Folder: About The Internet

A Fully Qualified Domain Name.

Company that provides a web hosting service, which is necessary in order for you to have a website that is online on the web.

Name of the technology used to send and receive data on the web. It stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol.

There are 4 problems that can be caused by hotlinking: slashdotting, breach of privacy, security risk, and link rot.

Hotlinking is the practice of embedding images (or other resources) directly from somebody else's website in your website.

Designing graphical user interfaces capable of "responding" to changes in the width of their display area.

The part of an URL after the domain name, e.g. /articles/2546/url-path in https://www.virtualcuriosities.com/articles/2546/url-path, but before an interrogation mark (?) or hash sign (#).

Technology that allows you to "follow" websites without using a social media platform.

The URL for a webpage that is considered the "canonical" one, i.e. there are multiple URLs that lead to the exact same webpage, and the canonical URL is the preferred URL for it.

Someone who manages a website, typically its owner or a developer hired to manage it.

A 404 NOT FOUND page that doesn't actually include the 404 NOT FOUND HTTP status code that a 404 page should have, and instead has the 200 OK status code that a webpage normally has.

Links that point to websites, webpages, or content that is longer accessible.

Type of website that lets you sign up for an e-mail account and e-mail address.

A text code such as [email protected] or [email protected] that identifies the source or destination of an e-mail message sent by an e-mail provider.

A message that is sent from one e-mail address (such as [email protected]) to another e-mail address.