Internet Essentials

Internet Essentials

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  Good Morning Everyone!Internet Essentials Course Presented by Quinte West Public Library and Peter Ferguson
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  What is theInternet? It is a "network of networks“ consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data using the standard Internet Protocol (IP).
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  History ARPANET startedin 1972 TCP/IP occurred in July 1977 links were all converted to TCP/IP in 1982 late 1980s, first Internet service providers (ISP) World Wide Web in 1990 Excerpts from wikipedia.org
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  What is theWorld Wide Web Internet is a physical collection of computer networks The World Wide Web accessible via the Internet a collection of interconnected documents
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  Browsers A web browser is a software application enabling a user to display text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web Netscape Navigator Internet Explorer Opera Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox
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  Finding Information Directory specializes in categorizing links to other web sites Yahoo , LookSmart, Gimpsy, Geniusfind Answers.com, Open Directory Project Search Engine is a document retrieval system designed to help find information Google , Ask.com, HotBot, MSN Search, Snap, Dogpile, Info.com, Mamma
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  Searching the Internet
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  Google Search EngineNumber one Search Engine
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  Google Web Features
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  Google Features Google- Similar Pages Boolean Operators ( AND, OR, +, -) allintitle: search item allinurl: search URL info:site address to find out about site link:site addresses to find sites linked to initial site
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  Numerical Searches useit as a calculator 1965..1975 for events $150..$300 for products 225..455 for street number addresses
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  Text Searches define:meaning of word following (no space) translate pages by clicking translate button Google - Language tools allow you to translate any text using Google choose language and paste text and then translate
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  Finding….. find aperson by name and city find a business phone number by adding in the other information stocks by typing in stock code then click stock quotes on results page
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  Travelling ? flightinformation (www.flightarrivals.com) just type in flight carrier and number find maps by typing in addresses check airport weather by typing flight carrier and number and three letter airport code Toronto (YYZ)
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  Finding Images Google- images Advanced image Search for searching by size or type strict filtering to avoid adult images
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  Google - NewsDirectory format Google - News (4500 news organizations) search news stories sort by date option select by Nation at bottom of results page translate foreign news by right-clicking story and choosing language Advanced News Search
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  Google - audio/ video +file type (.wav, .avi, mpeg) Google - pdf, doc, etc. choose file type from advanced
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  Google - Toolbaradd-in Downloaded and installed into Browser allow blocked pop-ups highlight button to highlight searched words in a resulting document / page
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  Froogle - forproducts or services for sale sort by price limit results by category Advanced search by category listing
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  Google - Groupslistings of newsgroups which are postings by people search by topic, then by date Advanced group search select discussion thread to follow topic post a reply (response) post a new message
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  Google ask expertsquestions for as little as .50 per question
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  Summary What isthe Internet History of the Internet World Wide Web Browsers Directories & Search Engines Searching the Internet
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  Happy Computing PeterFerguson 613-965-6777 [email_address]