The Internet and

World Wide Web

Lecture 3
Diploma Part 1

Topic & Structure of the

lesson
The Internet
History of the Internet
How the Internet works
The World Wide Web
Web publishing
E-commerce
Other Internet services
Netiquette

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Learning Outcomes
At the end of this lecture, YOU should be able to :
Discuss the history of the
Internet
Explain how to access and
connect to the Internet
Analyze an IP address
Identify the components of a
Web address
Explain the purpose of a
Web browser
Search for information on
the Web
Describe the types of Web
sites
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Recognize how Web pages use

graphics, animation, audio, video,
virtual reality, and plug-ins
Identify the steps required for Web
publishing
Describe the types of e-commerce
Explain
how
e-mail,
FTP,
newsgroups and message boards,
mailing lists, chat rooms, instant
messaging, and Internet telephony
work
Identify the rules of netiquette

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Key Terms you must be able to

use
If you have mastered this topic, you should be able to
use the following terms correctly in your assignments
and exams:
Internet
Domain name
Web browser
Home page
URL
Search engine
WWW
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The Internet
What are some services found on the Internet?

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History of the Internet

How did the Internet originate?
ARPANET

Goal:
To allow scientists
at different
locations to share
information

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Networking project by
Pentagons Advanced
Research Projects
Agency (ARPA)

Became
functional
September 1969

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Goal:
To function if
part of network
were disabled

History of the Internet

How has the Internet grown?
Today
More than 350 million host nodes

1984
More than 1,000 host nodes
1969
Four host nodes

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Who controls the Internet?

No one it is a public, cooperative, and

independent network
Several organizations set standards
c

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Oversees research, sets standards and guidelines
Mission is to contribute to the growth of the Web
Nearly 400 organizations around the world are members of
the W3C

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How can you connect to the Internet?
Slow-speed
Slow-speed
technology
technology

High-speed
High-speed
connection
connection

Dial-up
Dial-upaccess
access
modem
in
modem inyour
your
computer
uses
computer usesaa
standard
standardtelephone
telephoneline
line
totoconnect
connecttotothe
theInternet
Internet

DSL,
DSL,cable
cablemodem,
modem,
fixed
fixedwireless,
wireless,Wi-Fi,
Wi-Fi,
and
andsatellite
satellitemodems
modems

Connection
Connectionisisalways
alwayson
on
whenever
the
computer
whenever the computer
isisrunning
running

Connection
Connectionmust
mustbe
beestablished
established
each
time
you
log
each time you logon.
on.

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What are ways to access the Internet?
Access Provider a business that provides individuals
and companies access to the Internet free or for a fee.

1. Internet Service Provider Regional - specific

geographic area.
National in cities, towns and nationwide
2.

Online Service Provider

(AOL and MSN, for example)

3. Wireless Internet Service Provider

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What is a domain name?
Text version of Internet protocol (IP) address

Number that uniquely identifies

each computer or device
connected to Internet

ICANN assigns and controls toplevel domains

DNS is a method that the Internet
uses to store domain names and
their corresponding IP addresses
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World Wide Web - A worldwide collection of
electronic documents

Web Page : Each electronic document

Can contain text, graphics, audio, video, and builtin connections

Web Site : A collection of related Web pages

Web browser : Program that allows you to view
Web pages
Home Page : The first page that a Web site
displays
Often provides connections to other Web pages

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How does a Web browser display a home page?
Step 2.
Web browser
looks up the home
page setting

Step 3.
The Web browser
communicates with the
access providers
server to retrieve the
IP address. The IP
address is sent to your
computer.

Step 1.
Click the Web browser
program name

Step 4.
The home page
displays in the Web
browser
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How do handheld computers and
cellular telephones access the Web?

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Use a microbrowser
that displays Web
pages that contain
mostly text

Must be Internetenabled

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Hit : Any Web site name
that is listed as the result
of a search

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Examples of search engine

& subject directory

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What are the twelve basic types of Web
sites?

Portal
News
Informational
Business/Marketing
Educational
Entertainment

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Advocacy
Blog
Wiki
Social networks
Content aggregator
Personal

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What are the guidelines for evaluating the
value of a Web site?

Affiliation
Without bias

Audience

Authority

Content

Written at
appropriate
level

List author
and
credentials

well organized
Links should
work

Currency
Current
information
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Design

Objectivity

Download
quickly and
Navigate
easily

little
advertisment
and free of
preconceptions

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Multimedia on Web
What is multimedia?
multimedia
Application combining text with other media elements

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Multimedia on Web - Graphic
What graphics formats are used on the Web?
BMPA
BMPA
PNG
PNG

JPEG
JPEG

(pronounced
(pronouncedJAY-peg)`
JAY-peg)`

(pronounced
(pronouncedping)
ping)

TIFF
TIFF

GIF
GIF

(pronounced
(pronouncedJIFF)
JIFF)
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Multimedia on Web - Graphic
What is a thumbnail?
thumbnail

Small version of a larger

graphic used to improve
Web page display
time
c

Usually click
on thumbnail to
display larger
graphic

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Multimedia on Web - Animation

More visually web pages

To draw attention

Web authoring programs eg: Adobe Flash

Animated GIF several GIF images are
combined together in a single GIF file.

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What is audio?
audio

Music, speech, or any other

sound
Individual compressed sound
files that you download from the
Web to your computer

Common Web audio file formats are

AAC, AIFF, ASF, MP3, WAV, WMA,
RA, and QT

Once downloaded, you can play

(listen to) the contents of the files

A podcast is recorded audio, usually an

MP3 file, stored on a Web site that can
be downloaded to a computer or a
portable media player

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What is streaming audio?
audio

The process of
transferring audio
in a continuous
and even flow

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Enables you to
listen to music
as it downloads
to your computer

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What is video?
video

Consists of full-motion images, most with sound,

that are played back at various speeds
MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group)
is popular video compression
standard
Streaming video view longer
or live video images as it is
download to your computer

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What is Web publishing?

Development and maintenance of Web pages

Step 2.
Analyze and
design the
Web site

Step 1.
Plan the
Web site

Step 3.
Create the
Web site

Step 5.
Maintain
the Web
site

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Step 4.
Deploy the
Web site

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E-Commerce
What is E-commerce?
E-commerce

Short for electronic commerce

Business transaction that occurs over
the Internet
Purchase or sale goods or services
M-commerce:
e-commerce that
Business to consumer (B2C)
Sale of goods to general public
take place using
mobile devices
Consumer to consumer (C2C)
One consumer sells directly to another

Business to business (B2B)

Business providing goods and
services to other businesses
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Other Internet Services

What is E-mail?
E-mail

Short for electronic mail

The transmission of messages and files via a
computer network

Messages can consist of simple text or can contain

attachments, such as documents, graphics, or audio/video
clips
Internet access providers usually provide an e-mail
program
Some Web sitessuch as MSN Hotmail and Yahoo!
provide free e-mail services

One of the original services on the Internet

e-mail address : Unique name that consists of a

user name and domain name that identifies the user

Eg: [email protected]

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Summary of Main Teaching Points

The Internet
History of the Internet
How the Internet works
The World Wide Web
Web publishing
E-commerce
Other Internet services
Netiquette

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Quick Review Question

What is Internet?
2) What is World Wide Web?
3) What is home page?
4) What are the eleven basic types of Web sites?
5) What is FTP?
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