Whatismeantbywebtechnology?

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Youdontneedtobeageniustounderstandwebtechnology,itssimplya
matterofunderstandingafewbasicconcepts

WorldWideWeb
WebApplications
WebDesign
WordDefinitions,
Terminology,and
Jargon
WebDevelopment
Computer
Programming

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Manybusinessesareforcedtorecruitwebdesignersandprogrammerswithout
reallyknowingwhattheywant.Theymayknowthattheyneedsomeoneto
configuretheirserver,buttheymaynotknowwhattheserverdoesorwhat
configuringitactuallyentails.
Inordertoensureyouaregettingtherightcalibreofstaff,youneedtohaveat
leastabasicgraspofthesubject.Thissolutionwillattempttogiveyouabasic
understandingofvariousaspectsofwebpublishinglanguagessuchasHTML,
ASP,JavaScript,CGIandserverconfiguration.
ToviewtheInternetmostpeopleuseabrowser,yourbrowserwindowis
probablywhereyouareviewingthispage.Therearemanydifferentbrowsers:
thetwomostpopularbeingNetscapeNavigatorandMicrosoftInternet
Explorer.WebbrowsersworkbyconnectingovertheInternetviamodemor
ISDNviaaserverorISPtoremotemachines,askingforaparticulardocument
(orpage)andthenformattingthedocumentstheyreceiveforviewingona
computer.
Todothis,webbrowsersuseaspeciallanguagecalledHTTP(HyperText
TransferProtocol).TheremotemachinescontainingthedocumentsrunHTTP
servers.WhenanHTTPserverreceivesarequestforapage,itsendsitbackto
thelocalcomputerforviewingthroughthebrowser.
EachdocumentontheWebhasaparticularURL(UniformResourceLocator).
Thistellsthebrowserwhichservertogototogetthedocument.Thesyntaxof
theURLissimpletounderstand.TheHTTPsignifiesthatthelanguagetobe
usedisHyperTextTransferProtocol.Thehostnameisthenameoftheserver.
Forexample,http://www.itnetwork.comwouldlookfortheITNetwork's
server.Thepathisthedocumentrequestedfromtheserver.Thisisnotthe
sameasthefilesystempaththeserverdefinesitsroot.
AmorecomplexsyntaxisProtocol://host/path/extra pathinfo?queryinfo.
Protocolbeingtheprotocolthatconnectstothesite.SoforFTPsites,the
protocolwouldbeftp,forwebsites,theprotocolwouldbeHTTP.Thelatter
partoftheURLreferstooptionalinformationusedbyCommonGateway
Interface(CGI)programs.
Webdocumentscantakeanyform,however,theuniversalstandardisHTML.
HTMLisatagbasedlanguagethatencodesthedocumentsthatmakeupthe
WorldWideWeb.HTMLcanbeusedtocreateformattedtextthatwillretain
itsformattingonceitisreproducedbyacomputer'sbrowser.HTTPcanalso
includeimages,soundanimationandvideoclips.HTTPweavestogetherallthe
relevantelementsofthepageanddescribeshowitshouldberepresentedon
yourbrowser.Itcanalsolinktootherpagesorsites(calledhyperlinks)onthe
Web.
HTML4.0isthemostrecentandwidelyacceptedversionofHTMLand
includeswhatarecalledCascadingStyleSheets(CSS).CSSallowsweb
developerstospecifymanyoftherepeatedstylecharacteristics(e.g.font,
colour,andspacing)withaparticularpieceofHTMLcode(calledatag).This
enablesaquick,butconsistent,lookthroughoutthesite.Anorganisationcalled
theWorldWideWebConsortium(W3C)developsHTMLstandardstoensure
thattheyareuniformacrosstheworld
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Computersandothernetworkdevicesneedtocommunicate.Amechanism
mustmakeitpossibleforacomputertocommunicatewithanothercomputer
onthesamenetworkoranothernetwork.Themechanismmustensurethata
messagemovesfromthesendertotherecipient,enablethereceivertoretrieve
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AccordingtoMicrosoftOfficialHomePage ,someexamplesofweb
technologiesinclude:
1)MarkuplanguagesincludingHTML,CSS,XML,CGIandHTTP
2)ProgrammingLanguagesandTechnologieswhichhelpincreating
applicationsforthewebsomeofthelanguagesarePerl,C#,JavaandVisual
Basic.Net
3)Webserversandservertechnologieswhichfacilitaterequesthandlingona
networkwheredifferentusershavetosharethesameresourcesand
communicatewithoneanother
4)Databases,whicharecrucialfordataandinformationstorageona
computernetworkand
5)Businessapplicationscustomizedforspecificexecutionoftasksona
network.
Inshort,webtechnologyprovidesaplatformforeffectivecommunication
amongdifferentusersanddevicesonacomputernetwork.
FormoreUnderstandingwebtechnology
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Webtechnologyistheestablishmentanduseofmechanismsthatmakeit
possiblefordifferentcomputerstocommunicateandshareresources.Web
technologiesareinfrastructuralbuildingblocksofanyeffectivecomputer
network:LocalAreaNetwork(LAN),MetroplitanAreaNetwork(MAN)ora
WideAreaNetwork(WAN),suchastheInternet.Communicationona
computercouldneverbeaseffectiveastheyarewithouttheplethoraofweb
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GeorgeMathew,GraphicDesignerwww.printstuff.org
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http://printstuff.org/
Webtechnologyrelatestotheinterfacebetweenwebserversandtheirclients.It
includesmarkuplanguages,programminginterfacesandlanguages,and
standardsfordocumentidentificationanddisplay.
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PiyushPatadiya,WebDevelopment(php,asp.net,nodejs,angularjs)
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Insimplewords...Anythingwhichcanbeaccessedviawebbrowserandthere
isnorequirementofanykindofinstallation/upgradationetc.
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NiteshKumar,WebDeveloper
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webtechnologymeanshtml,css,javascriptbasically.
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SahilTanwar,SoftwareEngineer,Delhi

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Hahha.Thisquestionremindsmeof5thsemesterexam.Plzguysdon'task
thesesillyquestion.Googleit.wearenotheretogivesthedefinationofsubjects.
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