What's the point of WWW

[strongbad]

It's probably some obvious answer, but I don't get why people use it, since just going http://sitehere.com still works as well has http://www.sitehere.com

hmm

[Daddy]

It's used as a prefix for webservers.


www.example.com would go to the site's webserver
ftp.example.com would go to the site's ftp server
smtp.example.com would go to its smtp server.

Most of the time www.* redirects to the domain itself, though on some instances www.example.com and example.com will point to other locations, or the www. (or lack thereof) might not work.


edit: use this domain for an example.

www.boyah.net redirects to boyah.net
ftp.boyah.net should open your FTP client if you have one, but won't do anything since we don't allow anonymous logins.

[mario583]

What's the point of HTTTP, HTTPS, .ORG, .COM, .NET, .EDU, .GOV Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q)

This use of such prefixes is not required by any technical standard; indeed, the first Web server was at "nxoc01.cern.ch", and even today many Web sites exist without a "www" prefix. The "www" prefix has no meaning in the way the main Web site is shown. The "www" prefix is simply one choice for a Web site's host name.

However, some website addresses require the www. prefix, and if typed without one, won't work; there are also some which must be typed without the prefix. Sites that do not have Host Headers properly setup are the cause of this. Some hosting companies do not setup a www or @ A record in the web server configuration and/or at the DNS server level.

[mario583]

It's used as a prefix for webservers.


www.example.com would go to the site's webserver
ftp.example.com would go to the site's ftp server
smtp.example.com would go to its smtp server.

Most of the time www.* redirects to the domain itself, though on some instances www.example.com and example.com will point to other locations, or the www. (or lack thereof) might not worK

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[Daddy]

What's the point of HTTTP, HTTPS, .ORG, .COM, .NET, .EDU, .GOV Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q)

http is the protocol usedby browsers
https is the protocol transfered over SSL
.org,.com,.net, .edu, .gov are all TLDs
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[mario583]

http is the protocol usedby browsers
https is the protocol transfered over SSL
.org,.com,.net, .edu, .gov are all TLDs
Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q)

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Wanna go?
Also, I typed it at sarcastic.

[Daddy]

Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q) Q('_' Q)
Wanna go?
Also, I typed it at sarcastic.

I typed it at smartass   Q('_' Q)

[strongbad]

I understand.
Thank you all for your help.