1- Internet Basics

Difference Between the Internet and Web

InternetWeb

Defintion

massive network of networks, networking infrastructure.

way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet, information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet

Comprises

network of computers, copper wires, fiber-optic cables & wireless networks

files, folders & documents stored in various computers

Governed by

Internet Protocol (IP)

Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

Dependency

Independent of the World Wide Web

It depends on Internet to work

Nature

Hardware

Software

World Wide Web ( Web )

  • WWW also utilizes browsers, such as Chrome or Firefox, to access Web documents called Web pages that are linked to each other via hyperlinks.

💡 Web site is a collection of linked Web pages that has a common theme or focus.

  • website → is hosted on one or more servers and can be accessed by visiting its homepage.

  • site home page → is the main page that all of the pages on a particular web site are organized around and link back to it.

⚠️ Each web page on the Internet is associated with a unique URL(Uniform Resource Locator).

  • URL specifies the address (i.e., location) of the web page.

  • begin with http://

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