Fundamentals of Internet
& Web Publishing
Chapter 1 - Introduction
to the Internet and WWW
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What is Internet?
A large collection of computers all over
the world that are connected to one
another in various ways.
Sometimes called the Net- is a
worldwide system of computer
networks.
It enables you to require a file or
document from anywhere in the world.
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What is Cyberspace?
Cyberspace is an environment
which people can communicate
among them by using computers.
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Information Highway
The largest computer network in the
world
The borderless marketplace
Information distribution system
The largest human communication
system
A technology platform
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Internet Uses
Information resources
News, weather, economics, sports
E-mail
Software downloads
Discussions
Forums, chat
Entertainment
Business & Advertisement
Electronic commerce
Education
Courseware, lecture notes, quiz, exercise
Miscellaneous Use
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The Birth of Internet
1960 - Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA) was formed.
ARPA initiated research in universities and
research labs to develop computer networks
January 1, 1983 the Internet war
born, then has 562 connected
computer.
1992 the Web is used to publish
research materials.
1997
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How to access the Internet
Internet access is provided by ISPs
Internet Service Providers (ISP)
A business that has a permanent Internet
connection, and offers temporary Internet
connection to individuals and companies free
or for a fee
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How to access the
Internet(cont.)
Types of ISPs
Regional ISP
National ISP
Wireless Service Provider (WSP)
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Regional and National ISP
National ISP serves a country
Regional ISP serves a region/part of
a continent
Provides individuals and other
companies access to the Internet and
other related services such as
registration of domain name, Web site
building and hosting.
In Malaysia, our local ISP are such as
TmNet, Jaring, P1
International
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Wireless Service Provider
Company that provides wireless
Internet access to users with wireless
modems or web-enabled handheld
computers or devices.
Example : Maxis, Digi, Celcom, P1
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Internet Address
an IP (Internet Protocol) address is the number
that uniquely identifies each computer on the
Internet
Domain Name Server (DNS) : a host computer
that coordinates the IP addresses and the domain
names for all computers it is responsible to
Domain name : a unique name associated with an
IP address
Differentiate between the top level domain and sub-
domain.
First part identifies network
the usage of domain name is much
Last parteasier than
identifies IP
specific computer
address
E.g. :
IP Address : 172.17.19.124
Domain name : www.unirazak.edu.my
Top-Level domain (TLD)
Abbreviation that identifies the type of
organization associated with the domain
"country-code" TLDs or "ccTLDs
two-letter word, more than 240 countries
generic TLD three or more-letter word
Example : .edu, .gov, .biz, .com, .info, .name, .net, .org,
and .pro
Others: .asia, .aero,.coop, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, and
.travel.
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Top-Level domain (TLD)
Example:
http://fit.unirazak.edu.my
Computer name
country code TLD
Sub domain name
Generic TLD
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Other Examples of Domain
Names
Domain Name Institution / Company
pkns.gov.my Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor
um.edu.my Universiti Malaya
www.malaysia.gov.my Malaysia Government
www.lelong.com.my Lelong.com
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Exercise : Generic TLD Find the affiliation for these TLDs:
.edu
.biz
Generic TLD Affiliation
.info
com commercial .name
gov government .net
.org
.pro
.asia
.aero
.coop
.jobs
.mobi
.museum
.travel
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The following table gives some examples of country code
Country Code Affiliation
my Malaysia
sg Singapore
th Thailand
bn Brunei
id Indonesia
au Australia
jp Japan
kr Korea
uk United Kingdom
dk Denmark
fr France
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
An addressing scheme that tells the
Web browser :
Transfer protocol to use
Domain name of the computer
Pathname on which the file resides
Name of the file
protocolDomain name pathname filename
E.g.
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What is WWW?
World Wide Web
A software application that makes it
easy and possible for nearly anyone
to publish and browse hypertext
documents on the Internet.
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What is WWW?
Hypertext:
Web pages that have hyperlinks to other
pages.
Hyperlinks:
A string of clickable text or a clickable
graphic that points to another Web page
or document.
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What is WWW?
Web page:
A file that can be read over the WWW.
Web browser:
A software tool used to view Web pages,
read email, and read newsgroups,
among other things.
Also called Web client
Example : Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chrome
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What is WWW?
Web site:
a set of pages of information on the
Internet about a particular subject
Example: name of web site
www.icann.org
Web server:
A computer that satisfies user requests
for Web pages.
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What is WWW?
Home page:
The web page that is loaded when a
browser is first activated
the 1st page in a set of related Web
pages.
HTML:
HyperText Markup Language; the
programming language in which most
Web pages are written.
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Types of Web Pages
Portal provide access to other Web
sites and services
Advocacy describes a cause,
opinion, or idea. These web sites
usually present views of a particular
group or association.
Read more:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_definition_for_advocacy_website#ixzz1Ai0sa8J
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News
Informational
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Awareness Issues
Censorship
Prohibited person who is below 18 years old from viewing
any pornography materials
Copyright
Restrict other peoples to copy to your valuable works
Plagiarism
Taking someone else work and claiming it as your own
work
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Exercise
Find an example of Web site for each
of the following type:
Portal
Advocacy
News
Informational
Business/marketing
Personal
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