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O Level Computer Science 2210 · The internet and its uses. 1 Understand the difference between the internet and the world wide web 2 Understand what is meant by a uniform resource locator (URL) 3 Describe the purpose and operation of hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) and hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) 4 Explain the purpose and functions of a web browser The internet is the infrastructure The world wide web is the collection of websites and web pages accessed using the internet A URL is a text-based address for a web page; it can contain the protocol, the domain name and the web page/file name The main purpose of a web browser is to render hypertext markup language (HTML) and display web pages Functions include: – storing bookmarks and favourites – recording user history – allowing use of multiple tabs – storing cookies – providing navigation tools – providing an address bar 5 Describe how web pages are located, retrieved and display

In Cambridge O Level Computer Science 2210, The internet and the world wide web came up in 19 of the 34 papers on Paperstreak, for about 6 marks a paper when it does. It last came up in October/November 2025.

Often set with Cyber security.

20 questions, newest first

  1. 2210/12/O/N/25 Question 6 parts (a) (c) (d) · 11 marks
  2. 2210/13/O/N/25 Question 4 parts (c(i)) (c(ii)) · 3 marks
  3. 2210/12/M/J/25 Question 5 part (c(i)) · 6 marks
  4. 2210/12/O/N/24 Question 7 parts (a) (b) (c) (d) · 9 marks
  5. 2210/13/O/N/24 Question 4 · 6 marks
  6. 2210/13/O/N/24 Question 6 · 10 marks
  7. 2210/12/M/J/24 Question 11 · 8 marks
  8. 2210/12/O/N/23 Question 9 · 6 marks
  9. 2210/13/O/N/23 Question 4 parts (a) (b) (c) · 4 marks
  10. 2210/11/M/J/23 Question 10 parts (c) (d) (e) · 9 marks
  11. 2210/12/M/J/23 Question 6 · 9 marks
  12. 2210/12/O/N/22 Question 6 part (e) · 6 marks
  13. 2210/13/O/N/22 Question 10 parts (a(i)) (a(ii)) · 4 marks
  14. 2210/11/M/J/22 Question 9 · 5 marks
  15. 2210/12/M/J/22 Question 3 part (a) · 5 marks
  16. 2210/11/M/J/21 Question 7 part (b) · 4 marks
  17. 2210/12/M/J/21 Question 6 · 7 marks
  18. 2210/13/O/N/20 Question 4 part (a) · 4 marks
  19. 2210/11/M/J/20 Question 7 part (b(i)) · 1 mark
  20. 2210/12/M/J/20 Question 5 parts (a) (c) · 4 marks

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