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Web System & Development Assignment #2

The document discusses key concepts related to URLs, IP addresses, and DNS. It defines a URL as a type of uniform resource identifier that provides a way to access information from remote computers and includes a protocol, domain name, and path. It identifies the three components of a URL as the scheme, host, and path. It defines an IP address as a unique string of numbers assigned to each device connected to a network that is used to route information between devices. It explains that DNS servers translate human-friendly domain names into the IP addresses used by devices to locate each other on the internet, acting like a phone book to bridge communication between humans and computers.

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Web System & Development Assignment #2

The document discusses key concepts related to URLs, IP addresses, and DNS. It defines a URL as a type of uniform resource identifier that provides a way to access information from remote computers and includes a protocol, domain name, and path. It identifies the three components of a URL as the scheme, host, and path. It defines an IP address as a unique string of numbers assigned to each device connected to a network that is used to route information between devices. It explains that DNS servers translate human-friendly domain names into the IP addresses used by devices to locate each other on the internet, acting like a phone book to bridge communication between humans and computers.

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1. What is an URL?

-A URL also known as Uniform Resource Locator is a type of uniform resource


identifier (URI) that provides a way to access information from remote
computers, like a web server and cloud storage. Also including a protocol and
domain name that tell a web browser how and where to retrieve a resource.

-The URL contains the name of the protocol needed to access a resource, as well


as a resource name. The first part of a URL identifies what protocol to use as the
primary access medium. The second part identifies the IP address or domain
name and possibly subdomain where the resource is located.

2. Give the three (3) components of URL.


1. Scheme: The protocol or scheme part of the URL and indicates the set
of rules that will decide the transmission and exchange of data. HTTPS
which stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure tells the browser
to display the page in Hyper Text (HTML) format as well as encrypt any
information that the user enters in the page.

2. Host: The host name identifies the host that holds the resource. For
example, www.example.com. A server provides services in the name of
the host, but hosts and servers do not have a one-to-one mapping. Refer
to Host names. Host names can also be followed by a port number.

3. Path: The path identifies the specific resource in the host that the web
client wants to access. For example, /software/htp/cics/index.html.

3. What is an IP Address?
- An IP address is a long string of numbers assigned to every device connected
to a network that uses Internet Protocol as the medium for communication. It is
the digital world’s equivalent of the mailing address associated with your home
or workplace. The way Internet Protocol works is that information is transmitted
over the network in discrete chunks called packets.
Among other pieces of data stored in the packet header are the IP address of
the device that sent the packet and the IP address of device where the packet is
heading.

4. What is DNS?
-The Domain Name System (DNS) turns domain names into IP addresses, which
browsers use to load internet pages. Every device connected to the internet has its own
IP address, which is used by other devices to locate the device. DNS servers make it
possible for people to input normal words into their browsers, such as Fortinet.com,
without having to keep track of the IP address for every website.

- Much like a phone book, a domain name system (DNS) bridges the communication
gap between humans and computers by matching domain names to their
respective Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
-The DNS server starts the process by finding the corresponding IP address for a
website’s uniform resource locator (URL).

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