Understanding Internet Technology and Web Development

The provided assignment details explore key concepts in internet technology, including the definition of the internet, its relationship with the world wide web, differences between web 1.0 and web 2.0, and the importance of Application Program Interfaces (APIs). It also discusses the evolution of the web from static pages to interactive user experiences and provides references to relevant studies.

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Table of Contents
What is the Internet..............................................................................................................2
What is the world Wide Web...............................................................................................2
What is the relationship between the World Wide Web and the Internet............................3
Differences between the World Wide Web and Web 2.0....................................................3
What are APIs and why are they significant to Web 2.0?...................................................4
References............................................................................................................................5

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What is the Internet
The Internet or simply called NET in common words, can be defined as the worldwide
system of interconnected computer networks. The internet system uses the global IP suite that is
the internet protocol suite like the TCP/IP that is the transmission control protocol and the
internet protocol to link several devices globally (Abd-Alhameed et al., 2014). It can also be
defined as the network of interconnected networks which consist of the private, public and global
networks linked by various broad array of wireless, electronic devices and networks.
The internet project was developed in the late 1969 by the Advanced Research Projects
Agency also known as the ARPA and the project was named as the Arpanet project. The
Arpanet was designed for researchers in the institutes for communication and sharing resources.
This was the beginning of the thing which the world knows as the INTERNET in the modern
generation.
What is the world Wide Web
The world wide web or the WWW is a space in the internet where the web pages, internet
sources like the documents are kept. These sources are formatted in such a way that the
information’s available ion the www is accessible only by the HTTP or HTTPS format (Hyper
Text Transfer Protocol Secured). The www was originally designed by the CERN corporation in
the late `1990’s (Choo, Detlor and Turnbull, 2013). It became a revolution in making the shape
of the internet as we see today. In the beginning of the world wide web was repository of text
enabled web sites that were mainly hosted by the organisations that were technically enhanced
enough and also had the knowledge of the HTML that is the hypertext mark-up language. Later

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the www evolved from the original design, and in the recent times it includes dynamic web
pages like the social media sites and also the user generated content sites.
What is the relationship between the World Wide Web and the Internet
The internet can be called as the term which is used for the identification of the massive
network of the interconnection of the networks globally. Where as the world wide web or the
www is a simple application of the internet, which is runs over the interconnection of the
networks That is the is a general name for addressing the internet via the HTTP or the HTTPs.
When someone is referring the internet, it means the refrying the physical hardware or wireless
connections that are used (Perea, Jensen and Jorba, 2012). IT comprises of the computer, cables,
repeaters, switches and many more things of networking. Where as the www stores the contents
of the internet like the text web pages, dynamic web pages and other such things. The governing
body of the internet is the IP and the governing body of the of the www is the https (Ackermann,
and Hartman, 2014). It can be said that the www is most common use of the internet. Other
applications of the internet apart from the www are the FTP, SMTP, POP and others.
Differences between the World Wide Web and Web 2.0
The three purported differences between the www1 and www2 are:
 The web 1.0 used the basic static pages which were developed by the organisation which
had huge technical access and the knowledge of the html to present or display
information about something which could be read by a user. The pages in the web1 were
non-editable by the users at the time (Aghaei, Nematbakhsh and Farsani, 2012). With the

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development of the web, the web 2.0 came to existence and the now the web pages have
the abilities for the visitors to make changes in the web pages
 In the web 1.0 which did not have the ability of the of the http or the https that is with the
website, it was not possible for the user to move from one page to the others. With the
introduction of the web 2.0, now the pages were advanced and secured by the https
server. One can move from one page to other and come back to the same page.
 The web 2.0 provides a better and richer user experience and interactivity to the users.
Also, the social interactions have become easier with time.
What are APIs and why are they significant to Web 2.0?
Application program interface or the API are one of the most significant part of the web
2.0. API are the machine-readable interfaces, that allows the one application or software to
communicate with another piece of software when required (Gadre and Gupta, 2018). API
creates new scopes for the developers to enhance the web interaction for any user.

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References
Abd-Alhameed, R.A., Rodriguez, J., Gwandu, B.A., Excell, P.S., Ngala, M.J. and Hussaini, A.S.,
2014. Green Wireless Internet Technology.
Ackermann, E. and Hartman, K., 2014. The information specialist's guide to searching and
researching on the Internet and the World Wide Web. Routledge.
Aghaei, S., Nematbakhsh, M.A. and Farsani, H.K., 2012. Evolution of the world wide web:
From WEB 1.0 TO WEB 4.0. International Journal of Web & Semantic Technology, 3(1), p.1.
Choo, C.W., Detlor, B. and Turnbull, D., 2013. Web work: Information seeking and knowledge
work on the World Wide Web (Vol. 1). Springer Science & Business Media.
Gadre, D.V. and Gupta, S., 2018. Application Programming Interface (API). In Getting Started
with Tiva ARM Cortex M4 Microcontrollers (pp. 95-100). Springer, New Delhi.
Perea, E.A., Jensen, M.J. and Jorba, L. eds., 2012. Digital media and political engagement
worldwide: A comparative study. Cambridge University Press.