Course Content

Other Courses

Tribhuvan university > CSIT - 2074 Syllabus > Web Technology > Old Questions > 2074

Web Technology - Old Questions

Syllabus Notes Old Questions Unit Wise Questions Question Bank

10.  What is web client? Discuss its role on the internet.

5 marks | Asked in 2074

A web client is an application program or web browser that communicates with web server using Hypertext transfer protocol. Web client acts as an interface between server and clients, through which messages are sent to web server. It collects the processed data from the web server. E.g. Google chrome, Internet explorer, opera, firefox, safari.

Roles of web client:

  • It acts as an interface between server and client and displays web document to the client.
  • Web client requests the server for the webpages and resources.
  • It sends HTTP requests and get HTTP response.
  • It stores the cookies for different websites.
  • It helps to bookmark the websites.