An Interpreted language is a programming language which is run through a interpreter in order to function. Unlike other programming languages which compile the list of instructions into computer readable language that can be executed, interpreted language stays in it's uncompiled form. PHP is an example of a interpreted language which is heavily used in the creation of web pages. An example of the code can be found below. <?PHP echo "Hello World!"; ?> The above is able to be run on a web server and would produce a Hello World message on the screen and because it's not a compiled language, changes are able to be made without having to recompile the program to run it again with the new changes. This is ideal for web services who need to make rapid changes to add new features or correct security problems that have been corrected.
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A web site, or website, is a set of documents called web pages which present text, images, video or other various media in a manner which can be displayed in a web browser. Because a web browser is used to display the media, it has to be transmitted in a language which the browser understands. This language is named HTML (Hyper-text Markup Language) and XHTML (eXtensible Hyper-text Markup Language). Since HTML and XHTML are used by all browsers, the web site should be able to be displayed in the same manner no matter which operating system is used to display the website. The browser takes care of all the media calls and the text formatting by either the use of what's listed in the HTML/XHTML document or by having a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) linked to the document for reference. A cascading style sheet is used to tell the browser how to align the…
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