Questions and CORRECT Answers
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - CORRECT ANSWER - A protocol used to move files and
folders over a network or the Internet.
WWW (World Wide Web) - CORRECT ANSWER - WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply
"the web," developed by Tim Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage - CORRECT ANSWER - a document that is viewed in a web browser
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) - CORRECT ANSWER - The standard markup
language for web documents.
Early 1990's - CORRECT ANSWER - The period when the web was first developed.
Website - CORRECT ANSWER - a collection of related webpages
Web Server - CORRECT ANSWER - A program that serves webpages to browsers
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) - CORRECT ANSWER - the protocol used for
transmitting web pages over the Internet
Browser - CORRECT ANSWER - A program for viewing webpages.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) - CORRECT ANSWER - The main international
standards organization for the World Wide Web
,WHATWG - CORRECT ANSWER - Web Hypertext Application Technology Working
Group (WHATWG) is an organization that develops a variety of web standards and whose
members include the major browser vendors.
HTML Living Standard - CORRECT ANSWER - Produced by the WHATWG. A
continually evolving standard without version numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945 - CORRECT ANSWER - The idea for generating links from within one document to
other documents is described.
1965 - CORRECT ANSWER - The term hypertext was invented
1990 - CORRECT ANSWER - The first web browser was created
1994 - CORRECT ANSWER - The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
1995 - CORRECT ANSWER - HTML 2.0 standard published
2014 - CORRECT ANSWER - HTML5 standard published.
2019 - CORRECT ANSWER - WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties - CORRECT ANSWER - Over time, a move to separate document
structure (HTML), document presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user
(JavaScript).
Packet - CORRECT ANSWER - Information sent on the internet that contains TO and
FROM IP addresses, the information to communicate, and other configuration information.
, IP address - CORRECT ANSWER - Internet Protocol address, a computer's unique
address on the internet. A typical IP address is 32 bits, divided into 8-bit groups, often written as
a decimal number.
IPv4 - CORRECT ANSWER - The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can
represent about 4 billion unique addresses.
IPv6 - CORRECT ANSWER - A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the
issue of IP address exhaustion. Uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS - CORRECT ANSWER - Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP
addresses.
Root Servers - CORRECT ANSWER - Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registar - CORRECT ANSWER - Services that allow anyone to register an
unused domain name.
Domain name - CORRECT ANSWER - a name for an IP address, such as the name
wikipedia.org for IP address 198.35.26.96.
TLD (top-level domain) - CORRECT ANSWER - The highest-level category used to
distinguish domain names-for example, .org, .com, and .net. A TLD is also known as the domain
suffix.
ccTLD (Country Code Top Level Domain) - CORRECT ANSWER - domains that have
two letters to the right of the last period in a domain name. Example: co.uk, .jp, .ar, .ph
SLD (second level domain) - CORRECT ANSWER - Second-Level Domain, such as
'wikipedia' in wikipedia.org.