Transcript Internet Presentation

Internet
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What is the Internet?
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The worlds largest computer network.
A collection of local, regional and
national computer networks linked
together to exchange data and
distribute processing tasks.
What is a “Network?
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Two or more computers that are
connected.
What is a LAN?
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Local Area Network. The computers
are near each other.
What is a WAN?
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Wide Area Network. The computers
are different geographical sites.
What does WWW stand for?
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World Wide Web
How is information sent over the
Internet?
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In Packets, downloading a section at a
time.
What is a modem?
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A MO-dulator DE-Modulator. A device
that lets a personal computer
communicate with other computers
over telephone lines.
What kind of information is Digital
info?
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Electronic signals from an electronic
device.
What kind of information is Analog
info?
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Sound waves from a telephone
device.
What is the Title Bar?
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Shows the title of the open Web Page
and the Web Browsers program name.
What is the Toolbar?
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Shows the icons for moving around
the Web Page.
What is an Icon?
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Small picture of the menu item you are
choosing.
What is the Address Bar?
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URL – Shows the address for the site
you are accessing. Where you type
the address.
What is a URL?
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Uniform Resource Locator. Four part
addressing scheme:
http://www.bso.org/tangle/perfs/index.
html
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Transfer protocol
 Domain name
 Pathname
 Filename
What is the Refresh Button?
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Try again if not working
properly…temporarily out of order.
What is the Home Button?
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Takes you back to the Web Page (…or
Home Page) quickly.
Where is the Web page Area?
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After the toolbars…where the info is.
What is the Status Bar?
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At the bottom of the screen. It
generally indicates the name of the
Web Page that is loading, the load
status and important messages, such
as “Document Done.”
What is the Menu Bar?
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Provides a convenient way for you to
execute typical file, edit, view and help
commands.
What are the Scroll Bars?
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Lets you move the page vertically or
horizontally.
How do you navigate the Internet?
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With a browser which lets you view
information on the WWW.
What is a Search Engine?
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A program which acts like a library
card catalog for the Internet. They
locate and isolate desired information
by searching for keywords that the
user specifies.
Name some common Search Engines?
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The term we use when exploring the Internet is
SURFING
When speaking of the Internet of the future, we
refer to it as the CYBERSPACE
Chatting with someone on the Internet is called
CYBER CHAT
The type of mail sent over the Internet is called
EMAIL
The part of the Internet that returns bounced
mail is DAEMON, DEFINES THE PROBLEM
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The rules of conduct and behavior on the
Internet are called NETIQUETTE
Unwanted Internet garbage is called:
SPAM
In order to preserve your privacy on the
Internet, you must use a PASSWORD
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“______User______________
______Friendly__________” indicates
to the computer world that a person will
be happy with the company and the
computer they have.
What is an ISP?
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A service company that provides a
user with an account on a host
computer having access to the
Internet.
Name some ISP’s:
What is a Browser?
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Software used to view information on
the WWW. (Internet Explorer,
Netscape Navigator)
Name two of the most common
browsers:
What is a Web Page?
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A Home Page which outlines more info
about a certain subject. It contains links to
take you other places on the WWW.
What is it called when you connect to the Web
Page you are looking for? ___HIT__________.
What allows you to jump from one Web site to
another? _______LINK_______________.
What is a domain?
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A way to indicate what type of site you may
be viewing
In the U.S. some common domains are .com
commercial, .org non-profit and research
organizations, .gov government agency,
.edu education. More are constantly being
added so these should only be used as
guidelines to help you know what type of site
you are on.
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What is the AUP? Acceptable Use
Agreement
What is HTML? Hypertext Markup
Language. The coding scheme used
to format text for use on the WWW.
What is HTTP? Hypertext Transport
Protocol. The transmission standard
used to send on HTML document
across the WWW.