Chapter 16. INTERNET PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS

All Internet activities require underlying programs written by programmers. Several ways exist to write applications for the Internet. However, the Internet technology that you learn today will probably change tomorrow. One of the ways to stay abreast of Internet programming is to master the terminology first. This chapter focuses primarily on the terms and languages that you'll need to know to master Internet programming. Subsequent chapters focus more specifically on the topics introduced here.

  • How information is sent throughout Internet connections.

  • HTML is the primary language behind Web pages.

  • ActiveX controls are small routines that can appear inside Web pages to activate those pages.

  • ASP technology ...

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