3-Computer Science-Internet-Naming

domain name

Web sites have names {domain name}|, such as "earthlink.com" or "menten.info", which people must register with ICAAN. Domains can have subdomains, such as "mail.earthlink.com" or "music.earthlink.com". Domain names are on networks, such as "www", as in "www.earthlink.com".

Uniform Resource Identifier

Web sites have addresses {Uniform Resource Locator} (URL) {Uniform Resource Identifier} (URI), which typically include protocol type, such as "http", network, such as "www", and domain name, such as "earthlink.com", making URI "http://www.earthlink.com". Web sites typically have "index.html" index file, which appear by default, in directories below web site, so URI is "http://www.earthlink.com/" or "http://www.earthlink.com/index.html".

website

Computers can have publicly accessible directory with index file in HTML format {website}|, which other computers can access over network. Web sites can use CGI tools, such as guestbook, hit counter, and message board. Web sites can allow FTP or have FTP tools, such as Fetch. Web sites can allow databases, such as MySQL. Web sites can allow password protection. Web sites can allow SSL encryption. Web sites have allotted disk space, such as 2 GB or 400 MB. Web sites have allowed data transfer amounts each month, such as 20 GB.

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