CLIENT, SERVER ,DOMAIN.....

There are certain term which are used frequently in the world of internet. So, one needs to be familiar with this terminology. Let us have a look at these:

  • CLIENT
  • SERVER 
  • TCP/IP
  • DOMAIN NAME
  • IP ADDRESS
  • URL 
  • HTTP
Client :-
 It is a computer system or a program that request for an information or service from a remote system. For instance, when you access any website on Internet, your computer will be considered a client.

Server :- The computer system or program that furnishes the request of a client is generally called a server. 


 

TCP :- The acronym TCP/IP stands for (Transmission Control Potocol) / (Internet Protocol). It is a member protocol of the Internet Protocol suite.      


  

Domain Name :- The domain name refers to the name of the computer on the Internet. It provides a systematic way to address computers over the Intertnet,  which is easier to remember.




There are some domain name that end with(.in) instead of (.com).This (.in) refer to computers located in India and (.au) refers to computers located in Australia.  

IP Address :- In addition to domain name, every computer on the Internet has a unique 32-bit IP has four parts and is reffered to as dot quod. Example 198. 40.20.8 is a 32 bit IP address. 



Each part of the IP address is called an octet, which is 8- bit binary number. 

So, the complete IP address is a 32- bit number.

URL(Uniform Resource Locator)

URL IS the location identifier for any resource onthe internet. it is standardized way representing resource on the net. For instance, in order to access any resource on WWW, the URLwill be:  http://domain name 


For example -   http://www.yahoo.com or http://www.msn.com and so on.


HTTP(Hyper Text Transfer Potocol)

If you closely examine the URL, which is used to access to any resouce on World Wide Web, you will find its beginning with http:// .

Example http:// www.yahoo.com.



~ The http or Hyper Text Transfer Protocal is the protocol used by the web servers and web client to communicate with each other.


 

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