Mechanics of the World-Wide Web
It is important to understand the
vocabulary
and principles of the
World-Wide Web.
Client-Server model
The World-Wide Web is based on the Client-Server model. This
allows the issues of creating a document and viewing a document
to be considered separately.
Open Protocol
Since the World-Wide Web is based on open protocols,
it is unwise to make any assumptions about what
is running on the other end of the network connection.
It might be a different Operating System, a different
CPU, a different piece of software, etc. Everything
must be implemented in terms of the defined protocol.
The pieces of the Web
Hopefully, you can now benefit from this diagram of
the location of the pieces of software that take
part in the WWW. Choose one of the boxes from
the image below or select from the textual list below it
to learn more about the pieces of the WWW.
You may also select one of these:
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