Basic HTML version of Foils prepared January 19 1999
| Browsers have SAME interface on ALL Computers |
| CGI Programs were originally usually written in PERL but can be essentially any Process and so do simulation, database access (this is JDBC), advanced document processing etc. Java (servlets) is of growing importance in Server Code |
| Browser |
| e.g. Netscape |
| or Microsoft |
| interpreting |
| HTML and |
| Java |
| Viewer and |
| helper |
| Applications |
| for MPEG, VRML |
| etc. |
| HTTP Web Server |
| (becoming Java) |
| HTML Documents |
| CGI Program |
| (e.g. PERL |
| becoming |
| Java) |
| MIME format with HTML etc. |
| (generalized email) |
| URL (location of |
| desired information) |
| Basic Services |