WGU D276 Web Development
Foundations
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ANS: A protocol used to move files and folders over a network or the
Internet.
WWW (World Wide Web) ANS: WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web," developed by Tim
Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage ANS: a document that is viewed in a web browser
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) ANS: The standard markup language for web documents.
Early 1990's ANS: The period when the web was first developed.
Website ANS: a collection of related webpages
Web Server ANS: A program that serves webpages to browsers
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) ANS: the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
Browser ANS: A program for viewing webpages.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) ANS: The main international standards organization for the World
Wide Web
WHATWG ANS: 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 ANS: Produced by the WHATWG. A continually evolving standard without version
numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945 ANS: The idea for generating links from within one document to other documents is described.
1965 ANS: The term hypertext was invented
1990 ANS: The first web browser was created
1994 ANS: The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
1995 ANS: HTML 2.0 standard published
2014 ANS: HTML5 standard published.
2019 ANS: WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties ANS: Over time, a move to separate document structure (HTML), document
presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user (JavaScript).
Packet ANS: Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP addresses, the information
to communicate, and other configuration information.
IP address ANS: 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 ANS: The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent about 4 billion unique
addresses.
IPv6 ANS: A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of IP address exhaustion.
Uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS ANS: Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP addresses.
Root Servers ANS: Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registar ANS: Services that allow anyone to register an unused domain name.
Domain name ANS: a name for an IP address, such as the name wikipedia.org for IP address
198.35.26.96.
TLD (top-level domain) ANS: 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) ANS: 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) ANS: Second-Level Domain, such as 'wikipedia' in wikipedia.org.
Third level domain ANS: 'www' in www.stanford.edu.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) ANS: A location or address identifying where documents can be found
on the Internet; a Web address
Foundations
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) ANS: A protocol used to move files and folders over a network or the
Internet.
WWW (World Wide Web) ANS: WWW or Worldwide Web, or simply "the web," developed by Tim
Berners-Lee in the early 1990s.
Webpage ANS: a document that is viewed in a web browser
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) ANS: The standard markup language for web documents.
Early 1990's ANS: The period when the web was first developed.
Website ANS: a collection of related webpages
Web Server ANS: A program that serves webpages to browsers
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) ANS: the protocol used for transmitting web pages over the Internet
Browser ANS: A program for viewing webpages.
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) ANS: The main international standards organization for the World
Wide Web
WHATWG ANS: 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 ANS: Produced by the WHATWG. A continually evolving standard without version
numbers that replaces HTML5.
1945 ANS: The idea for generating links from within one document to other documents is described.
1965 ANS: The term hypertext was invented
1990 ANS: The first web browser was created
1994 ANS: The World Wide Consortium (W3C) was created.
1995 ANS: HTML 2.0 standard published
2014 ANS: HTML5 standard published.
2019 ANS: WHATWG controls the HTML standard.
Separation of Duties ANS: Over time, a move to separate document structure (HTML), document
presentation (CSS), and webpage interaction with the user (JavaScript).
Packet ANS: Information sent on the internet that contains TO and FROM IP addresses, the information
to communicate, and other configuration information.
IP address ANS: 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 ANS: The original Internet Protocol, has 32-bit addresses, can represent about 4 billion unique
addresses.
IPv6 ANS: A new protocol developed to replace IPv4, addressing the issue of IP address exhaustion.
Uses 128-bit addresses.
DNS ANS: Domain name server, used to convert domain names to IP addresses.
Root Servers ANS: Thirteen main DNS servers that exist in the world.
Domain Name Registar ANS: Services that allow anyone to register an unused domain name.
Domain name ANS: a name for an IP address, such as the name wikipedia.org for IP address
198.35.26.96.
TLD (top-level domain) ANS: 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) ANS: 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) ANS: Second-Level Domain, such as 'wikipedia' in wikipedia.org.
Third level domain ANS: 'www' in www.stanford.edu.
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) ANS: A location or address identifying where documents can be found
on the Internet; a Web address
