Transcript Living Online Chapter 12 2012

Unit 12
Using the Internet & Browsing the Web
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Understand the difference between the Internet
and the World Wide Web
Identify items on a web page
Identify types & purposes of web sites
Use a browser
Refresh a web page
Show & manage history of recently visited pages
Manage bookmarked sites
Copy elements from web pages to other
programs
Identify problems associated with using the Web
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Internet
◦ The network of hardware/devices
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World Wide Web
◦ The way of accessing the info over the Internet
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HTTP
◦ Rules to transmit documents over Internet
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HTML
◦ Language of a web page
◦ View…Source
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Mosaic
◦ 1st graphical browser
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Web 2.0
◦ Web with participation
◦ Wiki, social networking
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FTP
◦ Rules for transferring files over Internet
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Wiki
◦ Collaborative site
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URL
◦ The address of a page
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Many sites require cookies
◦ Small text file
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Stored on your HD
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Contains customer id info
◦ Personalizes your web visit
◦ When you visit the site, the ID# in cookie is sent to
web site to look up history of your past visits
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Profiles are formed from your activities
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Hosting the banner on servers and using
third-party cookies, an advertising
company is able to track the browsing of
users across these two sites.
Play Video
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Plug-In (Add-on)
◦ Add-on for a program that adds functionality
 Flash & QuickTime allow a browser to play multimedia
files
 iLyrics allows iTunes to get song lyrics
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Pop-Up Ads
◦ Appear in separate window
◦ Annoying; generally not dangerous
◦ Update IE/browser or Windows XP SP2 or pop-up
blocking software
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Pop-under
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Password DOES NOT mean secure
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Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
◦ Encrypts the data (credit card #’s, etc.)
◦ URL will begin with https://
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Log Off after leaving site
◦ Why?
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Favorites Center
Options:
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By site
By date
By most visited
Search
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Copy from a page into Word
◦ Text
◦ Picture
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Print a Page
◦ Use Print Preview
◦ Select range
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“Page Not Found” or “404 error”
◦ Page not there/moved
◦ Typing error
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Turn Pop-up blocker on/off
Unit 12
Using the Internet & Browsing the Web