Monday, April 9, 2012

What's in a name? (Internet)

HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language)
The computer language websites are written in


WWW (World Wide Web)
All the interlinked pages that exist on the Internet


URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
A web address


TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol)
The standard method of communication that all internet sites use


HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
A request to retrieve a linked document on the web


ISP (Internet Service Provider)
The hub that connects a user to the internet