COM: 111 Introduction to Computer Applications Department of Information & Communication Technology Panayiotis Christodoulou

Learning Outcomes Learn about the Internet and the World Wide Web Learn about Web sites, Web pages, and Web browsers Learn about Web addresses Learn about search engines and Uniform Resource Locators Use tabbed browsing to navigate Web pages Use the Favorites Center Save and print a Web page Save a graphic from a Web page Panayiotis Christodoulou

Learn about and software Send, receive, reply to, and print an message Add and delete contacts in the Address Book Add an attachment to a message Explore the programs that comprise Google document Using SkyDrive and Office Web Apps Create, Edit and Share Office Files Panayiotis Christodoulou

Internet The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers. The Internet is used to send information quickly between computers around the world. Created by the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and connected in 1969 Internet Service Provider (ISP), refers to a company that provides Internet services, including personal and business access to the Internet Panayiotis Christodoulou

World Wide Web The World Wide Web ("WWW" or "The Web") is the part of the Internet that contains websites and web pages. In order to see the World Wide Web one needs a computer and a computer program called a web browser. One also needs a connection to the Internet Panayiotis Christodoulou

Web Servers and HTTP A web server is a computer system that processes requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used to distribute information on the World Wide Web The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. Hypertext is structured text that uses logical links (hyperlinks) between nodes containing text. HTTP is the protocol to exchange or transfer hypertext. Panayiotis Christodoulou

Web Site A website, also written as web site is a set of related web pages typically served from a single web domain. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network Panayiotis Christodoulou

Web Page A web page is a web document that is suitable for the World Wide Web and the web browser. A static web page is delivered exactly as stored, as web content in the web server's file system, while a dynamic web page is generated by a web application that is driven by server-side software. Dynamic web pages help the browser to enhance the web page through user input to the server. Panayiotis Christodoulou

Web Browsers A web browser is a software application for retrieving and presenting information resources on the World Wide Web. Although browsers are primarily intended to use the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by web servers in private network. Panayiotis Christodoulou

Popular Web Browsers: Chrome Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari Panayiotis Christodoulou

Web address An internet address of a website, file, or document in the general format Every computer connected to the internet has its unique web address, without which it cannot be reached by other computers. Also called Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Panayiotis Christodoulou

Search Engines A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs) and depend on your search criteria. The information may be a mix of web pages, images, and other types of files. Panayiotis Christodoulou

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Internet Explorer Panayiotis Christodoulou

Chrome Panayiotis Christodoulou

Tabbed Browsing Tabbed browsing lets you display multiple Web pages in the same browser window. On the Ribbon, click the New Tab button Right-click an existing tab, and then click New Tab on the shortcut menu Press and hold the Ctrl key Click a link in the open Web page Panayiotis Christodoulou

Favorites Center Panayiotis Christodoulou Most visited sites are shown when you create a new tab

Add web address as your favorite to visit them in future Panayiotis Christodoulou

The History list tracks the sites you visit over a time period Panayiotis Christodoulou

RSS Feeds Panayiotis Christodoulou

A feed, also known as an RSS feed, is a program that allows the downloading, storing, and accessing of information from a Web site directly to your computer Panayiotis Christodoulou

Save a Web Page Panayiotis Christodoulou

Create a Folder on your PC Save Web Page You can edit the Web Page (depending on files downloaded) but you can’t upload it to the server that it was downloaded Panayiotis Christodoulou

Print Web Page Panayiotis Christodoulou

Save Graphic Panayiotis Christodoulou

An address identifies an box to which messages are delivered. hotmail.com usernamedomain address mail-server Panayiotis Christodoulou

Exploring , or electronic mail, is an efficient way to exchange messages with others on a network messages can go to only one recipient or to dozens of recipients at once When you send a message, it travels through the network to an server. The server stores messages until the recipient(s) request them New Perspectives on Microsoft Office 2007: Windows Vista Edition 27

Addressing An When you send an , you have three field choices: “to”, “cc”, and “bcc”. Here is how to use each field: To: enter the addresses of the people the is targeted to Cc: enter the addresses of the people you want to know about the (remember that everyone will see their names) Bcc: enter the addresses of the people you want to know about the but not announce to everyone else that they are getting a copy Panayiotis Christodoulou

Software An client, reader is a computer program used to access and manage a user's . Popular locally installed clients include Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla's Thunderbird, Pegasus Mail, etc A web application that provides message management, composition, and reception functions is sometimes also considered an client, but more commonly referred to as webmail. Popular web-based clients include Gmail, Mail.com, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail. Panayiotis Christodoulou

Configuring Outlook Panayiotis Christodoulou

Outlook Webmail Panayiotis Christodoulou

New Contact Panayiotis Christodoulou

Delete Contact Panayiotis Christodoulou

Using Outlook in Class Send Receive Reply to Print Panayiotis Christodoulou

One Drive OneDrive (previously SkyDrive, Windows Live SkyDrive and Windows Live Folders) is a file hosting service that allows users to upload and sync files to a cloud storage and then access them from a Web browser or their local device. Panayiotis Christodoulou

Create New File Panayiotis Christodoulou

Share File Panayiotis Christodoulou

Save File Panayiotis Christodoulou

Edit File Panayiotis Christodoulou

Google Docs Google Docs, Sheets and Slides are a free, web- based word processor, a spreadsheet program, and a presentation program respectively, all part of an office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service Panayiotis Christodoulou

Create New File Panayiotis Christodoulou

Share Panayiotis Christodoulou