TECHNOLOGY GUIDE FIVE Basics of the Internet and the World Wide Web
TECHNOLOGY GUIDE OUTLINE TG5.1 The Internet TG5.2 The World Wide Web
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Differentiate among the Internet, the World Wide Web, intranets, and extranets. Describe how the Internet operates. Discuss the various ways to connect to the Internet. Describe the parts of an Internet address.
The Internet – Intranet – Extranet – Darknet
Protect Your Internet Assets Know your Internet-accessible assets – Everything in the “cloud” – Everything you send or receive Texts s Blogs Photos Nothing is ever completely erased from your Internet identity
Credit Help Get your picture on your credit and/or debit cards Write “require photo ID check” on the back of the card where it asks for a signature Check your credit report – – –
More Credit Help Annual Credit Report FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) FDIC Companies – LifeLock LifeLock – TrustedID TrustedID – CardCops CardCops
Avoid Trouble Keep organized Check all monthly statements, more often if you have online access Use a separate credit card for online purchases and use it only for online purchases Never store your credit card information at a web site Never Never
Things to Do Browse anonymously – Chrome (CtrlShiftN) – Internet Explorer ( ) Delete your browsing history Know the “tools” in your browser
Is Your Computer Infected? McAfee ( AVG (
What Does A Firewall Do? Permits or denies data traffic from another computer based upon – Outbound communications that you do not initiate – Disables or at least requires you to accept letting programs from other sites execute on your computer while you are in a browser (ActiveX and JavaScript are the two main types of programs)
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Install Updates To all of your devices that connect to the Internet Updates almost certainly address security issues in addition to other issues listed for the update by the vendor Hackers live for update alerts and the users that ignore them
Read About IE 9 The features of Internet Explorer 9 are well documented on pages 442 through 444
Proxy Servers Anonymous surfing (
Accessing the Internet Connecting via an online service Internet kiosks Dial-up ISDN DSL Cable Modem Satellite Wireless Fiber to the home
Addresses on the Internet Domain names – Top-level domain – Name of the organization – Name of the specific computer
The World Wide Web – Home page – Uniform resource locator