Chapter 16. Files and Servers
A modern server room.
A web page is an HTML file that is stored on a web server.
A server is a computer with software installed on it that allows it to send and receive requests for web pages.
A client is a computer running software, such as a web browser, that sends requests to the server. When you click a link on the web, your computer sends a request to the server through the web browser and the server returns the requested web page.
Each web page has its own unique address, called a Universal Resource Locator, or URL. A properly formed URL has a domain name, such as www.digital-foundations.net. URLs may include folders ...
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