What does HTTP stand for?
AnswerHyperText Transfer Protocol
HTTP is the protocol browsers and web servers use to send web pages.
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The basics
What does URL stand for?
AnswerUniform Resource Locator
A URL is the address of a resource on the web, such as a page or image.
Going deeper
What does the Domain Name System (DNS) do?
AnswerTranslates domain names into IP addresses
DNS works like a phone book, turning names like example.com into numeric IP addresses.
The World Wide Web was invented at which research organization?
AnswerCERN
The web was invented at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, in 1989-1990.
Data sent across the internet is broken into small units called what?
AnswerPackets
Messages are split into packets that travel separately and are reassembled at the destination.
Expert level
How many bits long is an IPv6 address?
Answer128
IPv6 uses 128-bit addresses, allowing vastly more unique addresses than IPv4.
Who is credited with sending the first email between networked computers and choosing the @ symbol?
AnswerRay Tomlinson
In 1971 Ray Tomlinson sent email between computers on ARPANET and used @ to separate user and host.
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