Introduction to Internet and Intranet
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Website
One or more files (pages) stored on a computer (a
"server") that can be accessed via the Internet. Every website has a "home
page", which is generally designed as the file visitors first see when
coming to the site and which gives an idea of the site's contents. All files
on a website usually contain textual or graphical "links" that can be
clicked using an input device such as a mouse to move to other files, either
within the site or on another one.
Each domain name has a set of interconnected webpages, generally located on the same server that contains valuable information, and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, business, group, or organization. WEBSITE DESIGN Whereby a person, group, business or organization prepares and maintains a domain name where numerous webpages are located containing valuable information. Consists of an HTML file and any related files for scripts and graphics, and often some words are hyperlinked to other documents on the Web
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