Websites
A website is made up of web pages and is accessible via the Internet. In 1991, the first website appeared. The World Wide Web is constituted by all accessible websites.
The home page is the main web page. From this web page, it is possible to accede to the other web pages. These web pages are written in HTML language and are hosted on a computer system called web browser.
According to its functionality, websites can be classified as personnel website, government website, non-profit website and commercial website.
Sometimes, if you want to visit some websites, you have to be a subscriber. Some examples of this kind of websites are gaming sites or news sites.
Personnel websites are used by people for many purposes. From singers who want to show their music until a housewife who shares her recipes.
Government websites are official pages of institutions, for instance, The Official School of Languages website.
Non-profit websites are those that do not have lucrative purposes.
Commercial websites are used to show and sell products. From languages courses to swimming pools, there are a wide range of products that can be advertised on a website. Nowadays, it might be the most effective way of advertising, since it can be visited 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Furthermore, there are static and dynamic websites. The first ones, static websites, have web pages stored on the server. Dynamic websites do not have pages stored on the server, their contents change automatically, according to some criteria. This kind of website is also called web application. On-line banking or social networking are examples of dynamic websites.
There are many varieties of websites, databases, directories, blogs, news sites…
Websites are used for many purposes, depending on your necessities. Therefore, computer knowledge can be an advantage in many ways.