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Infocomm Studies (Group 3). Group Members:Jeremy Wong Zhan Yik (11) Kevin Chang Jon Kit (12) Khoo Hau Xiang (13) Lee Yu Hsin (14) Lee Zi Xuan (15) . What is Downloading?. To receive data from a remote system to a local one. Is is to copy data from a source to a device.
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Infocomm Studies (Group 3) Group Members:Jeremy Wong Zhan Yik (11) Kevin Chang Jon Kit (12) Khoo Hau Xiang (13) Lee Yu Hsin (14) Lee Zi Xuan (15)
What is Downloading? • To receive data from a remote system to a local one. • Is is to copy data from a source to a device. • It can also refer to copying a file from a network file server to a computer on the network.
Examples of items that can be downloaded • Microsoft Presentations • Pictures from your friends • Computer games which you like
What is Uploading? • Uploading is the opposite of downloading. • It provides data from a local system to a remote one. • It has the same properties as downloading.
Example of Files that can be uploaded • Videos • Softwares • Pictures • Documents
What is an URL? • URL stands for Uniform Resource Locater, and is also known as web address. • It is a character string which constitutes a reference to a source. • A URL contains a scheme name, a server name, a domain name, a port number and the path of the resource.
What is a Web Browser? • A web browser is a software application for receiving and providing information from the World Wide Web.
Examples of web browsers • Internet Explorer • Mozilla Firefox • Google Chrome • Opera • Safari
Thank You for Your Attention Any Questions? Feel free to ask! No nonsense tolerated though.