ISP - Internet Service Providers
An Internet Service Provider is technically a company that provides internet connectivity to a house or business customers. ISP’s will also be able to offer dial-up or broadband service to consumers. Companies that offer these products are Virgin Media, BT and sky. As well as this they can also offer forms of internet access such as modem dial-up to DSL and cable modem broadband service to dedicated T1/T3 lines.
Web Hosting Services
Web hosts are what make websites accessible over the internet, they control all of the set up and technical issues and also have a very high speed connection to the internet. Web hosts host the sites themselves as there are very high costs involved in setting …show more content…
Free hosts have low bandwidth and a lesser data transfer capacity which makes free hosts vulnerable to greater downtime, as well as this, you also cannot upload more images or videos as free hosts do not give a large amount of disk space. Paid hosts offer a large amount of disk space which means you can upload more. Advertisements are not controlled with free hosts, this mean that you cannot control when they pop up or what they are and how big and often they appear. Paid hosts have full control over advertisements and no outsider can decided anything for it.
DNS
DNS is means Domain Name Server, this is a system that automatically translates Internet addresses to the numeric machine addresses that computers use, it is the internet’s primary directory service.
URL
A URL stands for Uniform/Universal resource locator is a reference that specifies a web resources location, URL’s are also used for file transfer (FTP), email (mailto) and database access (JDBC)
There are different parts to a URL, such as:
Http - this is called a protocol, and it is used in communication between the browser and web server, also protocol is essentially a set of rules for the browser and server.
: - The colon separates the protocol from the …show more content…
This costs £89.99.
Coffecup - is another website design programme, it currently creates over 25 software applications for creating, designing and editing web pages. Advantages and Disadvantages of Online and Offline creation.
Advantages Disadvantages
Online • You don’t have to be a skilled designer, as the software automatically designs it for you.
• It is possible to access your account from any device with an internet connection
• An online web application also has a library of templates and images that users can simply select and drop into place on their own web pages • Some don’t offer as much benefits or features.
• There is a higher cost to these software’s
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Offline • You do not need an internet connection
• • The software does not design the website for you, it’s more complicated and requires a certain amount of skill.
• An offline software package does offer users the ability to create a website whenever and on whichever device they choose
• Software can be expensive to purchase in the short-term and can quickly become