Websites come in a nearly endless variety, including educational sites, news sites, forums, social media sites, e-

commerce sites, and so on. The pages within a website are usually a mix of text and other media. That said, there are no
rules dictating the form of a website. A person could create a website of nothing but black and white photos of roses, or
the word "cat" linked to another Web page with the word "mouse." However, many sites follow a standard pattern of a
homepage that links off to other categories and content within the website. The homepage (or simply “home”)
represents the main page of the site itself. Frequently, the homepage is a sort of “hub” from which all other pages can
be accessed. An internal web page to which several other pages are linked in a coherent structure (such as a specific
category of topics) is instead called a “parent page.” Every page is a single HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
document, and all of them are connected through hyperlinks (or simply “link”) which can be combined in a navigation
bar for ease of use. Websites are hosted on servers, and require a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Internet
Explorer to be visited (either on a computer or mobile device). A website can be accessed directly by entering its URL
(Uniform Resource Locator) address or by searching it on a search engine such as Google. Originally, websites were
categorized by their top-level domains. Some examples include:

• Government agency websites = .gov • Educational institutions’ websites = .edu • Nonprofit organizations’ websites
= .org • Commercial websites = .com • Information sites = .info

Although these top-level domains extensions still exist, they say little about a website's actual content. In
modern days’ internet, the ".com" extension is by far the most popular domain, together with many other country-
specific extensions (.it, .de, .co.uk, .fr, etc.).

Websites come in a nearly endless variety, including educational sites, news sites, forums, social media sites, e-
commerce sites, and so on. The pages within a website are usually a mix of text and other media. That said, there are no
rules dictating the form of a website. A person could create a website of nothing but black and white photos of roses, or
the word "cat" linked to another Web page with the word "mouse." However, many sites follow a standard pattern of a
homepage that links off to other categories and content within the website. The homepage (or simply “home”)
represents the main page of the site itself. Frequently, the homepage is a sort of “hub” from which all other pages can
be accessed. An internal web page to which several other pages are linked in a coherent structure (such as a specific
category of topics) is instead called a “parent page.” Every page is a single HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
document, and all of them are connected through hyperlinks (or simply “link”) which can be combined in a navigation
bar for ease of use. Websites are hosted on servers, and require a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Internet
Explorer to be visited (either on a computer or mobile device). A website can be accessed directly by entering its URL
(Uniform Resource Locator) address or by searching it on a search engine such as Google. Originally, websites were
categorized by their top-level domains. Some examples include:

• Government agency websites = .gov • Educational institutions’ websites = .edu • Nonprofit organizations’ websites
= .org • Commercial websites = .com • Information sites = .info

Although these top-level domains extensions still exist, they say little about a website's actual content. In
modern days’ internet, the ".com" extension is by far the most popular domain, together with many other country-
specific extensions (.it, .de, .co.uk, .fr, etc.).