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UNIT I

WWW Services

Software Lab(Internet & E-commerce)

Introduction to Internet
It is a vast collection of different networks that use certain common protocols and provide common services for communication.

TCP
Internet

IP

Protocols used
TCP: TCP protocol breaks data into small packets to be delivered over the network. IP: Internet protocol is a network protocol. Its job is to provide best possible path to destination for the delivery of data and providing back repot to the sender.

Introduction to WWW
The World Wide Web (abbreviated as WWW or W3 and commonly known as the Web), is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a web browser one can view web pages that may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia and navigate between them via hyperlinks. Some of the services of WWW are:

WWW Services
TELNET

FTP

E-MAIL

Search Engine

Video Conferencing

TELNET
 It stands for Telecommunications Network.  It is a protocol methodology which allows user to logon to a remote computer.  It is also known as Remote Login as this allows one machine to connect to other machine located on the other side of the earth.

Telnet Contd.

 Telnet uses textual format for communication


between computers using commands.

Computers being connected remotely is called telnet server or remote computer.  The Telnet program runs on your computer and connects your PC to s server on the network. After connection is made,, your keyboard and screen seem to be connected directly to the remote computer. Everything you typed will pass to other computer.

Telnet Contd.

 Remote Login uses secure shell(SSH). It is a proper alternative to TELNET. It provides two enhancements over internet: Provide secure communication. Supports full duplex communication.

 Commands used in Telnet are: Start, Stop, Pause, continue, quit, Z(suspend Telnet), transmit (special characters).

FTP(File Transfer Protocol)


It is the most commonly tool used on internet. Sending a file from one computer to another is known as File Transfer. File could be anything i.e. any sounds, compiled program or a ppt file. FTP is a commonly used protocol for exchanging files over any network that supports the TCP/IP such as internet.

FTP Contd.

FTP works in the same way as HTTP for


transferring web pages from a Server to a users browser and SMTP(Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) for transferring E-Mail across the internet.

Two methods are used for using FTP:


1. sign in with your account and transfer files. 2. Anonymous FTP: with the anonymous FTP you can sign as a guest, but in this case privileges will be limited. Type anonymous as your username and as an password you have to type your e-mail address.

E-MAIL
E-Mail = Electronic Mail It is a service provided by www in which a user can send/ receive messages using internet. All a user needs is valid e-mail id. E-Mail works on 3 criterias: 1. UA(User Agent) 2. MTA(Message Transfer Agent) 3. MAA(Message Access Agent)

E-Mail contd

User Agent: The user agent is a software package or program that composes, reads and replies to email messages. It also handles the mail-box i.e. composing messages, reading messages, replying messages, managing messages. Message Transfer Agent(MTA): SMTP is used for it. The actual mail transfer is done through MTA. To send mail, a system must have MTA client and to receive a mail, a system must have a MTA server application.

E-Mail contd

Message Access Agent(MAA): It needs a pull protocol. Client must pull messages from the server. This stage uses MAA. Currently 2 message access protocols are used: 1. POP3(Post office protocol version 3). 2. IMAP4(Internet mail access protocol version 4).

Search Engines
Search engine is basically a database of all internet files and pages available for display on the internet. Those are collected by a computer program called spider or crawler or robot. Components of a search engine: 1. Spider: it is a program that traverses web from link to link. 2. Index: It is a database that contains copy of each webpage gathered by spider.

Search engine contd.

3. Search engine software: It is a software that enables user to query the index. Examples of search engines:  google.com  yahoo.com  ask.com  bing.com

Video conferencing
This is a form of meeting in which participants located at remote locations can view each other and carry on decisions using webcam, internet speakers etc. In this, two parties talking to each other feel like they are talking in front of each other. Video conferencing is used in case of interviews, vivas.

Video conferencing contd.

Elements required by video conferencing are:  VDU Audio systems  Internet Video Compression Tools  webcam  user interface and control system (software used)

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