ITM 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Local Area Network, Uniform Resource Locator, Web Server

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Information Technology Management
• Course: ITM 305
• Professor: Upal Nath

Document Summary

Anatomy of a modern system - computing devices. Server: manages shared resources and enables users and other computers access to these resources. Personal computing devices or clients (desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones ) Very large databases and very high use. High-capacity with high-bandwidth trunk lines and large high-speed computers. Local area network (lan): small network for a single site. World wide web (www): all the interconnected resources accessed through the internet. Uniform resource locator (url): the identifier for the web to locate a particular resource. Hyperlink: the url of a resource embedded within another resource. Application software: programs that perform work for users. Either a custom app or a web-based application. App: a custom program usually for a laptop or smartphone. System software: behind the scene software, work as glue to hold everything together. Software apps or functions embedded within another app (within a browser or os)