While accessing the internet you come across many acronyms. Here I will provide you with a general idea of some of the web acronyms you usually see while surfing, but have no idea what are their functions.
WWW(World Wide Web): It can be defined as the set of all internet websites which are interconnected in such a way, that we are able to navigate through these websites with the help of a web browser. In other words its a vast pool of knowledge present in the form of text, graphics, sound and animation. The acronym is generally be a part of the web address eg. www.abc.com is a web address with the acronym is in the start of the address.
HTML(Hyper Text Markup Language): html is a markup language in which web pages are usually written. We can create structured documents by indicating structural semantics for text such as headings, paragraphs, lists, links, quotes, and other items using tags. We can even embed images and also other objects to create an user interface. The hypertext can be easily manipulated so that it could treated as a dynamic page on the web.
CSS(Cascading Style Sheets): CSS is a style sheet language used to enable the separation of document content usually written in HTML or a similar markup language from document presentation, including elements such as the layout, colors, and fonts. These Style sheet are instructions for web browsers to display the web pages in the way designers want to. With the help of CSS designers can have a specific control over the look and feel of a web page.
W3C(World Wide Web Consortium): W3C is the international organization for maintaining standards of the World Wide Web (abbreviated WWW or W3). The consortium is founded and headed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. W3C was created to ensure compatibility and agreement among industry members in the adoption of new standards. The members of the organisation work full-time to maintain development of standards for the World Wide Web.
PHP(Hypertext Preprocessor): PHP is a general-purpose scripting language widely used to design and for making dynamic and interactive Web pages for web development. PHP code is embedded using tags into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document in .html format.
XHTML(Extensible Hypertext Markup Language): XHTML is extend version of the widely used Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). The main idea behind developing XHTML was to make HTML more extensible and increase interoperability with other data formats. XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML. XHTML consists of all the elements in HTML 4.01, combined with the strict syntax of XML.
XML(Extensible Markup Language): XML ia a system for defining other languages. In other words, XML is a language for writing other markup languages. XML is designed to transport and store data. XML's idea is to emphasize simplicity, generality, and usability over the Internet. XML is also called a "meta" language because it describes how to write new markup languages. With the help of XML we can create applications that are streamlined for the use of the owner.
URL(Uniform Resource Locator): URL is a part of URI(Uniform Resource Identifier). URL specifies where an identified resource is located and the mechanism for retrieving it using the web browser. Example of a URL is the "address" of a web page on the World Wide Web, e.g. http://www.example.com. The URL consists of some of the following: the scheme name, followed by a colon, then, depending on scheme, a hostname alternatively, IP address, then a port number. Final format: scheme://username:password@domain:port
FTP(File Transfer Protocol): FTP is standard network protocol used to upload a file from one end to another with TCP/IP Protocols. It is identified in the URL i.e. If you have ftp:// instead if http:// it usually means that instead of a Web server machine on the other end, you are connecting to a file server machine. Generally if a client makes a connection called control connection to the file server on TCP port 21. The second connection, called the data connection, and connected on TCP port 20 opened as required to transfer file data.
Domain Names: A domain name is an identification label that indicates ownership or control of a resource on the internet, based on the Domain Name System (DNS). e.g., www.example.com.
Javascript: Javascript is a scripting language primarily used in the form of client-side scripting. JavaScript was designed to look like Java, but to be easier for non-programmers to work with.
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