Internet and Web

NICNET stands for National Informatics Centre Network, which is a satellite-based national computer network in India. WAN is a general term for a wide area network, while WWW and HTTP are internet services and protocols, respectively.

In database and information systems, a query is a request for data or information from a database or information system.

HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. It is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web, used to load web pages.

The indefinite article 'a' is used before 'URL' because, although it starts with a vowel letter, it is often pronounced with a consonant sound ('y' sound) or treated as a singular countable noun here.

www stands for World Wide Web. So, middle w stands for wide. www stands for World Wide Web. So, middle w stands for wide.

The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989; by 2009, it had been in existence for approximately 20 years.

This element of the web is used to identify each web page and browser request by sending that page URL to the server.

This is a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images and other information typically located on a web page.

This is a technical syntax for global identification of network retrievable documents.

Modern email services support multimedia attachments, allowing users to send text, images, audio, and video files. Restricting the answer to only one type of content is incorrect.

A URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. While it is sometimes colloquially referred to as a Universal Resource Locator, the standard technical term is Uniform Resource Locator. Since both terms are widely used, option C is marked as the correct answer in this context.

A hyperlink is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow by clicking or tapping. They are commonly used in web pages to navigate between different sections or external sites.

E-mail is the standard abbreviation for electronic mail. It is the digital equivalent of traditional postal mail.

A website is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name and published on at least one web server.

Personalisation means catering to specific person’s needs.