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Understanding Web Applications vocab March 2014 Int. Prog.

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Web page   a document that is served over the World Wide Web and can be displayed by a Web browser.  
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HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)   the common underlying communication protocol language used by the World Wide Web.  
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URL (Uniform Resource Locator)   these are used to uniquely identify and address each resource on the Internet; basically a Web address.  
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HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)   the language used by Web servers and browsers to describe a Web page.  
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CSS (Cascading style sheets)   these enable you to store a Web page's style and formatting information separate from the HTML code.  
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JavaScript   a client-side scripting language that runs inside Web browsers to help create far more interactive Web pages than are possible with only HTML.  
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Client-side   refers to programs that execute completely on a user’s local computer.  
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Server-side   refers to programs that are executed completely on a server and make use of the server’s computational resources.  
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ASP.NET   the part of the .NET Framework that enables you to develop programmable Web forms and Web services.  
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Postback   when processing information in a contact form is submitted and reloads the page  
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State management   the process of maintaining state for a Web page across round-trips.  
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Client side state management   this uses HTML code and the capabilities of the Web browser to store state information on the client computer.  
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Query strings   a state is maintained by putting the data as a set of key-value pairs in the query string portion of a page URL.  
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Cookies   small packets of information that are stored by a Web browser locally on the user’s computer.  
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Hidden fields   contains information that is not displayed on a Web page but is still part of the page’s HTML code.  
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ViewState   the mechanism ASP.NET uses to maintain the state of controls across page postbacks.  
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Session state   an ASP.NET application's way of identifying individual session through cookies or a distinct URL  
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Application state   used to store data that is used throughout an application.  
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Web hosting    
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Internet Information Services (IIS)    
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Web site    
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Virtual directory    
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Web services    
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Simple object access protocol    
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Web services description language    
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