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Skriven 2005-03-02 14:16:28 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 2747 av RobertB. (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Critique This, Please
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From: "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com>

Thanks Robert.  Your points are well taken.  Any technical comments as to the
accuracy of the description.

Gary


"RobertB." <rb28@nyu.edu> wrote in message
news:rb28-090B6B.12033602032005@w3.nls.net...
> In article <4225ce9d@w3.nls.net>, "Gary Britt" <zotu@nospamforme.com>
> wrote:
>
> > In your opinion is the following a non-technical yet accurate
description??
> >
> > A person at a computer located in California decides to view a web page
> > available on the internet.  That person types in the web address of the
page
> > they wish to view and hits enter or clicks the go button (or does the
> > equivalent of this by clicking a link to that web address).  That
California
> > person's computer then sends an electronic request to view the web page
at
> > the internet address previously typed in.  That electronic request for
the
> > web page (a web page being nothing more than a collection of words and
> > pictures like a brochure is a collection of words and pictures) is
physically
> > relayed from one physical computer to another until the request to view
> > arrives at the physical computer handling the internet address of the
web
> > page requested.  Then that physical computer that handles the web page
> > requested sends the words and pictures of the web page back through that
same
> > chain of computers until it arrives at the computer of the person in
> > California.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary
>
> To add to Adam's comments:
>
> 1) All "computers" in this sense are physical (whether servers or
> personal), since you're not referring to computers as persons.
> 2) Maybe you need to explain or rephrase "computer handling the internet
> address," since that simply appears without explanation (for example, is
> it part of the relay chain?).
> 3) Is the return path necessarily the same as the request path?
> 4) "Web" not "web." "Internet" not "internet" (since we're talking not
> about internets in general but THE Internet of fame, fortune, fun, and
> folly.
>
> robert

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