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About the Internet:

About the Internet: being Internet savvy! What is a URL? Uniform Resource Locator (URL) = web address http://www.sac.sa.edu.au What does it mean? http ://www.sac.sa.edu.au hypertext transfer protocol data can be available in a number of different protocols (rules) eg

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About the Internet:

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  1. About the Internet: being Internet savvy!

  2. What is a URL? Uniform Resource Locator (URL) = web address http://www.sac.sa.edu.au

  3. What does it mean? http://www.sac.sa.edu.au hypertext transfer protocol • data can be available in a number of different protocols (rules) eg • ftp (file transfer protocol) • mailto (email)

  4. http://www.sac.sa.edu.au world wide web

  5. organisation name • Saint Aloysius College, South Australia • Most organisations have their own server name http://www.sac.sa.edu.au

  6. http://www.sac.sa.edu.au type of organisation • identifies the type of organisation - educational • have to apply for a domain name to ensure each Internet address is unique • domain names can offer clues as the type of organization

  7. http://www.sac.sa.edu.au geographic indicator • clues as the country of origin of the server can be gained from the country code - australia • as the Internet originated in the United States, this is assumed to be the point of origin, unless specified by a country code

  8. http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/Library/Library/library.htm directory and file name • Internet resources are organized into directories and file structures • Library folders contains filecalled library • this can give you a clue into the structure of the site • the more directories, then the deeper into the site the file is embedded

  9. Types of organisations

  10. Geographic Indicator

  11. The tilde ~ sign • often indicates a personal page within an official site • http://www.unisa.edu.au/~dbrown/ can indicate a personal page of a member of staff, but it is not an official page of the University

  12. Finding the Home Page • a URL can often lead to a file deep within a website • the Home Page is like the cover of a book – it can give useful information such as the author, their qualifications, last update and the purpose of the site • you can often find the Home Page by deleting everything after the geographic indicator and pressing return

  13. Search engines • A tool for searching the web • Strategies for searching the Internet http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/Library/Library/library.htm

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