CIST 2351 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Local Area Network, Internet Service Provider

• School: GTC
• Department: Computer Information Systems
• Course: CIST 2351
• Professor: Teresa Hurst

Document Summary

A server makes resources available to clients over a network. A network uses routes to get information from the sender to its destination. A local area network (lan) directly connects computers that are near each other. A wide area network (wan) uses routers to connect computers that are far from each other. An internet service provider (isp) owns a wan and leases access to this network. The internet consists of many wans that have been connected together at internet. Hypertext transfer protocol (http) is the protocol that web browsers and serves use to communicate. Transmission control protocol/ internet protocol (tcp/ip) is a suite of protocols that lets two computers communicate. Hypertext markup language (html) is the language used to define the content and structure of the web page. A static web page is an html document that"s stored on the web server. The browser sends an http request to the web server and an http response is sent back.