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Web System and Technologies II: Introduction

What is the internet?

- A collection of computer networks that use a protocol to exchange data.
Is the World Wide Web (WWW) and the internet the same?
The world wide web, or web for short, are the pages you see when you're at a device and
you're online. But the internet is the network of connected computers that the web works on, as
well as what emails and files travel across. Think of the internet as the roads that connect towns
and cities together.

Brief History
 Began as a US Department of Defense network called ARPANET (1960s-70s)
- The U.S. Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) was the first
public packet-switched computer network. It was first used in 1969 and finally
decommissioned in 1989. ARPANET's main use was for academic and research
purposes.
 Packet switching (in the 60s)
- Packet switching is the transfer of small pieces of data across various networks. These
data chunks or “packets” allow for faster, more efficient data transfer. Often, when a
user sends a file across a network, it gets transferred in smaller data packets, not in
one piece.
 E-mail is born on 1971
- is a computer-based application for the exchange of messages between users. A
worldwide e-mail network allows people to exchange e-mail messages very quickly.
 TCP/IP beginning on 1974 (Vinton Cerf)
- The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is the set of communication
protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks.
 By 1987: Internet includes nearly 30,000 hosts
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 WWW created in 1989-91 by Tim Berners-Lee

 Popular web browsers released:
- Netscape 1994
- IE 1995
 Amazon.com opens in 1995
 Google January 1996
 Wikipedia launched in 2001
 Facebook February 2004

People and organizations

 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): internet protocol standards
- Is the premier Internet standards body, developing open standards through open
processes.
- The IETF is a large open international community of network designers, operators,
vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and
the smooth operation of the Internet. The technical work of the IETF is done
in Working Groups, which are organized by topic into several Areas. Much of the
work is handled via mailing lists. The IETF holds meetings three times per year. 
 Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN): decides top-level
domain names
- Oversees the distribution of Internet domain names, or site addresses, and other
identifiers that distinguish one Internet site from another. The non-profit entity
handles the assignment of IP addresses, which identify computers that are connected
to a TCP/IP network; port numbers, which identify the type of port being used to
ensure that data is connected to the proper service; and other protocol parameters that
allow the Internet to operate as it does.
 World Wide Web Consortium (W3C): web standards
- The consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff
working together in the development of standards for the World Wide Web
- Examples:
1. HTML, XML 1.0 - Extensible Markup Language
2. XHTML - Extensible Hypertext Markup Language
3. CSS - Cascading Style Sheets

Internet Protocol (IP)

- Simple protocol for data exchange between computers
- IP Addresses:
1. 32-bit for IPv4
2. 128-bit for IPv6
IPv4 provides an addressing capability of approximately 4.3 billion addresses.
While the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is more advanced and has better features
compared to IPv4. It has the capability to provide an infinite number of addresses.
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
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 Adds multiplexing, guaranteed message delivery on top of IP

 Multiplexing: multiple programs using the same IP address
 Port: a number given to each program or service
o port 80: web browser (port 443 for secure browsing)
o port 25: email
o port 22: ssh
 Some programs (games, streaming media programs) use simpler UDP protocol instead of
TCP

Web Servers
- Software that listens for web page requests
 Apache
 Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)

Application Servers
- Software framework that provides an environment where applications can run
 Apache
 Glassfish
 WebSphere
 WebLogic

Web Browser
- Web browser: fetches/displays documents from web servers
 Mozilla Firefox
 Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
 Apple Safari
 Google Chrome
 Opera

Domain Name Server (DNS)

- Set of servers that map written names to IP addresses
 Example: ju.edu → 204.29.160.73
- Many systems maintain a local cache called a hosts file
 Windows: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
 Mac: /private/etc/hosts
 Linux: /etc/hosts

Uniform Resource Locator (URL

- Identifier for the location of a document on a web site.
 Example: http://dept.ju.edu/cs/index.html
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- Upon entering this URL into the browser, it would:

 ask the DNS server for the IP address of dept.ju.edu
 connect to that IP address at port 80
 ask the server to GET /cs/index.html display the resulting page on the screen

Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP)

- Set of commands understood by a web server and sent from a browser
- Some HTTP commands (your browser sends these internally):
 GET filename : download
 POST filename : send a web form response
 PUT filename : upload
- Exercise: simulate a browser with a terminal window

HTTP Error Codes

- When something goes wrong, the web server returns a special "error code" number
- Common error codes:
Number Meaning
200 OK
301-303 page has moved (permanently or temporarily)
403 you are forbidden to access this page
404 page not found
500 Internal server error

Internet Media (“MIME”) types

Web Languages:
- Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): used for writing web pages
- Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): stylistic info for web pages
- PHP Hypertext Processor (PHP): dynamically create pages on a web server
- JavaScript: interactive and programmable web pages
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax): accessing data for web applications