1. Introduction to Computers
Internet Basics

2. What is the Internet?
The Internet is the pipeline that carries data between computers

3. TCP/IP
TCP/IP is the set of rules--or protocols--that every computer connected to the Internet uses to control the way data is formatted and transmitted

4. Two Kinds of Internet Addresses
Internet protocol address (IP address): four-part numeric address
Domain name system (DNS) address: an address that uses words instead of numbers

5. DNS Addresses Have Two Parts
Host name
Domain

6. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Provides local access to the Internet backbone

7. World Wide Web (the Web)
Created in 1989, the Web is a type of service available to those using the Internet. Web and Internet are not synonymous.

8. Web Tools Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
Hypertext markup language (HTML)
Hypertext links (also called hyperlinks or just links)
Web page

9. Web Site
A collection of related Web pages
housed on a Web server

10. Web Browser
Software application that finds hypertext documents on the Web and opens them on the user’s computer.
First Web browser, Mosaic, debuted in 1993.

11. Today’s Most Popular Web Browsers
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Chrome
Firefox
Apple’s Safari

12. Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
A URL is a file’s location on the Web
Access URLs with a Web browser

13. Helper or Plug-in Applications
Help Web browsers display multimedia content.

14. Types of Content Displayed by Plug-ins
Streaming audio
Streaming video

15. Flash by Macromedia
Lets Web designers create high-quality animation or video, with audio, that plays directly within the browser window

16. Popular E-mail Programs
Microsoft Outlook
Chrome Gmail
Yahoo
Zimbra

17. Examples of Online Communication
Listserv
Newsgroup
Facebook
Remind
Yahoo Messenger

18. Telnet
Internet tool for using one computer to access another

19. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
Internet tool used to copy files from one computer to another

20. Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
A popular way for Internet users to communicate in real-time with other users

21. Examples of Internet-Related Services
Online Services
Peer-to-Peer Services

22. Web Content Tools
Save As HTML Command
Web Templates
Wizards

23. Lesson 8A
Internet Basics