Web Server Projects

Vocabulary

Internet

A global network of computers

TCP/IP

- TCP/IP, or the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, is a suite of communication protocols used to connect devices on the internet.

LAN

- A local-area network (LAN) is a computer network that spans a relatively small area, an example of this would be the lan network at your house.

IP address

- It is a special net of numbers separated by dots that is assigned to a computer using the internet.

HTTP

- It is the protocol that governs the world wide web. It allows interface between the user and the web.

Web Server

- A dedicated computer that hosts a web site. It Can host clients and contain one or more web page.

Web Client

- It is any normal computer that connects to a web server to see a web site. The client will use the HTTP Protocol to request the page from the web server and then it will receive the web site and display it to the user.