Transcript 3. Data Communications

3. Data
Communications
3.4 Internet –
Use of Internet
Typical Internet
Functions
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E-mail account
– www.hkedcity.net
– www.2bsure.com
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Browsers
– On-line browsers
– Off-line browsers
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Mailing lists
– www.satchmo.winuk.net/arsehome/Arsenews.htm
Typical Internet
Functions
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Newsgroup
– news.3home.net
– www.mailgate.org/comp/index.html
– talk.to/hk-education
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Virtual drive
– www.xdrive.com
– www.music4free.com/freedrive.phtml
Typical Internet
Functions
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Chat rooms
– letschat.yiuwa.com
– rightuhome.xoasis.com
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Internet phone tools
– tucows.i-cable.com/phone95.html
Browsers
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On-line browsers
– Web browsers that allow the user to
browse materials when connecting to the
Internet
Browsers
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Off-line browsers/readers
– Software that downloads e-mail and selected
data from an online service or the Internet,
allowing the user to browse the captured
material after disconnecting. It automates
retrieving routine data and saves online fees by
shortening the connect time
– Save valuable time and money by not having to
connect to the Internet to browse the same
Web sites over and over again for the same
information.