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C.1.1 Internet vs. World Wide Web

C.1.2 Evolution of the Web

C.1.3 Characteristics of Web Technologies

C.1.4 Uniform Resource Identifier and URL

C.1.5 Purpose of a URL

C.1.6 Domain Name Server

C.1.7 Internet Protocols

C.1.8 Components of a Web Page

C.1.9 Protocols and Standards on the Web

C.1.10 Types of Web Pages

C.1.11 Static vs. Dynamic Web Pages

C.1.12 Functions of a Browser

C.1.13 Client-Side vs. Server-Side Scripting

C.1.14 Web Pages and Data Sources

C.1.15 Common Gateway Interface (CGI)

C.1.16 Web Page Structure

C.2.1 Search Engines

C.2.2 Principles of Search Algorithms

C.2.3 How Web Crawlers Function

C.2.4 Metadata and Web Crawlers

C.2.5 Parallel Web Crawling

C.2.6 Web-Indexing in Search Engines

C.2.7 Improving Search Results

C.2.8 Metrics Used by Search Engines

C.2.9 Search Engine Effectiveness

C.2.10 White Hat and Black Hat SEO

C.2.11 Challenges for Growing Search Engines

C.3.1 Mobile and Distributed Computing

C.3.2 Interoperability and Open Standards

C.3.3 Hardware for Distributed Networks

C.3.4 Role of Distributed Systems in Web Growth

C.3.5 Lossless vs. Lossy Compression

C.3.6 Effectiveness of Compression Software

C.4.1 Growth of Online Interaction

C.4.2 Cloud Computing Architecture

C.4.3 Effects of Cloud Computing

C.4.4 Copyright and Intellectual Property

C.4.5 Privacy and Authentication

C.4.6 Future of Web Infrastructure

C.4.7 Web Monopolies

C.4.8 Decentralized and Democratic Web

C.5.1 Web as a Directed Graph

C.5.2 Web Graph vs. Sub-Graphs

C.5.3 Web Graph Features

C.5.4 Role of Graph Theory in Web Connectivity

C.5.5 Page Rank Algorithm

C.5.6 Power Laws and Web Development

C.6.1 Semantic Web vs .Text-Web vs. Multimedia-Web

C.6.2 Aims of the Semantic Web

C.6.3 Ontology vs. Folksonomy

C.6.4 Folksonomies and Social Structures

C.6.5 Expressivity and Usability in Semantic Web

C.6.6 Searching Methods for Semantic Web

C.6.7 Ambient Intelligence vs. Collective Intelligence

C.6.8 Ambient Intelligence for Support

C.6.9 Collective Intelligence for Complex Issues

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