Transcript How Web Servers Work

How Web Servers Work
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Sources to use:
• How Stuff Works:
– http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-server.htm
• Wikipedia
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_server
What is a Web Server
• In your OWN WORDS, write a brief description
of a web server.
How Stuff Works – the Basic Process
Source: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/webserver1.htm
In your own words, give a brief
description of what’s happening …
• Put your description here
The Browser Breaks the URL into Three
Parts
Protocol
• What is it?
Server Name
The File Name
• What is it?
• What is it?
Behind the Scenes
• In the Section “Behind the Scenes” on How
Stuff Works, it tells you the steps that the
browser and server must complete for you to
view a web page. On the next 6 slides, give a
brief explanation of what happens when you
type in “google.com” in your browser’s
address bar. Don’t just copy the web site’s
explanation – summarize and simplify and put
it in your own words.
1 - The URL – what did the browser
do?
• Explain here….
2 - Name Server
• What happened next?
3 - Connection
• Explain….
4 - GET
• Put your explanation here…
5 – Server Sends
• You know the drill….
6 – Browser Goes to Work
• What does the browser do?
What do we always use as the “home
page” file name?
Put Your Answer HERE
What is the URL of your home page
(that we just uploaded in the last
couple of days….)
• Put Your Answer HERE
IP Addresses and Domain Names
• Read the section on IP Addresses on How Stuff
Works
• Read the section on Domain Names
• Read the section on Name Servers
Explain…in your own words
• Octets and dotted
decimal numbers
• What are they?
• Give an example
• Have you ever seen a
web address listed in
this way?
Why don’t we have to enter numbers
all the time?
• Explain in your own words, and be sure to use
the terms “domain names” and “name
servers”
Wikipedia
• Wikipedia offers two different definitions for
the term “web server”
• On the next page, give your own separate
definitions for a web server
Wikipedia’s Two Definitions
• Give the first definition
in your own words
• Put the second
definition in your own
words here
You’re Done!
• Spell check please!
• Ask one of your peers to review your work and
give suggestions and feedback
• Save your work!
• We’ll turn this into a web page and upload it
to our own domain tomorrow.