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- 1. How old is the Web?
- The Web as we know it is less than 10 years old! In
1992 there were only text documents. See the graphic on page 10 of HTML
4.
- 2. What is the difference between the "Web" and the Internet?
- The Internet is the network of interconnected computers. The Web provides
the standards for publishing and communicating via the Internet. The
Web is the information space created by the linked knowledge posted
on the Internet.
- 3. HTML is an acronym that stands for:
- HyperText Mark-up Language.
- 4. What is HTML?
- HTML is the universal publishing language recognized by all computers
that makes the Web possible.
- 5. HTTP is an acronym that stands for:
- HyperText Transfer Protocol.
- 6. What is HTTP?
- HyperText Transfer Protocol (the http:// at the beginning of every
web address) is the recognized set of instructions that computers recognize
to transfer information. Did you read the note in the left margin of
page 2 in HTML 4? You may also use FTP to get your page onto
a server.
- 7. URL is an acronym that stands for:
- Uniform Resource Locator.
- 8. What is a URL?
- The URL is the specific address of a web page.
- 9. What is the W3C Consortium?
- The W3C Consortium is sponsored by many of the computer companies
that benefit from having uniform standards for world-wide communication.
This is the organization that sets the HTML standard. Be sure to visit
the web page at http://www.w3.org
- 10. Why or
why not?
- If the text is blinking it is evidence that you are using a Netscape
browser. <blink> is a proprietary tag that is not part of standard
html. Browser companies try to come up with proprietary tags that will
be so popular that everyone will use their browser.
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- If the text scrolls across the screen it is evidence you are using
a Microsoft Explorer browser. <marquee> is a proprietary tag that
is not part of standard html. Microsoft hopes you will like this feature
enough to use their browser instead of Netscape.
Note: Questions 10 and 11
show why it is a good idea to have both Netscape and Explorer on your
computer to try out your pages. They often display your work differently.
- 12. What are "open standards"?
- The open standard means that the various computer companies, competing
browsers, engineers and designers all agree on a common standard that
is accessible to everyone.
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