xxx.yyy.com (or 123.123.23.12) — this is the host name (or IP
address) associated with the requester (you as the visitor). In this
case, (....com) the requester is coming from a commercial
address. Depending on the requestor's method of network connection, the
host name (or IP address) may or may not identify a specific computer.
Connections via many Internet Service Providers assign different IP
addresses for each session, so the host name identifies only the ISP.
The host name (or IP address) will identify a specific computer if that
computer has a fixed IP address.
[28/Jan/1997:00:00:01 -0500] — this is the date and time of
the request
"GET /sitename/news/nr012797.html HTTP/1.0" — this is the
location of the requested file
200 — this is the status code - 200 is OK - the request was
filled
16704 — this is the size of the requested file in bytes
Mozilla 3.0 — this identifies the type of browser software
used to access the page, which indicates what design parameters to use
in constructing the pages
www.altavista.digital.com — this indicates the last site the
person visited, which indicates how people find this site
