Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 5th Edition

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Introduction to

the Internet and

World Wide Web

●The evolution of the Internet, Internet standards

organizations, and the difference between the

Internet, intranets, and extranets

●The beginning of the World Wide Web, ethical

use of information on the Web, Web

accessibility, and future Internet trends

●The client/server model, Internet protocols,

networks, URLs and domain names, and

markup languages

Chapter Objectives In this chapter, you will learn about ...

The Internet and the Web are parts of our daily lives.

How did they begin? What networking protocols and programming languages

work behind the scenes to display a Web page? This chapter provides an intro-

duction to some of these topics and is a foundation for the information that

Web developers need to know. Some material in this chapter may be a review

from your life experience or earlier studies.

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