Computer ScienceCode 2210
The internet and the world wide web
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Understand how the internet differs from the world wide web
- Understand what the term uniform resource locator (URL) refers to
- Describe what hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is for and how it runs, and the same for hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS)
- Explain what a web browser is for and which functions it performs
- Describe how a web page is found, fetched and shown on a device after the user types in a URL
- Explain what cookies are and the ways they are put to use, including persistent cookies and session cookies