By: Prof. Riyaz A.

Sheikh
 Introduction
 Web Browser
 Web Server
 Client and Server
 machines that provide services (like Web

servers, FTP servers, etc.) to other machines

on the Web are called servers.
 And the machines that users use to connect

to these services are called clients.

 Web Browser
 Web Server
 Computers that offer the facility to read
information stored in web pages are called
'Web Clients'.
 Using Web browser we can view Web Pages

and navigate through the WWW.

 The role of the browser is to format and

display Web documents to the viewer.

 All the Web Browsers are capable of

displaying and retrieving Web pages on the

Internet.
 Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari,
Opera, and Netscape in order of descending
popularity (in August 2006).
 Web clients run special software called a

“Browser” that allows them to

◦ Connect to an appropriate Server
◦ Query the Server for the information to be read.
◦ Provides and interface to read the information
returned by the Server.
 Netscape Navigator :
◦ Netscape Navigator is popular browser developed
by Netscape Communication Corporation in 1995.
◦ The latest version of Netscape Navigator is 4.6.
 Internet Explorer
◦ Microsoft Internet Explorer is the other most widely
used Web browser in the market.
◦ The latest version of Internet Explorer is 10.
 Web pages must be organized and stored at a
central computer.
 The organization of web pages into directories
and files stored on the HDD of a central
computer is called `Web Site' creation.
 Computers, which store web pages in the form
of directories & files and provide these files to
be read, are called `Servers'.
 The Web server role lets you share information
with users on the Internet, an intranet, or an
extranet.
 The term web server can mean one of two
things:
◦ A computer program that is responsible for
accepting HTTP requests from clients, which are
known as web browsers, and serving them HTTP
responses along with optional data contents, which
usually are web pages such as HTML documents
and linked objects (images, etc.).
◦ A computer that runs a computer program which
provides the functionality described in the first
sense of the term.
 Common features
◦ HTTP
◦ Logging
◦ Authentication
◦ Content Compression
◦ Virtual Hosting
◦ Bandwidth throtteling
 Internet Information Server (I.I.S.), Apache
Web Server, Netscape Server, and Microsoft
Personal Web Server
 Markup