Computer Science 1032A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Word Processor, Web Service, Javascript

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1032A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Simple mail transport protocol (smtp: sends mail over the internet, mailto: cs1032@csd. uwo. ca. File transfer protocol (ftp: exchanges files over the internet ftp://ftp. csd. uwo. ca. Hypertext transfer protocol (http: transmits files on the www http://www. csd. uwo. ca. User tier: computers that have browsers that request and process web pages. Server tier: computers that run web servers generating web pages in response to requests from browsers and processing the application programs. A facility running multiple web servers is sometimes called a web farm. Database tier: computers that receive and process the requests to retrieve and store data. Structured query language (sql) is the language used for database requests: an active example: you are looking for specific climbing equipment at www. rei. com. To produce this page, the commerce server accessed a database to obtain the product, picture, price, special terms for purchasing item, product information and related products. Defines structure & layout of web pages.