Datasheet

At this point, you may be asking yourself, “Why don’t I need a Web server?” The reason is simple: The
browser loads and interprets the HTML file from the local hard drive; it doesn’t have to request the file
from a server. However, the file uses only HTML, which is interpreted only by the client side. If you
used any server-side technologies (Perl, PHP, and so on), you would have to load the sample file onto a
Web server that had the appropriate capabilities to process the file before giving it to the client. More
information on server-side technologies can be found in Parts V and VI of this book.
Summary
This chapter introduced you to the World Wide Web and the main technology behind it, HTML. You saw
how the Web works, how clients and servers interact, and what makes up a hyperlink. You also learned
how HTML evolved and where it is today. This basic background serves as a foundation for the rest of
the chapters in this section, where you will learn more about specific HTML coding.
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