We explain what a Web page is and what this digital document is for. In addition, the types that exist and what is a Web browser.
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What is a web page?
It is known as Web page, electronic page or digital page to a digital document of a multimedia nature (that is, capable of including audio, video, text and their combinations), adapted to the standards of the World Wide Web ( WWW ) and to which It can be accessed through a web browser and an active Internet connection. This is the basic format of content on the network.
On the Internet there are more than one billion Web pages of diverse nature and diverse content, from all over the world and in the main languages spoken. This represents the main information file of humanity that currently exists, stored along thousands of servers throughout the planet , which can be accessed quickly thanks to a system of communication protocols ( HTTP ).
In many cases, access to a Web page or its specific contents may be subject to prohibitions, commercial payments or other types of identification methods (such as online registration).
The content of this huge virtual library is not fully supervised, moreover, and its regulation represents a challenge and a debate for the traditional institutions of humanity, such as the family, the school or even the laws of the countries.
Web pages are programmed in an HTML or XHTML format , and are characterized by their relationship between one and the other through hyperlinks : links to diverse contents that allow a complex, simultaneous and diverse reading, very different from what we can find in The books and magazines.
Finally, it is not the same to talk about a Web page ( Webpage ) and a Web site ( Website ), since the latter contain a variable number of the former.
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What is a web page for?
The Web pages basically fulfill the task of providing information of any kind and in any style or degree of formality.
Some, at the same time, allow different degrees of interaction between users or with some institution , such as the pages of forums, dating services or social networks , the pages of purchase and sale of goods, the pages of consultation or contact with companies , governmental institutions or NGOs , and even specialized technical support pages.
In principle, the functions of a Web page are as broad as the demand of the users and the offer of their creators.
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Web page types
There are two types of Web page, according to the way in which its content is generated:
- Static Web pages . They operate by downloading a file programmed in HTML code, which contains all the instructions for the browser to rebuild the Web page, accessing the locations of its elements and following a preconceived, rigid order, which does not allow interaction with the user. These types of pages are merely informative, documentary, not interactive.
- Web pages dynamic . Unlike the previous ones, dynamic Web pages are generated at the moment of user access, using some interpreted language (such as PHP), which allows you to receive user requests, process them in databases and offer a Answer according to your requirements.
A Web browser is an application software used to open Web pages both on a local route (such as a hard disk) or from the Internet .
They are known as “browsers” or “explorers,” based on the metaphor that the Web is a vast and crowded place, for which a platform is needed.
In that sense, Web browsers allow us to “enter” the Internet and view different contents from the entry of URL addresses or the use of online data search services (known as Web Search Engines ).
