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CHAPTER 27
WWW and HTTP
Solutions to Odd-Numbered Review Questions and Exercises
Review Questions
1. HTTP is a file transfer protocol that facilitates access to the WWW.
3. HTTP is like FTP because they both transfer files and use the services of TCP.
5. A proxy server is a computer that keeps copies of responses to recent requests.
When an HTTP client has a request, the cache of the proxy server is checked
before the request goes to the regular server.
7. A Web docume nt can be classified as either static, active, or dynamic.
9. A dynamic document is the product of a program run by a server as requested by a
browser. An active document is the product of a program sent from the server to
the client and run at the client site.
11. Java is one of the languages that is used to write an active document.
Exercises
13. On the screen you see: The publisher of this book is McGraw-Hill Publisher
15. HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Fri, 13-Jan-06 08:45:25 GMT
Server: Challenger
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-length: 4623
(Body of document)
17. HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Date: Fri, 13-Jan-06 08:45:25 GMT
Server: Challenger
docsity.com
