Chapter 2 The Internet and World Wide Web

World Wide Web - Global hypertext networks of millions of web servers and browsers which communicate by Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP), Web pages are created by Hypertext Markup Language

URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

Telnet - A simple Internet service that provides users with an access remote computers

File Transfer Protocol(FTP) - A set protocol providing users to copy files from computer to computer on the Internet

The 6 types of Internet services or ISPs - Web, Email, Chat(Google G mail), Newsgroups, FTP's( which is a possible form of a URL which begins in ftp:, A FTP designates a file or a directory on the Internet host) and Telnet.

What is the software called that allows users to navigate the web, a browser or HTTP - (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - Web pages can be originated by HTML or Hypertext Markup Language

True or false? The main network of connections that carry Internet traffic is called the Intranet? Or Backbone?
True is the answer because an intranet is a private computer network that uses Internet Protocols and network connectivity. The term refers to the most visible service, the internal website. In simple terms the intranet can be referred to a private version of the Internet or as a version of the Internet confined to an organization.

True of False? A location on the Web that acts as a launching point for searching and retrieving information is called a portal or homepage - The answer is true again because a Portal is a site on the World Wide Web that typically provides personalized capabilities to its visitors. It gives visitors a pathway to other content. It is created to use distributed applications, different numbers and types of middleware and hardware to provide services from a number of different sources.