IST 263 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Html, Hypertext Transfer Protocol, File Transfer Protocol

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Information Studies
• Course: IST 263
• Professor: Rachel Wolsky

Document Summary

Internet is global system of interconnected computer networks that use the net protocol suite to link billions of devices worldwide. Internet: the physical network (grouping of computers) all over the world that use speciic funcions and protocols . Www is an open source info space where documents and other web resources are ideniied by url"s, interlinked by hypertext links and can be accesses via the internet. Www: a virtual info space connected by links stored on physical computers (the internet) The internet physical network of computers, servers, mainframes, supercomputers, etc. The www the virtual info space which is stored in the net. Hardware a physical device with a screen atached to it. Biggest challenge same content and experience, dif screen size. Sotware programs and other operaing info used by a computer. Challenges browser compaibility, dif browser version, same code & content dif browsers and versions.