Basic (CPS606) Structure of World Wide Web

• 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)

HTMLDocuments

CGIProgram

(e.g. PERL

becoming

Java)

MIME format with HTML etc.

(generalized email)

URL (location of

desired information)

Basic Services

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