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Introduction To The Internet and Web

The document introduces the key concepts of the Internet and World Wide Web. It defines the Internet as the global network that connects millions of networks worldwide without any central ownership or management. It then explains that the Web is a collection of web pages containing text, images and hyperlinks that are accessed through web browsers using URLs. Finally, it discusses how individuals and organizations can get Internet access through schools, businesses or Internet Service Providers and then use search engines to find information on the Web.

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Introduction To The Internet and Web

The document introduces the key concepts of the Internet and World Wide Web. It defines the Internet as the global network that connects millions of networks worldwide without any central ownership or management. It then explains that the Web is a collection of web pages containing text, images and hyperlinks that are accessed through web browsers using URLs. Finally, it discusses how individuals and organizations can get Internet access through schools, businesses or Internet Service Providers and then use search engines to find information on the Web.

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Introduction to the

Internet and Web


WORLD OF WORLD WIDE WEB
CALLED WWW
Its quite pertinent to know a few terms of the Internet to
understand how can world of net be used in Business.
Internet
• It is the largest network in the world that connects
hundreds of thousands of individual networks all
over the world.
• The popular term for the Internet is the
“information highway”.
• Rather than moving through geographical space, it
moves your ideas and information through
cyberspace – the space of electronic movement of
ideas and information.
Internet
• No one owns it
• It has no formal management organization.
• As it was originally developed by the Department
of defense, this lack of centralization made it less
vulnerable to wartime or terrorist attacks.
• To access the Internet, an existing network need to
pay a small registration fee and agree to certain
standards based on the TCP/IP (Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) .
The uses of the Internet
• Send e-mail messages.
• Send (upload) or receive (down load) files between
computers.
• Participate in discussion groups, such as mailing lists and
newsgroups.
• Surfing the web.
What is Web?
• The Web (World Wide Web) consists of information
organized into Web pages containing text and graphic
images.
• It contains hypertext links, or highlighted keywords
and images that lead to related information.
• A collection of linked Web pages that has a common
theme or focus is called a Web site.
• The main page that all of the pages on a particular
Web site are organized around and link back to is
called the site’s home page.
How to access the Internet?

• Many schools and businesses have direct access to the


Internet using special high-speed communication lines and
equipment.
• Students and employees can access through the
organization’s local area networks (LAN) or through their
own personal computers.
• Another way to access the Internet is through Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
How to access the Internet?
• To access the Internet, an existing network need to
pay a small registration fee and agree to certain
standards based on the TCP/IP (Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) reference
model.
• Each organization pays for its own networks and its
own telephone bills, but those costs usually exist
independent of the internet.
• The regional Internet companies route and forward
all traffic, and the cost is still only that of a local
telephone call.
Internet Service Provider
(ISP)
• A commercial organization with permanent connection to
the Internet that sells connections to subscribers.
• Examples:
• PTCL, Nayatel, Stormfibre, Mobilink, America Online,
Microsoft network, AT&T Networks etc.
How to access the Web?

• Once you have your Internet connection, then you need special
software called a browser to access the Web.
• Web browsers are used to connect you to remote computers,
open and transfer files, display text and images.
• Web browsers are specialized programs.
• Examples of Web browser: Internet Explorer, Mozilla, firefox,
Googlechrome, UC browser, Mosaic.
Client/Server Structure of the
Web
• Web is a collection of files that reside on computers,
called Web servers, that are located all over the world
and are connected to each other through the Internet.
• When you use your Internet connection to become part
of the Web, your computer becomes a Web client in a
worldwide client/server network.
• A Web browser is the software that you run on your
computer to make it work as a web client.
Structure of a Uniform Resource Locators

protocol pathname

http://www.chicagosymphony.org/civicconcerts/index.htm

Domain name filename

http => Hypertext Transfer Protocol


How to find information on the Web?
• A number of search tools have been developed and
available to you on certain Web sites that provide
search services to help you find information.
• Examples:
Yahoo  www.yahoo.com
Excite  www.excite.com
Lycos  www.lycos.com
AltaVista  www/alta-vista.com
MSN WebSearch  www.search.msn.com
How to find information on the Web?

• You can find information by two basic means.


• Search by Topic and Search by keywords.
• Some search services offer both methods, others only
one.
• Yahoo offers both.
Search by Topic
You can navigate through topic lists
Search by keywords
You can navigate by entering a keyword or phase into
a search text box.
END OF TOPIC

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