1. INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERNET & ELECTRONIC COMMERCE Part 4-Session_1 Akanferi Albert akanferi@yahoo.com akanferi@gmail.com 026-7023-177

2. OBJECTIVES OF THE SESSION Understand and explain the concept of the internet Uses of the internet Understand how to access computer systems and internet accounts Understand basic criteria for effective passwords Understand some internet terminology Identify equipment used for internet

3. INTRODUCTION The world is moving away from the known physical/concrete. The internet becomes the new phenomenon Interesting because no one owns or controls it. No government regulation and No one censors the information made available on the internet

4. INTRODUCTION No matter where you are located, if your computer has an Internet connection, you can access any information related to any field.

5. WHAT IS THE INTERNET An inter-connection of computers all over the world. – Made up in individual computers – Local Area Networks – Wide Area Networks – Metropolitan Area Networks – ETC,

6. USES OF THE INTERNET ELECTRONIC MAIL (E-MAIL) – Advantage & Disadvantage of E-mail CHATTING – Categories Of Chatting Test-based chat E-based or Multimedia chat – Advantage & Disadvantage of Chats SEARCH ENGINE

7. USES OF THE INTERNET Instant Messenger & MSM Messenger – chatting online and exchanging email messages (three most popular instant messaging programs are: AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo Messenger) Social Networking – Connecting to friends and relatives and sharing information including pictures, movies thoughts, etc. (facebook, linkedin, etc)

8. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE & BUSINESS (E- commerce & E-Business) ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE (E- Governance) E-LEARNING – Electronic learning is the mode of acquiring knowledge by means of the internet, and computer based training programs. © Pearson Education 20128 USES OF THE INTERNET

9. E-learning can be divided into four broad categories: – Knowledge- based e-learning – Online Support-based e-Learning – Synchronous-based e-Learning – Asynchronous–based e-Learning E-LEARNING CATEGORIES

10. User Name – A unique name that identifies you on a computer or internet account Password – a secret code that authenticates you to the computer or internet account. This done simply to check that you are who you say you are. © Pearson Education 201210 ACCESS TO COMPUTERS & INTERNET SERVICES

11. A Good Pass Word should: – Be at least five characters long. – Contains a non-alphabetical symbol as a &, %, or, ! etc. – Contain a number. – Possess upper case a lowercase letters. NOTE: Case is significant in passwords. © Pearson Education 201211 BASIC CRITERIA FOR PASSWORD

12. Surfing or Browsing the Net – checking out sites on the Internet. Word Wide Web (WWW) or Web – huge collection of pages containing information, images, sounds and video clips stored in computers around the world. Webpage – Each page on WWW © Pearson Education 201212 SOME INTERNET TERMINOLOGY

13. Website – The site which stores webpages Home Page – The first page of any website URL (Uniform Resource Locator) – a unique address of a website ( http://www./google.com) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (http) – The standards of the address system © Pearson Education 201213 SOME INTERNET TERMINOLOGY

14. Hyperlink – links to other web pages (often indicated by underline or shown in a different colour form the main text. Some graphics are also used as hyperlinks) Address bar – The area where the URL is entered

15. Computer Modem (External modem and Internal modem) – device that is used to transmit data over the network Web Browser – software used to navigate through the Net (yahoo, gmail, explorer, Mozilla, etc) © Pearson Education 201215 EQUIPMENT FOR AN INTERNET CONNECTION

16. Telephone Line Internet Service Provide (ISP) – An organisation that provides internet connectivity (vodafone, mtn, tigo, expresso, glo, airtel) EQUIPMENT FOR AN INTERNET CONNECTION

17. E-COMMERCE & E-BUSINESS Online Shopping It helps the user purchase and receives goods sitting at his home using an Internet-enabled computer

18. ADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE Online Shopping provides one-stop buying for all types of customer. No need to visit shops in search of desired products. No headache of traffic ham and vehicle parking. No burden of carrying cash and shopping bags. Weather is no longer a barrier for shopping.

19. DISADVANTAGES OF E-COMMERCE Security issues (fraudsters, payment, etc) Delivery issues (physical products, timing, defective products, etc) Availability of internet equipments