Computers: Information Technology in Perspective By Long and Long Copyright 2002 Prentice Hall, Inc. Computers: Information Technology in Perspective Larry Long & Nancy Long Copyright 2002 Prentice Hall, Inc.
Computers: Information Technology in Perspective By Long and Long Copyright 2002 Prentice Hall, Inc. Going Online Chapter 7
Quit 7.3 Let’s Go Surfing Monthly Technology Update
Quit 7.4 What Is the Internet? The Net is a worldwide collection of interconnected networks.
Quit 7.5 Internet History ARPANET Internet InterNIC No person or organization governs the Internet! Internet
Quit 7.6 How do you get on? Via dial-up connection to Information Service Gateway (ex: AOL) Information Service Gateway (ex: AOL) Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet Service Provider (ISP) Via direct network connection using a shared high-speed line on LAN
Quit 7.7 Connect via Information Service Gateway Example: America Online You have to have PC and modem PC and modem Monthly service charge Monthly service charge You get User ID and password User ID and password Communications software Communications software User’s guide User’s guide
Quit 7.8 Connect via Internet Service Provider ISP Gives you direct access via a dialup connection Do not offer extended information services, just a connection
Quit 7.9 Connect via Network Connection Faster Wired into Internet via LAN Types of line connections: DSL line (9 M bps) DSL line (9 M bps) T-1 line (1.544 M bps) T-1 line (1.544 M bps) T-3 line ( M bps) T-3 line ( M bps)
Quit 7.10 Internet Terminology Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Packets Point of Presence (POP) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Packets Point of Presence (POP) Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
Quit 7.11 Going Online Without a PC Televisions Set-top box linked to existing TV Internet appliance Telephone Telephone Cellular phone Cellular phone ISPs offerings ISPs offerings
Quit 7.12 Retrieve/View Internet Information Client/server programs Browsers Internet Explorer Internet Explorer Netscape Netscape The Internet address (URL) Identifies location of server site Identifies location of server site Files are downloaded for viewing Files are downloaded for viewing
Quit 7.13 Uniform Resource Locator DomainName Directory Filename AccessMethodOrProtocol
Quit 7.14 URL: Access Methods Hypertext Transport Protocol ftp:// File Transfer Protocol news:// Newsgroups gopher:// Gopher menu tree
Quit 7.15 Affiliation Commercial Education Businesses Government International Military Network Resources Nonprofit Organizations ID.com.edu.firm.gov.int.mil.net.org URL: Top-Level Domains (TLDs)
Quit 7.16HTML HyperText Markup Language Scripting language Interpreted by browsers XHTML ASCII text documents Tags Title text
Quit 7.17 Are you addicted to the Net?
Quit 7.18 Browser Functions Retrieve & view Internet-based info Interact with servers View electronic documents HTML/XHTML HTML/XHTML Applets or ActiveX controls Applets or ActiveX controls Download and upload info Newsgroups
Quit 7.19 Browser Concepts Web Site Home page Home page Page Page Graphics, text, audio, video, animation Graphics, text, audio, video, animation Hyperlinks Hypertext, hot images, hot icons Hypertext, hot images, hot icons Search Engines
Quit 7.20 Browser Elements Menu Bar WorkspaceWorkspace URL Bar ToolbarToolbar Status Bar
Quit 7.21 Browser Plugins Enhance functionality of browsers Shockwave Player Flash Player RealJukebox RealPlayer Liquid Player Quicktime iPIX Movies Acrobat Reader
Quit 7.22 Finding Resources & Information Browsing the Net Start with a portal (Yahoo) Start with a portal (Yahoo) Divided into major categories Divided into major categories Searching hints: Read search rules Read search rules Try another search engine Try another search engine Results seldom exhaustive Results seldom exhaustive Choose search words carefully Choose search words carefully BE PERSISTENT! BE PERSISTENT! Ask someone – FAQs, newsgroups Going Online
Quit 7.23 Search Tools Yahoo Infoseek Google AltaVista Excite Northern Light HotBot Ask Jeeves Snap MSN Netscape Search Metacrawler Dogpile
Quit 7.24 Internet Applications User-friendly Multimedia Hyperlinks Interactive Frames Web Servers File Transfer Protocol Download/upload files Anonymous FTP GopherGopherTelnetTelnet FTPFTP
Quit 7.25Webcasting Radio broadcasting Real-time audio streaming Pull vs. push technology
Quit 7.26 Digital Jukebox Software Microsoft Microsoft Real Networks Real Networks Download to MP3 players Can also play videos Software Microsoft Microsoft Real Networks Real Networks Download to MP3 players Can also play videos
Quit 7.27 Communicating With People USENET Newsgroups Bulletin boards Bulletin boards Threads Threads Mailing lists or listservs Internet relay chat (IRC) Audio mail Internet Telephone User Location Service User Location Service Conferencing Conferencing Whiteboarding Whiteboarding Application Sharing Application Sharing Videophone/video conferencing Instant messaging
Quit 7.28 or e- mail server The message response options Post Office Protocol Telecommuting To CC: and/or BCC:) SubjectMessage Attached file(s) Reply Reply to all Forward
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