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What
is a Web Site?
By Matt Western.
In
this article I provide a brief introduction and explanation of
what a web site is and what it is used for.
I
will also try and clear up some of the terminology used when discussing
this topic.
This
article is not intended to be detailed or technical. It is just
meant to offer you an introduction to the topic being discussed.
What
is a Web Site?
A
web site can consist of a single page or a collection of pages.
These
pages are created by an author using a specialized computer program.
This computer program is able to convert the information the author
puts on each page, into a form that can be read and understood
by other computer programs designed to read such pages.
The
program an author would use to create a web page for a web site
is known as an HTML editor. The computer program, or software,
used to read the web pages is known as a web browser.
An
example of an HTML editor is a program called Dreamweaver, manufactured
by Macromedia. An example of a web browser is Internet Explorer
by Microsoft.
If
you are reading this off the deTechnify web site, you are reading
it off a web page.
A
web site may consist of any number of web pages, but it must contain
at least one web page. A web site can not exist with no web pages.
Home
Page
The
first web page a visitor sees when they visit a web site is known
as the home page. The home page is like 'starting point' for a
web site.
Who
Uses Web Sites?
Just
about everyone who goes online uses web sites. Whether it be to
search for something using a search engine or to display something
on their web site, it is extremely rare for people not to use
or access a web site each time they log onto the 'Net.
Many
companies have their own web sites to display and advertise their
products, their business hours, their location etc.
Many
individuals have web sites to promote their interests, discuss
their ideas and display their talents.
World
Wide Web (WWW).
Web
sites exit on the World Wide Web (WWW). The World Wide Web resides
within the Internet.
Web
sites interconnect over/through the WWW via the use of a special
computer data protocol known as HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol).
Article
© Matt Western - deTechnify.com
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Matt Western has been working in the electronics and IT areas
since 1983. These days he heads up deTechnify.com a web site aimed
at clearing away the technical haze surrounding computers computing
and the internet.
You can contact Matt via http://www.detechnify.com
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