In: Computer Science
what is the difference between a normal file and a Web document?
Normal File | Web Document |
A normal file is a simple type of file that is mostly used in windows/desktoped environment and requires applications in order to parse/read/display them. Again these applications needs to be installed on the machine itself | A Web document is a special type of file that is mostly rendered via Web browser, also sometimes known as web page. Web documents are accessed via internet on mobile devices or laptops/desktops via web browsers only. |
Normal file can include several extensions of Web documents ie. .html, .jsp, .htm, .xhtml, etc. as well as files extensions which can be accessed on widows, ie. .txt, .jpg/jpeg, .rtf, .doc, .ppt, .xlsx. | Web document contains files which have extension like .html, .jsp, .htm, .xhtml, .avi, .mid, etc. |
Requires different applications to be installed on the system to be able to open the file, eg Word Application, Notepad++, PowerPoint, Excel, Windows Media Player, MS-Paint, etc | Requires various plugins and download managers to be able to display/view the different file formats in web browsers or via which we can download files on desktop to open them. eg Acrobat Plugin, Media Plugin, Email Plugin Extension, Cisco WebEx Extension for online calling, Google Docs Offline Plugin etc |
A normal file can be downloaded from within a Web Document and be viewed via installed application | A web document can have normal files embedded in them which we can download, eg a HTML file can have pdf, excel files, word files embedded in them which can be downloaded. |