5 Questions
What is the primary purpose of studying standard application programs in computer networks?
To create customized applications in the future
Which standard client-server application is used by almost all Internet users?
HTTP and the WWW
Who first proposed the idea of the World Wide Web (WWW)?
Tim Berners-Lee
What is the main function of DNS in computer networks?
To map application layer identifiers to corresponding host IP addresses
Why was the commercial Web started in the early 1990s?
To allow researchers at different locations throughout Europe to access each others’ researches
Study Notes
Standard Application Programs
- The primary purpose of studying standard application programs in computer networks is to understand how they function and interact with the network.
Internet Client-Server Application
- Almost all Internet users use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) as a standard client-server application.
World Wide Web (WWW)
- The idea of the World Wide Web (WWW) was first proposed by Tim Berners-Lee.
Domain Name System (DNS)
- The main function of DNS in computer networks is to translate human-readable domain names into IP addresses that computers can understand.
Commercial Web
- The commercial Web was started in the early 1990s to open up the Internet to commercial activities and profit-making ventures.
Test your knowledge of the application layer in computer networks with this quiz based on Chapter 2 of Dr. Ibrahim Attiya's lecture notes. Explore topics such as application-layer paradigms, client-server paradigm, socket interface, standard applications, and peer-to-peer paradigm.
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