Transcript Slide 1

Internet Fundamentals
Digital Generation
 Enterprise Infrastructure
 Module Objectives
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History, Technology, Services
A Brief History of the Internet
DOD and ARPANET
 Telnet and FTP
 Vint Cerf and TCP/IP
 Tim Berners-Lee and HTML
 Standardization and W3C
 Netscape v. Explorer
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Connecting to the Internet
Internet v. World Wide Web
 Local ISPs
 Broadband Services
 Cable v. DSL
 Mobile Broadband?
 AOL?
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Understanding Web Browsers
GUI Display Program
 Standardized Markup
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HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS, XSL
Standardized Scripting
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Javascript, PHP, ASP
IE Marketshare
 Mozilla Firefox
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Open source
Viewing Multimedia on the Web
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Static Media
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Rich Media
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Standardized APIs
Proprietary Plugins
Development Dilemmas
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Flash, Quicktime, Windows Media, Real Media
Internet Communications
Beyond Email and IM
 IP Telephony
 Web database
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Blogs
 Forums
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Online Communities