Tec Thoughts

Mickey was reading a magazine, which talked in length about the do's and don'ts for a website designer. But she was finding it difficult to understand as to what exactly the writer meant to say. "Who is a website designer, Daddy and what is a network, a program?" "Any TV serial for that matter. What's so great about answering such a question?" "No daddy. That might not be the answer. There is nothing here concerning any TV serial. The writer is talking about computers." "Anyways. What are the skill required to become a website designer?" An enthusiastic Mickey asked of her father. "You have got that magazine in your hand. Read it and instead of asking me, you tell me what it says." "It's too complicated for me to figure out the technicalities like the internet security, the network the program. The language that is used here seems quite confusing. Please daddy, tell me. Please." "Ok. See. First of all, a website is a collection of web pages. The person who designs a website is called a website designer. Got it?" "Oh, how easy it was to explain this!" Ok, now the next point. A web page can exist on any computer. Due to the inter-connection of these computers, a web page or a website can be accessed from any computer. This inter-connection is called a network. It is almost like a local area network where a data from a certain computer can be accessed from another computer, say, in an office. But the only difference is that this connection has literally no boundaries, because this network is not physically connected by cables." "Nice. I understood this much. But what is the necessity and importance of Internet security?" "That is a burning issue for those having and owning a website. The data on a website can be hacked. That is, it can be stolen or tampered with by a person who has no right to do it. A lot of mal-practice is often done using hacking. Then blackmailing or messing about with the key data is done. Some do it just for fun and some others for blackmailing. Website owners have to pay huge sums to get back their data in the appropriate manner." "Well, that is a lot of information for me, Daddy. I hope this much is enough for me for the time being. Thanks a lot for this." "You are welcome. Ask anything if needed." "Surely. I will." And again Mickey got lost in reading the magazine.