CIS 321 Data Communications & Networking
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CIS 250
Advanced Computer Applications
Internet/WWW Review
Internet Review
Internet – global network of networks
WWW – system of Internet servers
supporting specially formatted
documents
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
Language web documents are formatted in
Weather, sports, email, reference info,
entertainment, financial services and
much more!
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Connecting to the Internet
Three components needed
Communications capability (modem, LAN
connection)
Internet Account/ISP
Software
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Activities & Issues
Downloading – transfer from an outside
source to your computer
Uploading – transfer from your computer
to another device
FTP programs
Vulnerabilities – viruses and worms
Antivirus programs
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Components of the Web
Web Server – stores
hypertext/hypermedia documents and
makes them available
Web Client – PC or device used to
access files held on web servers
Web Browser – software application
used to locate and display web docs
Netscape Navigator
Internet Explorer
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Web Documents and Web Sites
Formatted in HTML
Hyperlink tags used to link multiple HTML
docs together and to connect to other web
sites
Web Page – one HTML document
Web Site – collection of related web pages
Home Page – main page of a web site; also
defined as the first page displayed when
you open your browser
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Addressing on the Web
Every device on a network has an IP
address
Unique 32-bit numeric address identifying a
specific device
Domain name address – text name
identifying one or more IP addresses (ex:
Microsoft.com represents about a dozen
IP addresses)
Domain Name Addresses are translated
into IP addresses by a Domain Name
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URLs
Uniform Resource Locator – Identifies
document residing on a web server
Parts
Transfer protocol (http or ftp)
Domain name of host server
Pathname (if applicable)
File name of document
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/U/URL.htm
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Elements of a Web Browser
Same program components as many other
apps
Scroll bars
Status bars
Tool bar
Home, history, back, forward,
reload/refresh, stop, favorites, address
line
Save web pages to disk or send via email
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CIS 250
Advanced Computer Applications
Internet/WWW Review