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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 technology for publishing and communicating via 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 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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