How does WWW Work?

* Client-Server Architecture - Web Clients (e.g. Mosaic) sends requests to Web Servers (e.g. HTTPD) which sends requested document.

Client Server Architecture from Entering the World Wide Web - A Guide to Cyberspace.

* Encryption and Client Authentication - Future Security enhancements.

* HyperText Transfer Protocol - HTTP - the language used between servers and clients.

* Hypertext Markup Language - HTML - Loosely a Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) used to write "True" :-) WWW Documents.

More Information.


Electronic Commerce on the Internet - WWW (World Wide Web) - the "Glossy Brochure"
Rodney Campbell [Rodney.Campbell@Telstra.com.au]
(c) Copyright 1995 Telstra Corporation.

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