Operating Systems
An operating system described as more flexible
What is UNIX?
An HTML tag used to define the main content of a web page
What is a <body> tag
A PHP method that appends user input to the URL.
What is the GET method?
Collects user input for map parameters
What is the role of HTML forms in GIS web mapping applications?
Sends requests to the server and displays received content
What is the role the web client plays in the client-server model
An operating system that is mainly Intel based
What is Windows?
A way to define the design of a web page
What is a <style> tag or external CSS file?
A PHP method to prevent errors and security vulnerabilities
What is sanitization and validation?
Scripting language processes form data and delivers maps
What is PHP
Waits for requests and sends requested files/data
What is the role of the server in client-server architecture?
An equivalent term for “root” in UNIX on a Windows OS
What is an Administrator?
A correct way to embed JavaScript in an HTML document
What are open and closed <script></script> tags?
A PHP function used to write form data to a CSV file
What is fputcsv
An open source scripting language that produces interactive maps
What is Leaflet.js
HTML, images, data in the form or words, maps or charts
What does the client typically request from the server?
An operating system noted for offering a choice of GUIs
What is UNIX?
An attribute used in HTML to uniquely identify an element for CSS styling
What is an 'id'?
A PHP function that protects user input from malicious code
What is htmlspecialchars()
A common data source for web maps
What is JSON data?
Client handles rendering and minor interaction, while processing and data management occur on the server
What is thin client architecture
A reason GIS workplaces might choose Windows over UNIX
What is more user-friendly for business applications?
HTML structural elements
What is a header, navigation, section, article and footer?
A built in superglobal variable that stores data sent to PHP script
What is $_POST?
An open source server that hosts web maps
What is QGIS Server
Client-Server Architecture described as foundational for the World Wide Web
What is Peer-to-Peer?