Module 2.3 The World Wide Web Written module activity, p. 110 Introduction: Web pages, websites and web addresses 1. Many people think that the World Wide Web (or WWW) and the internet are the same thing. What is the relationship between the WWW and the internet? 2. What is the relationship between a website and a web page? 3. You will be introduced to HTML in CAT in grade 11. Briefly explain what HTML is. 4. What do HTML, JavaScript, PHP and Python have in common, in terms of their general function? 5. What general name is given to the first or ‘landing’ page of a website? 6. A friend wondered if the blue underlined text on a web page indicated a spelling error. What is the general name of this type of object and what is it used for? 7. The school was told they need a web server for the site they want to create. Explain why they would need a web server by referring to its function. 8. A friend became worried when he saw that his web browser was connecting to 104.236.115.1 (a) What name is given to this series of numbers? (b) Explain what a URL is. Types of websites 9. Windows Live and Yahoo! are examples of web portals. What is a web portal? 10. Wikipedia is the most well-known example of a wiki. What is a wiki? 11. Many advocacy websites exist on the web. Explain what an advocacy website is. 12. How do web-based applications differ from local applications? 13. Many people use Rotten Tomatoes, which is an example of a content aggregator. What is a content aggregator? Browsing and searching 14. Would you use a web browser or a search engine if you wanted to get the latest cricket score of the Proteas? Motivate your answer. 15. Give two things you can deduce from the following URL: www.inu.ac.sa 16. Which one of the following is not an example of a web browser? Google Docs, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge 17. Why does it sometimes happen that the Back button of the web browser is greyed out? 18. Why do browsers on different computers not always open the same web page as others when the browser is started? 19. What is a ‘hit’ in the context of the functioning of a search engine? 20. What are Bookmarks and Favourites used for when browsing the web? 21. Give four general guidelines that can be used for successful searching for information on the web. .