THE INTERNET

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After completing this chapter you will be able to:
Introduce the concept of the Internet

Describe the Internet connection components

Describe WWW and its use Introduction to Internet Navigation
Web Browsers
Web Addresses Web Search Engines

Evaluating Websites

WHAT IS THE INTERNET?

Is a global network of interconnected computers that allows users to access and transfer information remotely.

WHY WAS THE INTERNET CREATED?

The concept of Internet was developed while the US was in the mid of cold war with Soviet Union.
Established a secure form of military communication.
Creating a means by which all computers could communicate.

INTERNET CONNECTION COMPONENTS

Personal Computers Internet Service Provider (ISP) Modem- Internal/External model or Wireless Fixed line
Dial up Broadband
Cable, DSL, FIOS

Wireless Technologies
Municipal WiFi, satellite, and 3G/4G cellular service

THE WORD WIDE WEB

The World Wide Web, abbreviated as WWW and commonly known as the Web, is a system of interlinked hypertext/hypermedia documents accessed via the Internet. Hypertext is text displayed on a computer or other electronic device with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access, usually by a mouse click or keypress sequence. Hypermedia is used as a logical extension of the term hypertext in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information. Creator: Timm Berners-Lee, 1989.

DOES THE WEB AND INTERNET MEAN THE

SAME THING?

Internet = collection of networks that connect millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. WWW = the means we use to access information over the internet
Different communication protocols Special link (hyperlink) that enable users to jump from one place to another on the web.

NAVIGATING THE WEB

Web Browser Web Address (URL)
Broken down into 4 parts:

Protocol Top-level Domain (TLD) Domain Name Computer on the Domain Name

Web Search Engines

WEB ADDRESS SAMPLE

Computer

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WEB BROWSER
Is a software application used to enable computers users to locate and access web pages.
It allows users to locate, view, and navigate the web.

It can have a Graphical User Interface, meaning they can display pictures (graphics) in addition to text and other forms of multimedia such as sound and video like Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome and Opera, Safari or Mobile Browsers.
First web browser was develop in 1991: Mosaic develop by Marc Andreessen later became Netscape Navigator.

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EXAMPLE OF WEB BROWSER

Google Chrome The newest browser on the market, distributed by Google. Unique features include thumbnail access to the most recently visited sites from the home page.

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UNIFORM RESOURCES LOCATOR (URL)

A URL is a webpages unique address. Compose of several parts that help identify the web document. 1st part indicated the protocol (set of rules) used to retrieve the specified document. The protocol is generally followed by a colon, two forward slashes, the domain name (host name), sometimes the path to a specific Web page or location in a Web page, and the Web page name.
http://www.google.com URL Basics

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HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL (HTTP)

HTTP is the protocol (set of rules) that allows files to be transferred from a computer that hosts the website (web server) so that we can see the website on the computer using a browser.
http://www.google.com

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TOP-LEVEL DOMAIN (TLD)

Represents the type of website visiting Its the suffix after the dot (.com or .edu)
http://www.google.com

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TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS

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DOMAIN NAME
Represents a company or product name Makes it easy for users to remember web addresses It precedes the TLD
http://www.google.com

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COMPUTER DOMAIN (WWW)

Name of a server listening to messages using the http protocol It is not always shown in the URL in the Location Box The name can be something other than 'www'
http://www.google.com

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WEB SEARCH ENGINE

A searching facility designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. It helps the user to get information fast and easy. The search results are usually presented in a list of results and are commonly called hits. The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Examples of popular search engine: Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ecite, lycos, ask.com, live search, etc.

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SEARCH ENGINE
Popular search engines

EVALUATING A WEBSITE
1. Who wrote/published the information on the site?
2. What information and resources does the site provide?
1. Content

2.

Navigation and Presentation

3. When was the site created/last updated? 4. Where does the site "live"? 5. Why should I use this site? Evaluating a Website