Internet Questions

Javier Villarreal

What is the difference between TCP/IP and HTTP?

TCP/IP is a transport layer protocol. HTTP is an Application layer protocol in the OSI model.

Define the Term: URL.

Uniform Resource Locator. This is the website name that a DNS has mapped to an IP address for the server hosting the web page.

What is the Client/Server Model?

This is the idea that clients(your PC) establish a session with a Server(webpage). Upon request from the client, the server will deliver the neccessary files for the client to use. This session is established using handshakes to acknowledge a link between the two machines.

What two things does the browser do?

  1. GET Web Files
  2. POST Web files

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