Computer Knowledge

Internet and Web

1,617 Questions

The Internet and Web encompass global networks, web portals, browsers, and online communication tools. This hub provides questions on basic internet concepts, email structures, and web terminology. Strong knowledge here is vital for scoring well in computer awareness sections.

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Internet and Web Questions

Multiple choice
  1. Spam

  2. Cookie

  3. Access point

  4. URL

  5. Search engine

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A cookie is a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. Its purpose is to remember information about user, similar to a preference file created by a software application.The most common purpose of cookies is to store login information for a specific site.

Multiple choice
  1. Operating System

  2. Compiler

  3. Shell

  4. Web Browser

  5. Text editor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. Netscape is a web browser.

Multiple choice
  1. Apache HTTP

  2. ISS

  3. Netscape

  4. Windows NT workstation

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

PHP was originally designed as an Apache module (mod_php) and remains officially integrated with Apache HTTP Server. While PHP can run on other servers (IIS, nginx via FastCGI), Apache has the most native support history.

Multiple choice
  1. Personal Web Page

  2. Hypertext Preprocessor

  3. Personal Home Page

  4. Hypertext Processor

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

PHP was originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in 1994 and was originally named 'Personal Home Page' (PHP). It was later renamed to 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor' in 1997 to make the name more recursive and professional, though the original meaning was Personal Home Page.

Multiple choice
  1. Hypertext Preprocessor

  2. Public Home Page

  3. Personal Web Page

  4. Personal Home Page

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

PHP now officially stands for 'PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor'. This is a recursive acronym where the 'PHP' part stands for the name itself. Originally it meant 'Personal Home Page', but this was changed to make it sound more professional and to emphasize its purpose as a server-side scripting language for web development.

Multiple choice
  1. client

  2. server

  3. client/server

  4. none of these

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Cookies are small text files stored by the web browser on the user's computer (client-side) to remember stateful information. The server sends cookies to the browser, which stores them locally and sends them back with subsequent requests to the same domain. Options B and C are incorrect because cookies are not stored on the server.