1. What is a web application?
2. What is the difference between a thin client and thick client?
3. What are the principle advantages of web applications over traditional client-server applications?
4. What are the principle disadvantages of web appications over traditional client-server applications?
5. Name and describe the tiers in the three-tier model of a web application.
6. List the steps that a user action must go though in order to cause a change in a web application's state.
7. What is an application service provider and how does it differ from an internet service provider?
8. Define the acronym LAMP.
9. Define and give two examples of each of the following web applications:
   • Wiki;
   • Blog;
   • Contents management system;
   • Collaborative software system;
   • Social networking system;

1. Which Wiki hosts these lecture notes?
2. Give the wikitext for a level 1 heading, emphasized text, an unordered list, a hyperlink, an image.

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