Transcript The Internet

The Internet
BTEC 149
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Internet: A network of connected
computers and computer networks
located around the world
◦ An international community
◦ 200 Million users
◦ Share text, graphics, sound, video, and
computer programs
What is it?
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US Department of Defense (ARPANET)
◦ Began in 1969
◦ 1986 National Science Foundation expanded
the internet
◦ 1989 corporations began to use it for
communication
◦ 1991 US Congress further expanded the
Internet’s capacity and speed and opened it to
commercial use.
Where did it come from?
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Internet Explorer
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Firefox
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Netscape
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Opera
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Google Crome
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Apple Safari
What is a Browser
Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) is one of
the most popular browser today. IE was
introduced in 1995 and passed Netscape
in popularity in 1998.
 New Features (IE 8):
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Accelerators
Web slice
Compatibility Views
Search suggestions
New Tab features
Internet Explorer
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Firefox is a browser from Mozilla. It was
released in 2004 and is one of the most
popular browser today.
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New Features (Firefox 3)
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Password Manager
One-Click Bookmarking
Smart Location Bar
Instant Web Site ID
Full Zoom
Mozilla Firefox
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Netscape was the first commercial Internet
browsers. Netscape was introduced in 1994,
but gradually lost its popularity to Internet
Explorer. The development of Netscape
officially ended in February 2008.
On December 28, 2007, Netscape developers
announced that AOL would discontinue their
web browser on February 1, 2008, due to low
market share.
Netscape
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Opera is a fast, small, and standardscompliant web browser.
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Opera is the preferred browser for a
number of small devices like mobile
phones and hand-held computers.
Opera
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Google Chrome is a free, open-source
web browser developed by Google. It was
released in 2008.
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The start page contains your nine most
visited web pages, a list of recently visited
pages, your favorite search engines and
more.
Crome
The Safari browser is the default browser
for Mac systems. The Safari browser is
know for its sleek design.
 New Features (Safari 4)
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Cover flow
Full History search
New engine for Javascript
Full Page Zoom
Apple Safari
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A software program that searches a
database, gathers data, and reports
information that contains or is related to
specified terms within web pages.
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A website whose primary function is
providing a search engine for gathering
and reporting information available on the
Internet or a portion of the Internet.
What is a Search Engine
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General:
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Ask
Bing
Duck Duck Go
Google
Yahoo
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◦ Craigslist
◦ Jobdango
◦ Monster
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Medical
◦ WebMD
◦ PubGene
Business
◦ LexusNexus
◦ Global Spec
◦ Thomasnet
Job
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What do they do?
People
◦ PeekYou
◦ Wink
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Web Page
Navigation
◦ See Page Internet 6
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Tabbed Browsing
◦ See Page Internet 8
How Do I Use Them?
Open Your Web Page—www.nps.gov
Click Print button list arrow - on the
command bar
 Click Page Setup-- option to change the way
your page looks when it prints
 Click Print Preview - Use the "Print Preview"
option to see what your page will look like before
you print it.
 Click Landscape or Portrait
 Click “Print Document” button
 Make sure 1 appears in the “Number of
copies” text box, then click “Current Page.”
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Printing a Web Page
Skills Review
 Challenge 3
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Pre-Assignment Exercise