This week’s topics
Web Architecture and Infrastructure
- Client-server model
- Domain Name System (DNS) and IP addressing
- HTTP and HTTPS communication protocols
- Web servers and cloud hosting
- How The Web Actually Works: DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, Clients & Servers Explained
- Network Protocols - ARP, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, SSL, TLS, HTTPS, DNS, DHCP - Networking Fundamentals - L6
- How a DNS Server (Domain Name System) works.
- Hosting services
What you will be able to do
- 2.1 Explain the web architecture and components which enable internet and web functionality
Activity
Start with this week’s 4 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the web architecture and components which enable internet and web functionality
Study materials
Videos
- How The Web Actually Works: DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, Clients & Servers Explained · YouTube · Neehmah · 5 min · for registered students
- Network Protocols - ARP, FTP, SMTP, HTTP, SSL, TLS, HTTPS, DNS, DHCP - Networking Fundamentals - L6 · YouTube · Practical Networking · 12 min · for registered students
- How a DNS Server (Domain Name System) works. · YouTube · PowerCert Animated Videos · 6 min · for registered students
- Hosting services · Oak National Academy, Key Stage 4 (GCSE level) · for registered students
Further resources
- Introduction to Computer Science, 11.1: Modern Web Applications Architectures · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 560–577 · for registered students
- Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 11.1–11.2: Client-server and networks · PDF · Textbook, textbook chapter; pp. 849–854 · for registered students
- Foundations of Information Systems, 5.2: Firewalls and HTTPS · PDF · OpenStax, textbook chapter; pp. 168–171 · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
