What is the World Wide Web?

IP Address

Serves 2 principle functions: host or network interface identification and location addressing.

HTML

Coding that web pages are written in.

The Web

A collection of different websites you can access through the Internet

Internet

A global network of billions of computers and other electronic devices

Web Browser

A type of software that allows you to find and view websites on the Internet.

What does an ISP provider do?

provides access to the Internet

Example of a domain name:

www.cnn.com

Web host

a company which offers space on their server for others to create Web sites

Network

a group of two or more computer systems linked together

What does HTML Stand for?

Hyper Text Markup Language

What does IP stand for?

Internet Protocol Address

ISP Provider

Internet Service Provider such as Verizon, Spectrum Cable, Comcast

URL

Uniform Resource Locator; a location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address

Server

Where websites are stored, and it works a lot like your computer's hard drive

What does WWW stand for?

World Wide Web

Domain Name System (DNS)

a collection of databases that translate hostnames to IP addresses