1. On the World Wide Web, what is the role of the Client?
The role of the client is to find and interpret files for you and to allow you to interact with them in various ways.
f2. What is the role of the server? The role of the server is to receive requests for files and to send those files out to the client.
3. The link above (How the Web Works) allows you to download an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. What system makes it possible for your browser to handle different file types? The system that makes it possible is MIME: Multi-purpose Internet Media Extensions. IE it figures out what to do with your e-mail attachments.
4. What is a "Helper Application"? A helper application is there to help the MIME to understand the files, kind of like dumbing it down for the MIME to understand.
5. If you are creating a Web Page and you are in a different place from the computer that is acting as a Web Server, how do you get your files to that computer? The way that you get your files to the other computer is by FTP.
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