Lecture9 (Introduction To Internet)
Lecture9 (Introduction To Internet)
Programming
Lecture # 10:
Introduction to Internet
Today’s Aim
What is Internet?
Key Characteristics
Components of the Internet
Internet Addressing – the Domain Names
DNS
Tools and Services on the Internet
Statistics
History of Internet
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What is Internet?
A network of networks
Connects computers around the Globe
Not owned by any Organization or a person
Thousands of users connect to and
disconnect from it daily
For students; a great resource for research
activities
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Key Characteristics
Geographic Distribution
Worldwide Acceptance
Continued Exponential Growth
Robust Architecture
Speed
Universal Access
Standardized flow of Info
Self-Learning Made Easy
Freedom of Speech
The Digital Advantage-Packet Switching
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Components of the Internet
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Components of the Internet
Clients
The users (or computers) connected to the
Internet are called clients
The software running on the user-end are called
Client-Software
Examples:
Browsers
Messengers
FTP software
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Components of the Internet
Servers
The machines dedicated to providing different
services to the users/clients are called Servers
For example, File Servers, Web Servers, Game
Servers, Streaming Servers etc.
Servers run special software to serve the clients,
e.g., Apache, PHP, MySQL etc.
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Components of the Internet
Protocols
A standard set of rules for communication over
the Internet
Examples:
HTTP (hyper-text-transfer protocol)
FTP (file-transfer protocol)
SMTP (simple-mail-transfer protocol)
POP3 (post-office-protocol)
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Components of the Internet
Protocols (continued)
HTTP
used while retrieving a web page from a web-server
FTP
involved in downloading a file from a file-server
SMTP
used to send e-mail
POP3
used for receiving e-mail
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Components of the Internet
Protocols (continued)
TCP/IP
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Internet Addressing
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DNS
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Tools and Services on Internet
e-Mail
Instant Messaging-Chat
Remote Login
File Transfer
Newsgroups
Games
WWW
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Internet Users Worldwide
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Users Statistics (continued)
WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS
World Regions ( 2007 Est.) % of World Latest Data ( Penetration ) % of World 2000-2007
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Pakistan’s Statistics
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History
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History
1972-email and @ symbol, Telnet Protocol
1973-FTP
1974-”Internet” used for the first time
1978-UUCP
1979-Usenet
1980-DoD Replaces NCP by TCP/IP
1981-BITNET for IBM
Listserve
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History
1983-TCP/IP becomes Universal
1986-NSFNet, a 56Kbps connection
1989-56Kbps upgraded to 1.5Mbps T1
connection
1989-Archie
WAIS
1990-ARPANET dissolved
1991-Gopher came into Being
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History
1993-WWW
1993-NSFNet upgraded to T3 (45Mbps)
1993-1994 - Web browsers Mosaic &
Netscape Navigator are introduced
1995-NSFNet6 replaced by vBNS
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Internet vs WWW?
Internet vs Intranet?
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