Distinguish a Web Page from Its Address

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; answers may also be spoken or typed.
• All cases, labels, numbers and rules are supplied on this page. No real account, private information or purchase is needed.

Learn the idea

A web address identifies a resource location; it is not the resource’s contents. A browser requests resources and displays the returned content. The address and page title may use different wording. In this exercise all addresses are fictional labels, and no learner must open them.

Match the requested resource to the address in the supplied lookup table. A familiar-looking title does not prove the destination has the expected content.

Use this supplied case: Wanted resource: plants. Table: /a=animals; /p=plants; /m=maps; /r=rules. Which address fits? Use the details in this example. Say which detail helped you choose. This pretend example does not tell us how every real system works.

1. Follow the worked example one step at a time. Say or draw what happens.
2. Match the requested resource to the address in the supplied lookup table.
3. Say which detail makes the example answer fit. Pick another answer and say why it does not fit.
4. Try the question and practice questions. Read the rule again if your answer does not match the explanation.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

New lookup:/s=shapes, /n=numbers. Expected: choose /n for numbers. The address mapping does not verify the page’s factual content.

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