What do cafeterias and the world-wide-web have in common?

They both use client-server architecture! -ba-dum-CHAH!- (there's my rimshot)

If you had no idea what the heck I just said, don't worry. Neither did I before I read an article on it for homework yesterday.

I'll just give a brief rundown if you don't have to time to read that article. How we connect to the internet is based on two things: one, our computer runs software called the client (browsers, for example). Our browser interacts with another software called a server on a computer elsewhere. Kind of like how we are the clients of the cafeteria, and the server (cafeteria) has to interact with us to find out what we want to buy, and serve it to us.

For this interaction to run smoothly, a set of instructions called protocols are needed. Protocols are used to perform different tasks, such as email, or displaying websites. One such protocol is HTTP, or hypertext transfer protocol. Another is FTP, of file transfer protocol.

The world wide web brings all these protocols together, and that's how we access webpages.

Confused? Don't be. It's actually quite straightforward if you think about it. Or maybe I'm just really bad at explaining. either way, today's lesson was an interesting one.

If you're still waiting for my weekend camping experience update on the GU blog, I'm SO SORRY! *Slaps self* I'll get to posting it right after this. Ahem: prepare yourself for some epicness.

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