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Internet and world wide web Information Technology
Zahra Omran AL-Omran Information Technology
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What is The Web (World Wide Web)? :exploring Uses for the internet
Outline : What is The Internet? What is The Web (World Wide Web)? :exploring Uses for the internet New ways to communicate Information resources and software Doing business online Entertainment Connecting computers to a network . Type of WWW Terminology. Intranets and Extranets. Access to Intranet and Extranet. Reasons for using Intranet.
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What is The Internet? The Internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the Internet. Information that travels over the Internet does so via a variety of languages known as protocols.
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contain graphics, sounds, text and video.
What is The Web (World Wide Web)? The World Wide Web, or simply Web, is a way of accessing information over the medium of the Internet. It is an information-sharing model that is built on top of the Internet. Web documents also contain graphics, sounds, text and video.
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World wide web World wide web :
a way of thinking about information storage and retrieval. Web : software that runs on some of the computers connected to each other through the internet.
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What Is the Difference Between the Internet and the Web?
Question: What Is the Difference Between the Internet and the Web? Answer: The Internet and the World Wide Web have a whole-to-part relationship. The Internet is the large container, and the Web is a part within the container. It is common in daily conversation to abbreviate them as the "Net" and the "Web", and then swap the words interchangeably.
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Exploring Uses for the internet
1- New ways to communicate Electronic discussions Instant messaging 2- Information resources and software Newspapers and magazines Government documents Research reports and books Software download sites
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3- Doing business online
Electronic storefronts Coordinate worldwide operations Recruit employees 4- Entertainment Review restaurants, movies and book Interactive games Follow sports teams
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Connecting computers to a network
Twisted – pair cable : oldest type of cable, used by telephone companies. Wireless networks : becoming more common as costs continue to drop popular with companies whose employs use laptop computers used by school in classrooms, libraries, and study lounges used in home
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WWW Terminology -Home page
The cover page for a Web site that has graphics, titles, colored text, etc. -Hypermedia Tools that connect the data on Web pages, allowing users to access topics in whatever order they wish -Hypertext markup language (HTML) The standard page description language for Web pages
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WWW Terminology -Web browser
Software that creates a unique hypermedia-based menu on your computer screen and provides a graphical interface to the Web -Web page A screen of information sent to a requesting user and presented through a browser -Applet A small program embedded in Web pages
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Intranets and Extranets
An internal corporate network built using Internet and World Wide Web standards and products that allows employees of an organization to gain access to corporate information Extranet A network based on Web technologies that links selected resources of the intranet of a company with its customers, suppliers, or other business partners
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Access to Intranet Employee telephone directory
Human resource policies Support information Knowledge base
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Access to Extranet Need to rapidly adapt to change.
Distribute information. Improve Existing information delivery techniques. Supporting major strategic initiative.
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Reasons for using Intranet
Employee productivity Cost saving Knowledge management E-commerce Customer- management improvements
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