HTML ~ Hypertext Markup Language

W3C ~ World Wide Web Consortium

Protocols

• TCP/IP ~ Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
• HTTP ~ Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• There are many other protocols ...

URL ~ Uniform Resource Locator

• FQDN ~ Fully Qualified Domain Name (such as http://www.granneman.com/techinfo/backgrou/definiti/index)
• Protocol (http, for instance)
• Domain name
• Machine name (www, for instance)
• Second-level domain (granneman, for instance)
• TLD ~ Top-level domain (com, net, org, etc.)
• Directory path (/class/basics/)
• Filename (definitions.htm)
• Database query (?query=Scott+Granneman)

IP address & DNS (Domain Name System)

Web browser

Internet, Intranet, Extranet

Client/Server