GreenWeb - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   What is GreenWeb?

a. Set of web programming language extensions
b. Web extensions that permit more flexibility and control
c. Web extensions that monitor energy consumption of a website
d. All of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: All of the above

Explanation:
A new, open source computer programming framework making the web significantly more energy efficient permits people to save more battery power while mobile browsing

  • Scientists have developed the GreenWeb a set of web programming language extensions enabling web developers to exert flexibility over energy efficiency and energy consumption of the website
  • As user awareness is constantly increasing, web developers need to be aware of energy efficiency
  • Current web language standards do not provide developers control over device energy use
  • Researchers integrated GreenWeb into Google Chrome and reported energy savings of 30 to 66 percent over the default mode of Android.
  • Mobile device users spend 2/3rd of their time browsing the web. Amount of energy saving could lead to 20 to 40 percent battery life extension.