Lab8| Dr.

Muhammad Umar Javed

University of Wah

Lab 8 Manual
Applications of Information and Communication Technologies

Course Instructor Dr. Muhammad Umar Javed

Lab Instructor(s) Dr. Muhammad Umar Javed

Semester Fall 2023

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Table of Contents
Task List ..............................................................................................................
Task-1 Introduction ........................................................................................... 3
Task-2 Internet Browsers ..................................................................................... 4
Task-3 Search Engines ........................................................................................ 4
Task-4 Upload/Download ...................................................................................... 5
Task-5 Basics of Web Browsers .............................................................................. 6
Task-6 Sending Email ......................................................................................... 7

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Week-11
Lab 8: Internet Browser, Search Engines,
Upload/Download, Emails
1. Introduction
Today, the internet has become unavoidable in our daily life. Appropriate use of the internet makes our life
easy, fast, and simple. The internet helps us with facts and figures, information, and knowledge for personal,
social and economic development. There are many uses of the internet, however, the use of the internet in
our daily life depends on individual requirements and goals.
The Internet is a great platform for students to learn throughout their lifetime. They can use the internet to
learn new things and even acquire degrees through online education programs. Teachers can also use the
internet to teach students around the world. Without a doubt, the internet is the most powerful medium of
communication at present. It connects people across different parts of the world free and fast.
The influence of the internet in our daily life is huge. It has opened us to a magical world of information,
and we would have never seen the world as it is without the internet. Considering its scope and importance,
it would be hard to imagine a world without the internet.
The importance of this lab can be highlighted through the fact that the internet plays a pivotal role in
communication and our daily life activities. Concepts relating to internet browsers, search engines, emails,
uploads, and downloads have been presented.
2. Activity Time-boxing
Table 7.1-Activity Time-boxing

Task No. Activity Name Activity Time Total Time

5.1 Solution Modelling 20 mins 20 mins
6.2 Setting up Browser 5 mins 5 mins
6.3 Walkthrough Task 25 mins 25 mins
7 Practice Tasks 10+10+10 (mins) 30 mins
8 Evaluation Task 60 mins for all tasks 60 mins
Total Time 140 mins

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3. Objective(s) of the Experiment

After performing this lab, students shall be able to understand what are:
 Internet Browsers
 Search Engines
 Upload/Download
 Sending Email
 Attachment
 Differentiate between CC and BCC

4. Concept Map

4.1. Internet Browsers:

A web browser is an application for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular
website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen.
Browsers are used on a range of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. In 2020, an
estimated 4.9 billion people used a browser. The most used browser is Google Chrome, with a 65% global
market share on all devices, followed by Safari with 18%.

4.2. Search Engines:

A search engine is a software system designed to carry out web searches. They search the World Wide Web in
a systematic way for information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally
presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). When a user enters a
query into a search engine, the engine scans its index of web pages to find those that are relevant to the user's
query. The results are then ranked by relevancy and displayed to the user. The information may be a mix of
links to web pages, images, videos, info graphics, articles, research papers, and other types of files. Some search
engines also mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlike web directories and social
bookmarking sites, which are maintained by human editors, search engines also maintain real-time information
by running an algorithm on a web crawler. Any internet-based content that can't be indexed and searched by a
web search engine fall under the category of deep web.

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4.3. Upload:
Uploading refers to transmitting data from one computer system to another through means of a network.
Common methods of uploading include uploading via web browsers, FTP clients], and terminals (SCP/SFTP).
Uploading can be used in the context of (potentially many) clients that send files to a central server. While
uploading can also be defined in the context of sending files between distributed clients, such as with a peer-
to-peer (P2P) file-sharing protocol like Bit Torrent, the term file sharing is more often used in this case. Moving
files within a computer system, as opposed to over a network, is called file copying.

4.4. Download:
Downloading generally transfers entire files for local storage and later use, as contrasted with streaming, where
the data is used nearly immediately, while the transmission is still in progress, and which may not be stored
long-term. Websites that offer streaming media or media displayed in-browser, such as YouTube, increasingly
place restrictions on the ability of users to save these materials to their computers after they have been received.
Downloading is not the same as data transfer; moving or copying data between two storage devices would be
data transfer, but receiving data from the Internet or BBS is downloading.

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4.5. Basics of Web Browsers

URLs and the address bar

Each website has a unique address, called a URL (short for Uniform Resource Locator). It's like a street address that tells
your browser where to go on the Internet. When you type a URL into the browser's address bar and press Enter on your
keyboard, the browser will load the page associated with that URL.

Links
Whenever you see a word or phrase on a website that's blue or underlined in blue, it's probably a hyperlink, or link for
short. You might already know how links work, even if you've never thought about them much before. For example, try
clicking the link below.

