THE INTERNET

As part of Chapter 2
Empowerment Technologies
Lovely Jenn A. Reformado
Table of Contents
o Internet
o Definition
o Connection Types
o Commonly Used Internet Terms and Jargon
o World Wide Web
o Definition
o Evolution of the Web
o Web 1.0 | Web 2.0 | Web 3.0 | Web 4.0 | Web 5.0
o Commonly Used Terms and Jargon
 THE INTERNET
Definition | Connection Types | Other Common Terms
Internet – Definition
o Worldwide collection of networks that links millions of:
o Businesses
o Government agencies
o Educational institutions
o Individuals
Internet – Connection Types
Wired
o Computer is physically
attached via cable or
wire to a commu-
nications device
o Examples:
o Cable Internet Service
o DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
o Dial-up
o LAN (Local Area Network)
Internet – Connection Types
Wireless
o Computers without a
communications device
uses a wireless modem
o Examples:
o Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity)
o Mobile broadband
o Fiber Optics
o WAN (Wireless Area Network)
o Satellite Internet Service
Internet – Other Common Terms
o Internet Service o Bandwidth – amount of
Provider (ISP) – business data that travels over a
that provides individuals network
and organizations o Kilobits per second (Kbps)
access to the Internet o Megabits per second
free or for a fee (Mbps)
Internet – Other Common Terms
o Internet Protocol (IP) o Domain Name – text-
Address – sequence of based name that
numbers that uniquely corresponds to the IP
identifies each device address
connected to the o Domain Name System
Internet (DNS) – translates the
domain name into its
associated IP address
WORLD WIDE WEB
Definition | Evolution of the World Wide Web | Commonly
Used Terms and Jargons
World Wide Web – Definition
o Information space
where documents and
other web resources
are located
o Biggest example of the
Internet
Evolution of the WWW – Web 1.0
o Focused on the search of online viability
o Didn’t really know what to exactly show in a
computer screen
Evolution of the WWW – Web 1.0
o Businesses / Education o Profile / Informational
Sites Sites
Evolution of the WWW – Web 1.0
o Call to Action – o Button – first graphic
hyperlink / button; layouts; used for
usually has a verb jumping from one link to
another
Evolution of the WWW – Web 1.0
o Shop
o Basic HTML Format
o No use of CSS or
Bootstrap
o No sense of
formatting
Evolution of the WWW – Web 1.0
Characteristics:
o “Readable” phase of the Web with flat data
o Limited interaction between users and sites
o Information portal (users passively receive
information)
o No form of feedback
o Examples: educational websites, company websites,
government websites
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
o After Web 1.0
o Done after the technicalities of the web was
established
o Social change; not much on technical change
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
o Networks o Links
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
o Collaboration o Content and Reach
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
o Friends and socialization
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
o The power of networks
o Websites encourage
user-generated content
o Text posts
o Video posts
o Photo posts
o Interaction – comments,
tags, and ratings
Evolution of the WWW – Web 2.0
Characteristics:
o “Writable” phase of the WWW
o Facilitates interaction between users and sites, allows
users to interact freely with each other
o Encourages participation, collaboration, and
information sharing
o Examples: Wiki (Wikipedia, WikiHow, etc.), YouTube,
Flickr, Facebook
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o Semantic web – is about the meaning of data
o Driven by technological changes
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
Suppose, I am a stamp collector…
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
… Over the years, I’ve collected a lot of stamps…
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
…For every stamp, I created a document…
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
… That would be a lot of documents …
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
… But, how will I find a specific stamp?
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
The missing link is:
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o A collection of o … which are indexed;
documents… searched through
keywords
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o Suppose, I search for all o What result do I get?
the red stamps…
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o How does a computer
know what I mean?
o Answer: When we
structurally describes
that a stamp is a stamp
and red is a color
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o Describing data in a
structured way can
best be done in a
database
o Ex: I want all red
stamps, designed in
Australia, but used in
the USA, between 1980
and 1990
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
o Big collection of
databases
o Connected on demand
o Depends on the structure
and description of data
o Where the data is
located is irrelevant
o Linking data is the power
of Web 3.0
Evolution of the WWW – Web 3.0
Characteristics:
o “Executable” phase of the WWW
o Dynamic applications, interactive services, and
“machine-to-machine” interaction
o Semantic web which refers to the future
o Computers can interpret information like humans
o Intelligently generate and distribute useful content
tailored to the needs of users
Evolution of the Web
Category Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0 Web 4.0
Year(s) 1994-2000 2000-2010 2010-2020 2020-2030
Popular
Term Static Web Social Web Semantic Web Intelligent Web
AKA READ Web READ-write Mobile and Self-Learning Web
Web Personal Web
Number Limited Millions of Focus on Focus on user,
of number of authors individual user subject domain,
authors authors level of knowledge
Known Static Great Convergence Internet & Web as
for information interactivity of Web a Universal World
technology and Computer
knowledge Knowledge Base
Evolution of the WWW – Web 5.0
Telephatic Web
o 2030 – beyond
o Brain implants will be popular
o Will give people the ability to communicate with the
Internet through thought
o Any sorts of payments will be paid with a microchip
in the brain or the hand
Evolution of the WWW – Web 5.0
Biyo Wallet
o Uses the
unique vein
patterns in
your palm
World Wide Web – Other Common Terms
o Uniform Resource Locator (URL) / Web Address –
reference to a web resource that specifies its
location on a computer network and a mechanism
for retrieving it
WWW TLD HTML

http://www.example.com/index.html

HTTP Host name File name

World Wide Web – Other Common Terms
o Hypertext Transfer o WWW (in website) –
Protocol (HTTP) - determines that it is
method used to transfer available in the WWW
information on the Web o Host Name - label that
o HTTPS – over Secure identifies the device;
Socket Layer (SSL) / aka domain name
Secure; more secure
form of HTTP; used when
authenticating data
World Wide Web – Other Common Terms
o Top-Level Domain – last segment; followed by dot
o Types: generic (.com/.net) and country (.ph/.sg/.us)
TLD Intended Purpose
.com Commercial organizations, businesses, and companies
.edu Educational institutions
.gov Government Agencies
.mil Military organizations
.net Network providers or commercial companies
.org Nonprofit organizations
World Wide Web – Other Common Terms
o Search Engine – Software o Subject Directory –
system that finds sites, Classifies webpages in
webpages, images, and an organized set of
other info related to a categories
specific topic
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