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Unit 1: Internet Fundamentals

Notes
Figure 1.7: HTML is transported between the Web client
and Web server over the HTTP Virtual Connection
Client Client

Graphical
User Web
Interface Resources

HTML Web
Server

HTTP HTTP

TCP/ IP
TCP/ IP
Protocol Internet Protocol
Suit Suit

A fundamental property of HTML is that the text it describes can be rendered on most devices.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:

12. ………………. are more limited in functionality and scope than the workstation-based
systems but in general have quite the same capabilities with them.

13. The Web server responds with a status line, including the message’s ………………. version
and a success or error code.
14. ………………. use it to generate resource requests for Web servers, and to process output
returned by the Web server for presentation.

1.9 WWW

The World Wide Web and Internet have impacted the world including business, social, political
life in the last few years. It is expected that this trend will certainly continue well into the future
too. You must be very much familiar with the term World Wide Web, which is also known as
web or WWW or W3 and has established itself as the most popular part of the Internet by far. It
is an incredible mines of information, once you start searching anything ranging from documents
to pictures to software, it almost appears limitless. It provides you documents, sound files, view
images, animation, and video, speak and hear voice, and view programs that run on practically
on any software in the world. Therefore, it facilitates the rich and diverse communication by

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