Web Development Fundamentals: Understanding the Internet and Web

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Introduction

Web Development Fundamentals: Understanding the Internet and Web

 

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This web development tutorial will turn you into a web developer by spending a few minutes a day going through each topic, Understanding the theory behind it, and spending time implementing various programs thereby helping you to learn to code.

 

Web

The internet is a global network

 

The internet is an increasing important part of everyday life for people worldwide. It is the internet that makes the web possible. If there is no internet, the web cannot exist, that is as simple!

The internet links countless computers and devices across the globe, creating an enormous network of networks, where each individual network acts as a connected node.

 Internet = Interconnected + Network

Hi Amigo! Welcome to the very first section of your web development journey. In this section, we will quickly understand a few topics before getting the real hang of web development.

 Quiz

Which of the following correctly defines the internet?
A) Network of networks
B) Interconnected network
C) Both of the above
D) None of the above
Explanation: Both of the above.
 
 

Understanding the Web

You might say that the terms, Web, and the Internet can be used interchangeable. But, are these the same? Of course not!

The internet serves as the backbone connecting billions of computers worldwide. Certain computers, called web servers, transmit information readable by web browsers. Think of the internet as the foundational system, with the Web being one of the services built and running atop it.

Internet and the Web

Internet and the Web

Consider the analogy below to make sense of the difference between the internet and the Web in very simple terms.

Analogy: You can consider the internet as electricity, the railway tracks as the Wen, the trains going from one destination to another as the Data, and the platforms as the Web browser.

 

WWW

WWW

The previous two screen gave you a glimpse of the idea around which the Web resolve. However, what exactly is the Web? 

The Web is the common name for the famous acronym-WWW which simply stands for the world wide web. The World Wide Web is a part of the internet, made up of publicly accessible web pages that browsers can view, forming an interconnected system.

Therefore, to differentiate the internet from the Web, you can describe it as follows: '' The Web is one of the many applications built on the top of internet.''

The Web is one of the many applications built on the top of the internet.
A) True
B) False

More on WWW

More on WWW

The World Wide Web is a vast collection of online information, representing the breadth of human knowledge accessible through networks. It is a way of exchanging information between computers on the internet, tying them together into a vast collection of interactive multimedia resources.

Tim Berners-Lee created the foundation for the modern World Wide Web in 1990, developing the first web server, browser, and webpage at CERN. A year later, he shared his creation on the ‘alt.hypertext’ newsgroup, officially introducing the Web to the public.

Conclusion 

Conclusion

That is all about Web!

Having understood these basic terms, you might be wondering how exactly this web works. The next section in this flow tries to explore the same 

Who purposed the idea of web (WWW)?
A) Tim Berners-Lee
B) James Gosling
C) Tom Bark
D) None of the above
Explanation: Both of the above.
 
 

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