TCP/IP, HTTP & HTML

Basic Level Article

Three key, underlying technologies that provide web sites via the Internet are:

1. TCP/IP
• An acronym standing for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.
• This is the key, low-level, underlying protocol used by computers for Internet communication.
2. HTTP
• An acronym standing for HyperText Transfer Protocol.
• This protocol is used to provide files over the Internet (using TCP/IP), most typically web pages, though can also be files of other types.
3. HTML
• An acronym standing for HyperText Markup Language.
• Is a computer language defining the structure and layout of a web document by way of a variety of tags and attributes.
• The lingua franca of the World Wide Web.

Pretty much all web pages comprise HTML. It is a relatively simple computer language, programmed in plain text. As such its basics are easy to learn, though it is capable of a great deal of complexity.

Readers are recommended to refer to other good web sites for further info on the basics of web page creation. With the basics in hand, the world's your oyster.

The Faber Optimé site includes many examples of more advanced HTML-based technologies and techniques, though its basic composition is still good old HTML.

Tip: Using your browser's "View Source" command (in Internet Explorer, click on "Source" in the "View" menu) you can see the HTML making up any web page.

This is a great way to learn how other authors have achieved things for use in your own web
pages!

Posted 5/07/2006 12:55:00 PM, Sunday, 7 May 2006, by Faber Optimé.
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