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Web Development & APIs Flashcards

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  1. What does HTTP stand for?

    Answer: HyperText Transfer Protocol

    HTTP stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the foundational protocol used for transmitting web pages over the internet.

  2. Which HTTP method is used to retrieve data from a server without modifying it?

    Answer: GET

    GET is the HTTP method used to request and retrieve data from a server; it is idempotent and does not modify server state.

  3. What is the purpose of a URL query string?

    Answer: To pass additional parameters to a web resource

    A URL query string, appended after a '?' character, passes key-value pairs as additional parameters to the web resource being requested.

  4. Which HTTP status code indicates a successful request?

    Answer: 200

    HTTP status code 200 (OK) indicates that the request was successful and the server returned the requested resource.

  5. What does REST stand for in the context of web APIs?

    Answer: Representational State Transfer

    REST stands for Representational State Transfer, an architectural style for distributed hypermedia systems that uses standard HTTP methods.

  6. Which protocol is used to secure HTTP communications through encryption?

    Answer: HTTPS

    HTTPS (HTTP Secure) uses TLS/SSL encryption to secure data transmitted between a web browser and a server.

  7. What is the Document Object Model (DOM) in web development?

    Answer: A programming interface representing the HTML document as a tree of objects

    The DOM is a programming interface that represents an HTML or XML document as a tree structure, allowing scripts to dynamically access and update content, structure, and style.