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Table of Contents:
Definition and Overview
1. Overview of the Web
2. Overview of Web Hosting
3. Web-Hosting Implementation on a Dedicated Platform
4. Web-Hosting Implementation on a Shared Platform
5. Web Hosting–Resource Management Challenges
6. Advanced Web-Hosting Methods
Self-Test
Glossary
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Self-Test
1. Who invented the World Wide Web?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Marc Andreessen
c. Tim Berners-Lee
d. Bill Gates
2. With what server does the Web browser communicate to find the IP number of a Web site?
a. Web server
b. DNS server
c. FTP server
d. HTTP server
3. What is a CPU?
a. central processing unit
b. the brain of the computer
c. a large hard drive
d. both a and b
4. Maintaining and operating servers is performed through which of the following:
a. the operating system
b. the system board
c. RAM
d. Web hosting
5. What computer-system resources are the most critical to measure, monitor, and manage for Web hosting?
a. CPU utilization
b. memory utilization
c. disk input and output
d. network input and output
e. all of the above
6. Web hosting on a shared computer environment is normally accomplished by which method?
a. multiple disk drives, one for each Web site
b. multiple instances of Web-server software, one for each Web site
c. one configuration file with all Web site–configuration information
d. multiple CPUs, one for each Web site
e. both b and c
7. A Web server farm refers to which of the following:
a. land used for data-center facilities
b. a network of computer systems
c. one large computer system
d. a DNS and FTP server
8. Which of the following are essential components of Web hosting?
a. an FTP server
b. an Internet connection
c. electronic commerce
d. Web-server software
e. both b and d
9. What is the language used in the Web to create Web pages?
a. HTTP
b. HTML
c. FTP
d. URL
10. What protocol is used in the Web to transfer information from Web servers to Web browsers?
a. URL
b. HTTP
c. POP
d. OSI
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