Blog Question Week 6

Blog Questions for Week 6

Describe THREE typical functions performed by the Apache HTTP Web Server? Usage

Apache is primarily used to serve both static content and dynamic Web pages on the World Wide Web.

Apache is used for many tasks where the content needs to be made available in a secure and reliable way.

Three functions that it performs are the following:

1) An example of one function is sharing files from a personal computer over the Internet. A user who has Apache installed on their desktop can put arbitrary files in the Apache's document root which can then be shared.

2) Programmers developing web applications often use a locally installed version of Apache in order to preview and test code as it is being developed.

3) Apache features configurable error messages,

(i) Compare the similarities and differences between the terms ‘Static’ and Dynamic’ Web sites?

There are many similarities and differences between the two, I will begin by comparing the differences, firstly the obvious comparison is static pages end with (.html or .htm) however dynamic pages end in (.stm or .asp or .php etc)

Another difference is static pages tend to have simple non complex web addresses as for dynamic pages they are seen as more complex.

The final difference that I will mention is the following, static pages do not hold or store any personal data about you as for dynamic pages hey usually intended to store your data you will know this when you visit a previous website and your name appears for example (welcome back Mr Smith).

The similarities between static and dynamic pages are they both manage and store website content from around the world.

With out static and dynamic pages there would be no (WWW).

Both static and dynamic translate url into file names and programme names, and they both maintain arunning log file.

They both also manage a number of clients.

Blog Questions for Week 5

You must hold regular meetings and post the minutes on your section of moodle in the groupwork forum. Your group and tutors can see this, but other students can’t.

The reason why I have chosen this point is because I personally believe that regular meetings is a must have when it comes to group work, as you get to discover how the group is getting on.
Having group meetings also enables the group to bond and actually work as a group instead of working individually, the reason why I think group meetings are important is because you get the chance to raise issues that certain individuals have encountered which can be sorted out you can also help each other with inputting ideas and thoughts to come up with effective ideas which can be used towards the final project.

The overall benefit of group meetings is as a group you can plan ahead of what you want as a group, and you can also assign certain roles to individuals to help keep the group on track.

It’s also important to post the meeting dates and time to show that you have been really working as a group and how often as a group we have been meeting up.

Blog Question Week 4

Now a days the internet is slowly being taken over by mobile internet devices such ad PDA'S (BlackBerry) this can be backed up by the following statistic



"12.3 million people used their mobile phone to access the Mobile Internet in the UK during June 2006, according to figures from the Mobile Data Association (MDA).



The figure shows that close to 20% of mobile phone users are now regularly using the WAP capability on their phones to download ringtones, games or wallpapers, or to simply browse the Mobile Internet while on the move."



The following are advantages of using a mobile internet device for sending and retrieving messages?



ADVANTAGES

• Through the access of mobile internet "WAP" you can communicate on the go which is an advantage, this provides advantages such as having the ability to communicate by email with others and to also recieve information anywhere.

• Privacy is also another advantage forinstance on the internet anyone can intrude on your privacy such as hackers as for a mobile its all personel as its your own personel space which cannot be accessed by 3rd party.

However there are also limitations to using mobile internet to sending and retrieving



Here are the disasvantages of using a mobile internet device for sending and retrieving email messages?



DISADVANTAGES

• The small screen size, having a small screen size makes it difficult and unclear to see text and graphics, many devices have a certain limits regarding characters so therefore you could end up with incomplete emails or the email comes in two parts.

• Speed and navigation is another problem forexample mobile devices do not use pointers which Pc's have but they use the up, down, sideways function which limits the navigation. Regarding speed the service speed usually tends to be quite slow.

The following was examples of advantages and disadvantages of using a mobile internet for emailing.

REFERENCE



http://www.mobilemarketingmagazine.co.uk/2006/08/12_million_hit_.html (this is the link to the statistics on mobile internet)

August 23, 2006

Blog Question Week 3

Blog Questions for Week 3

IP is an Internet protocol address this acts as a unique identifier which is then used to identify and to communicate with other stations on the computer network.

The reason why IP addresses are due to run out is because of the sortage of addresses as more and more users are joining every day which limits the amount of IP address that are available to new users. This has lead to IP addresses running out on IPv4

Another main cause of the problem is overload beacuse of double requests that are made my the user this tends to stall the server, another cause of the problem has been Vista which has also put load on DNS servers which will overtax the system causing it probally to crash and process requests slowly

DNS has many functions such as

• 
  
  answering requests


• 
  
  contacting other DNS


• 
  
  pass on requests to other servers


• 
  
  display an error message

having excessive IP addresses will lead DNS not functioning propally leading to it running out

To solve the problem IPv6 could be introduced to act as a back up which can work along side IPv4 they can work accordingly to prevent the run out.

Blog Questions for Week 2

a) Describe how the www.Yahoo.com search engine works and give one advantage and one disadvantage in this method of searching?

Yahoo search engine uses the method of classifying information under subject headings which are specific for the user this makes it an Index Based search engines for example:

• Weather
• Sport
• Games
• TV.........etc

Advantages of using Yahoo.com is its consistant as it has a graphical user interface which never changes as everything is always catagorized, sub-headings can be used to guide the user through the information they are looking for.

Disadvantage of using Yahoo.com is the headings and sub heading is only from one point of view and may have cultural differences such as interpretatioin of what is seen on the screen by different ethnical users.

b) Describe how the www.Google.com search engine works and give one advantage and one disadvantage in this method of searching?

Google.com is an example of a crawler- based search engine as it crawls it way around the web to display the listings automatically which have been requested by the user.

Advantages of using Google as a method of searching is you are given a relevance indicator which allows you to see how accurate the results of your search was it also gives you a rating on the pages which have found matching your results

Disadvantage of using Google is its less useful if you want a broad overview as it needs to understand your syntax inorder to display the correct results.

c) In your view explain which search engine you prefer to use when searching the web and justify why you have this preference?

Personally the web search engine i prefer to use is Google.com the reason being is i believe its simple and not that complecated as it gives you what you want to search for it has a much more eaiser feel to it as you are not crowded by unwanted items of data.

On the other hand i believe that Yahoo.com is more complecated as you surrounded by unlimited options which puts me off it contains items you dont really want to see after results of searches are displayed such as the articles which are displayed. Overall it has a much more crowded feel to it this is the reason why i prefer Google over Yahoo.

weekly blog question 1

Wasim Ahmed Ramzan
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Blog Questions for Week 1

Give one similarity and one difference between a Blog and a paper Diary?

There are many similarities and differences between a Blog and a paper diary, the following are examples.

For example one difference is that a Blog is an electronic diary where as a diary is paper based which can also be lost which suggests that its not secure as a Blog, another difference is With Blogs you can make links to other web pages or HTML pages however this cannot be done with a paper based diary.
Similarities between a Blog and a paper based diary is you can note down your thoughts and it’s a way of expressing your self.