- is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. INTERNET - known as Interconnected Net, Information Highway or simply known as Net.
1.Used to communicate with people 2.Used to get information 3.Used for entertainment 4.Used for on-line shopping 5.Used to transact business USES OF INTERNETUSES OF INTERNET
1.Computer 2.Modem 3.Telephone Lines / Cable Lines 4.Internet Service Provider (ISP) 5.Web Browser Requirements Needed to Access the Net
1.Computer - machine used to send and receive electronic documents via the Internet. 2.Modem (Modulator/Demodulator) - device that transmits analog signal and receives data in digital signal through telephone lines. 3.Telephone Lines / Cable Lines – used to transmit signal from one computer to another with the help of modem. 4.Internet Service Provider (ISP) – a company provides connection to the Internet E.g.: Compass, Pacific Internet, I-Manila, Bonanza, Blast, and others. 5.Web Browser – software program used to navigate the Internet. Two popular web browsers are Netscape Navigator & Microsoft Internet Explorer Requirements Needed to Access the Net
Netscape Safari Opera Internet Explorer Google Chrome Firefox
- Is an interactive electronic document where text, graphics and sounds are posted.
- Are professionals that create wonderful and artistic website. - They create interactive web pages using a computer language called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
- identifies an box to which messages are delivered.
-The fastest way to send a letter is through the Internet. -With electronic mail (or for short), your modem can send messages around the Internet in a very few seconds.
- A collection of related web pages. - Is like a book that has one or more pages that contains the needed information - can be viewed through its website address or technically known as URL
- it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web. U niform R esource L ocator (URL)
The first part of the URL is called a protocol identifier and it indicates what protocol to use, and the second part is called a resource name and it specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. The protocol identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two forward slashes.
Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. For example: gov - Government agencies edu - Educational institutions org - Organizations (nonprofit) mil - Military com - commercial business net - Network organizations ca - Canada th - Thailand ph - Philippines
Two-Letter Internet Country Codes ca - Canada th - Thailand ph - Philippines ch – Switzerland uk – united kingdom Internet and URL - Marivic S. Manlagnit - JMAMES ICT Coordinator