XML, Extensible Markup Language, is an open, text based markup language that provides structural and semantic information to data. XML is a metalanguage that can be used to create other language. It is used to structure and describe data that can be understood by other applications. Using XML, we can separate the user interface from data.

Features of XML :

- XML is a generalized markup language that means one can define his/her own tag sets.

- A valid XML document contains rules and is self-describing.

- The rules that are found in DTD allow the documents to be validated.

Web server handles client side and server side validations and helps to deliver web content that can be accessed through the Internet protocols.

Examples:

Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Service)

Apache web server from Apache

Java web server

Pramathi web server etc...

Web browser is a software application used to locate,retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, videos and other files.

Examples : Microsoft Internet Expiorer , Mozilla Firefox , Google Chrome, Opers , Safari etc...

Web application provides services (Free and Paid) apart from information.

Ex: Online Banking System

It provides Bank  information , Branches & ATM information, Loans information etc...

And It provides balance enquiry, Fund transfer, Bill payments like services.

Web portal is a business gateway, It organizes business operations.

Ex: Online shopping portals, Job portals etc...

Basically website is an information provider, It provides information globally using internet protocols.

Intranet  (local Network)

Internet  (wide area Network)

Extranet (Private network over internet)

Asc() - Returns ANSI Character Code 

Chr() - Returns Character from ANSI Code 

InStr() - Find a string within another 

InStrRev() - Find a string within another (Reverse) 

LCase() - Convert a string to lowercase 

Left() - Crops a string from left 

Len() - Determine the length of a string 

LTrim() - Remove leading spaces from a string 

Mid() - Crops a string 

Replace() - Replace a substring within a string 

Right() - Crops a string from right 

RTrim() - Remove trailing spaces from a string 

Space() - Creates a string with the specified number of spaces 

StrComp() - Compare two strings 

String() - Creates a repeated character string 

StrReverse() - Reverse the characters of a string 

Trim() - Remove both leading and trailing spaces from a string 

UCase() - Convert a string to uppercase