Web technology : theory and practice / Akshi Kumar.

Taylor & Francis, a CRC title, part of the Taylor & Francis imprint, a member of the Taylor & Francis Group, the academic division of T&F Informa, plc

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Acronyms; Preface; Acknowledgments; Author; Section I: Internet Computing; 1: INTERconnected NETwork: Internet; 1.1 Internet: The Giant Wide Area Network; 1.2 Communicating over the Internet; 1.2.1 Protocol Layering; 1.2.2 Internet Addressing; 1.3 Accessing the Internet; 1.3.1 Internet Configuration; 1.3.2 Web Browser; 1.4 Internet Organizations; 1.5 Cyber Ethics; Review Questions; 2: Internet Applications; 2.1 Internet Services; 2.2 Electronic Mail (Email). 2.2.1 Working of an Email2.2.1.1 Email Protocols; 2.3 File Transfer; 2.3.1 File Transfer Protocol Client Commands and Server Return Codes; 2.3.2 File Transfer Protocol Connection Types; 2.3.3 File Transfer Protocol Modes; 2.4 Real-Time User Communication; 2.4.1 Internet Telephony: Voice/Video Communication over Internet; 2.4.2 Internet Relay Chat; 2.4.2.1 Internet Relay Chat Commands; 2.4.2.2 Few Architectural Issues of Internet Relay Chat; 2.5 Remote Login; 2.6 Usenet; 2.6.1 Newsgroup Classification; 2.7 World Wide Web; Review Questions; Section II: Web Theory; 3: The World Wide Web. 3.1 The Web3.2 The Working Web; 3.3 Web Terminology; 3.3.1 Web Page; 3.3.2 Web Page versus Web Site; 3.3.3 Web Site versus Web Application; 3.3.4 Web App versus Web Service; 3.4 Web Architecture; 3.5 World Wide Web Challenges; Review Questions; 4: Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP); 4.1 Hypertext Transfer Protocol; 4.2 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version; 4.3 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Connections; 4.3.1 Non-Persistent Hypertext Transfer Protocol; 4.3.2 Persistent Hypertext Transfer Protocol; 4.4 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Communication; 4.4.1 Handshaking; 4.4.2 Request Message. 4.4.2.1 Start Line4.4.2.2 Headers; 4.4.2.3 Message Body; 4.4.3 Response Message; 4.4.3.1 Status Line; 4.4.3.2 Headers; 4.4.3.3 Message Body; 4.5 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure; 4.6 Hypertext Transfer Protocol State Retention: Cookies; 4.6.1 Creating Cookies; 4.7 Hypertext Transfer Protocol Cache; 4.7.1 Cache Consistency; Review Questions; 5: Evolution of Web; 5.1 The Generations of Web; 5.2 Web 1.0; 5.3 Web 2.0; 5.3.1 Web 2.0 Technologies; 5.3.1.1 Blogging; 5.3.1.2 Social Networking Sites; 5.3.1.3 Podcasts; 5.3.1.4 Wikis; 5.3.1.5 Micro-blogging; 5.3.1.6 Social Bookmarking. 5.3.1.7 E-portfolios5.4 Web 3.0; 5.4.1 Explicit Metadata; 5.4.2 Ontologies; 5.4.3 Logic and Inference; 5.4.4 Software Agents; 5.5 Big Data: A Special Discussion; Review Questions; 6: Web IR: Information Retrieval on the Web; 6.1 Web Information Retrieval; 6.2 Web Information Retrieval Tools; 6.2.1 Search Tools; 6.2.2 Search Services; 6.3 Web Information Retrieval Architecture (Search Engine Architecture); 6.3.1 The Indexing Process; 6.3.2 The Query Process; 6.4 Web Information Retrieval Performance Metrics; 6.5 Web Information Retrieval Models; 6.6 Google PageRank; 6.6.1 Algorithm.

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