A web site is a document much like a Microsoft Word document. The file can contain text, sounds and images with one major difference; a web site page or pages can contain 'hyperlinks'.
Hyperlinks are the means by which you can access other web site pages located in different places. The other web site files which the hyperlink points to can be located on the same computer that the web site is located on or on a computer on the other side of the world. Just as you would select a file on your own home or office computer to open it, the hyperlink acts as a bridge between this process so that rather than typing in the URL (web page address) location of the next file or web site page into the address bar at the top of your chosen web browser, you would simply click the hyperlink, commonly known as a link.
URL stands for 'Uniform Resource Locator', which wraps up what is defined above. Each time you type in a web site address such as this one (http://www.legendaryfx.com) your workstation computer asks the web service provider you are with, such as AOL for example, where the web site is located. Once it is located, your web browser knows where to go and displays the web site page you were asking for.
HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol. This is a set of rules by which your web browser needs to adhere to in order to access the information, in this case, a web site page. |
