editor

this tool lets you enter and edit the HTML and CSS files for a web application

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

tools goes beyond text editing to provide other features for the web development of websites

Internet Explore (IE)

web browser from Microsoft. It was released in 1995 and is one of the most popular browsers today

IIS (Internet Information Services)

web server created by Microsoft for use with Windows NT family. It primarily supports the ASP.NET web server scripting language and the MS SQL Server database server, but it can be used with other web server scripting languages and databases

Mozilla Firefox

A web browser from Mozilla. It was released in 2004 and is one of the most popular browsers today

IXP

The Internet consists of many WANs that have been connected at ( )