Hey, I'm a link! Click me!

Links are used to navigate the Web. When you click a link, it will usually take you to a different webpage. You may also
notice that your cursor changes into a hand icon whenever you hover over a link.

Navigation buttons
The Back and Forward buttons allow you to move through websites you've recently viewed. You can also click and hold
either button to see your recent history.
The Refresh button will reload the current page. If a website stops working, try using the Refresh button.

Tabbed browsing
Many browsers allow you to open links in a new tab. You can open as many links as you want, and they'll stay in the same
browser window instead of cluttering your screen with multiple windows. To open a link in a new tab, right-click the link
and select Open link in new tab

Bookmarks and history

If you find a website you want to view later, it can be hard to memorize the exact web address. Bookmarks, also known as
favorites, are a great way to save and organize specific websites so you can revisit them again and again. Simply locate
and select the Star icon to bookmark the current website.

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4.6. Sending Email:

You can perform the following steps to send an email:
1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. At the top left, click Compose.
3. In the "To" field, add recipients. You can also add recipients:
4. In the "Cc" and "Bcc" fields.
5. When you compose a message, with a "+ sign" or "@mention" and the contact's name in the text field.
6. Add a subject.
7. Write your message.
8. At the bottom of the page, click Send.

4.7. Attachment:
You can perform the following steps to attach some documents to your email:
1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
2. Select the emails that you want.
3. Click More and then Forward as attachment.
4. In the “To” field, add recipients. You can also add recipients in the “Cc” and “Bcc” fields.
5. Add a subject.
6. Write your message.
7. At the bottom, click Send.
Note: To forward as an attachment, you can also right-click on a message or drag and drop the file into the body
of your message.

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4.8. Difference between CC and BCC:

In email sending, CC is the abbreviation for “carbon copy.” Back in the days before the internet and email, to
create a copy of the letter you were writing, you had to place carbon paper between the one you were writing
on and the paper that was going to be your copy. Just like the physical carbon copy above, CC is an easy way
to send copies of an email to other people.
BCC stands for “blind carbon copy.” Just like CC, BCC is a way of sending copies of an email to other people.
The difference between the two is that, while you can see a list of recipients when CC is used, that’s not the
case with BCC. It’s called blind carbon copy because the other recipients won’t be able to see that someone
else has been sent a copy of the email.

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5. Homework before Lab

5.1 Problem solution modeling

You are required to bring a document with you having solution of the home tasks and submit it to your lab
instructor.

5.2 Practice from home

5.2.1. Task 1
Install an e-mail application on your computer or device according to the learning material and the IT Center
instructions.

5.2.2. Task 2
Create an e-mail account in the application and make the required settings in the account.

6. Procedure and Tools

6.1. Tool(s)
Google Chrome

6.2. Setting up Tool [Expected time = 5 mins]

Set up google chrome by right clicking on the icon and select open.

6.3. Walkthrough Task [Expected time = 25

mins]
Log into your university e-mail. Type a test message to yourself to check whether everything works!

7. Practice Tasks
This section will provide more practice exercises which you need to finish during the lab. You need to
finish the tasks in the required time.

7.1 Practice Task 1 [Expected time = 10 mins]

Which file types can you send using e-mail applications?

7.2 Practice Task 2 [Expected time = 10 mins]

When you receive attachments, which program file types used in Windows computers contain specific
risks related to use? Why?

7.3 Practice Task 3 [Expected time = 10 mins]

Try sending an attachment to yourself or a friend, for example (choose the file to send yourself).

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Table 8.2-Confirmation of Practice Tasks

Practice Tasks Confirmation Comments

T1
T2
T3

8. Evaluation Task (Unseen) [Expected time = 60 mins]

Use google chrome as your internet browser and google as your search engine, search for the article
titled, “No Silver Bullets-Essence and Accidents in Software Engineering by FP Brooks”.
Download the PDF document.
Send an email to your friend properly mentioning the recipient, Subject and email body. Don’t forget
Attach the document that you downloaded.
Add your second friend in BCC.

9. Evaluation Criteria
The evaluation criteria for this lab are based on the completion of the following tasks. Each task is assigned
the marks percentage which will be evaluated by the instructor in the lab whether the student has finished
the complete/partial task(s).

Table 8.3- Evaluation of the Lab

No. Task No. Description Marks

1 5.2 Practice from Home 20
2 6 Procedure and tools 5
3 7.1 Practice Task 1 10
4 7.2 Practice Task 2 10
5 7.3 Practice Task 3 10
6 8 Evaluation Task (unseen) 45
Total Marks 100

10. Further Readings

10.1 Books
Livesley, Robert Kenneth. An introduction to automatic digital computers. Cambridge University Press,
2017.

10.2 Slides
The slides and reading material can be accessed from the google classroom.

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