What is the World Wide Web?
The internet is a global networkA group of interconnected computers/devices. of computers. The World Wide Web is the part of the internet that can be accessed through websiteA web page or group of web pages hosted on one web server and viewed in a web browser, usually maintained by a person, group or organisation.. Websites consist of web pageAlso known as webpage. A page designed for, and viewed in, a web browser. which allow you to see information.
Websites are accessed using a browserAn application used to view web pages, eg Internet Explorer or Google Chrome.. A browser is a program designed to display the information held on a website. Every website has an address at which it can be found, a bit like a house address.
A website’s address is known as its URLUniform resource locator - Each web page address on a network is written as a URL. It contains the IP address and the DNS and web page details.. A website can be visited by typing its URL into a web browser. Each address contains the prefix ‘http:’ which tells the computer to use the HTTPHypertext Transfer Protocol - a request/response standard. Web browsers send requests and websites or servers respond to requests. for communicating with the website. The browser then connects to the internet, finds the website at its address and downloadingTo copy a file from the internet onto your computer or device. the information stored there onto our computer for us to view.
Websites and webpages are joined together using hyperlinksA link in a document or webpage that connects to another location.. Clicking on a hyperlink takes us to another site or page.