GATE CS 2015 Set 3 — Question 18

MCQ+1 / -0.33MediumHTTP & HTTPSApplication LayerComputer Networks

Computer Networks → Application Layer → HTTP & HTTPS

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Correct answer (B) <base href: "http://www.yourname.com/" Solution Relative URLs in a page are resolved against the page's base URL . When W1 is opened from the local machine, its base URL is the local file path, so a link such as 2.html would point to a local file instead of the web server. The HTML <base> tag sets the base URL used to resolve every relative URL in the document. Adding a base tag whose href is http://www.yourname.com/ makes 2.html resolve to http://www.yourname.com/2.html, and so on for all the other pages. (A) and (C) are anchor (<a>) tags: they create a single hyperlink and do not change how other relative URLs are resolved. (D) uses a base tag but adds a non-existent range attribute; it is not a valid statement. (B) is the base tag with the server's root as href (the paper writes the attribute with a colon), which is exactly what is needed. Answer: (B) Turn this into a strength. Explore AI-powered practice and doubt support with Success Tracker.

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Correct answer (B) <base href: "http://www.yourname.com/" Solution Relative URLs in a page are resolved against the page's base URL . When W1 is opened from the local machine, its base URL is the local file path, so a link such as 2.html would point to a local file instead of the web server. The HTML <base> tag sets the base URL used to resolve every relative URL in the document. Adding a base tag whose href is http://www.yourname.com/ makes 2.html resolve to http://www.yourname.com/2.html, and so on for all the other pages. (A) and (C) are anchor (<a>) tags: they create a single hyperlink and do not change how other relative URLs are resolved. (D) uses a base tag but adds a non-existent range attribute; it is not a valid statement. (B) is the base tag with the server's root as href (the paper writes the attribute with a colon), which is exactly what is needed. Answer: (B)

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