Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 7 October 97

Foil 3 Key points of Web Technology

From Untitled presentation ARL Database Tutorial -- February 98. by Gang Cheng, C.W. Ou, Geoffrey C. Fox
Characteristics
  • Current main components: HTTP; HTML; CGI; Fillout Form
  • Client-server communication model
  • (Flat hierarchical UNIX) File system as the major file (data) management system
main WWW components (before Java, VRML, LiveMedia etc.):
  • HTTP: the transport protocol - performs the request and retrieve functions to display objects
  • HTML: the makeup language - language used to author Web pages
  • URL - Uniform Resource Locator - addressing system for Web documents
  • CGI: an interface to extend HTTP and HTML- allows the Web server to execute a program to produce dynamic HTML documents
  • Fill-Out Form: a set of HTML constructs to allow clients passing run-time input data to server through GUI interface

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