u148 - Table of Contents

Unit 148 - World Wide Web Basics

Table of Contents

Advanced organizer

Learning outcomes

1. What is the World Wide Web?

1.1 The World Wide Web and the Internet

1.2 Who runs the World Wide Web?

1.3 What is available on the Web?

1.4 Concepts and definitions of terminology pertaining to the Web

1.4.1 Client/server computing

1.4.2 Hypertext Transmission Protocol

1.4.3 Hypertext Markup Language

1.4.4 Hypertext and hypermedia

1.4.5 Web browsers

1.4.6 Plug-ins and helper programs

1.4.7 Multiple Internet Mail Extension

2. Surfing the World Wide Web for information

2.1 The three-tiered client/server architecture of the Web

2.2 People who make a Web site work

2.3 Organization of documents in the World Wide Web

2.3.1 Organization of documents in a Web site

2.3.2 Organization of documents in the Web

2.3.3 Getting included in Web directories and indexes

2.4 Search engines and search agents

2.4.1 Search engines
2.4.2 Search agents
2.4.3 Image search engines
2.4.4 Geographic information search engines
2.4.5 Map generators and real-time map browsers

4. Review and study questions

To the Curriculum