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What is Internet ?. INTERNET. - is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. - known as Interconnected Net, Information Highway or simply known as Net. USES OF INTERNET.
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What is Internet ?
INTERNET - is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide. - known as Interconnected Net, Information Highway or simply known as Net.
USES OF INTERNET Used to communicate with people Used to get information Used for entertainment Used for on-line shopping Used to transact business
Requirements Needed to Access the Net Computer Modem Telephone Lines / Cable Lines Internet Service Provider (ISP) Web Browser
Requirements Needed to Access the Net Computer - machine used to send and receive electronic documents via the Internet. Modem (Modulator/Demodulator) - device that transmits analog signal and receives data in digital signal through telephone lines. Telephone Lines / Cable Lines – used to transmit signal from one computer to another with the help of modem. Internet Service Provider (ISP) – a company provides connection to the Internet E.g.: Compass, Pacific Internet, I-Manila, Bonanza, Blast, and others. Web Browser – software program used to navigate the Internet. Two popular web browsers are Netscape Navigator & Microsoft Internet Explorer
WEB BROWSERS Google Chrome Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Netscape Safari
Web Page - Is an interactive electronic document where text, graphics and sounds are posted.
Web Page Developers • Are professionals that create wonderful and artistic website. • They create interactive web pages using a computer language called HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
E-Mail Address - identifies an e-mail box to which email messages are delivered.
E-Mail • The fastest way to send a letter is through the Internet. • With electronic mail (or email for short), your modem can send messages around the Internet in a very few seconds.
Website • A collection of related web pages. • Is like a book that has one or more pages that contains the needed information • can be viewed through its website address or technically known as URL
What is URL ?
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) - it is the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.
The first part of the URL is called a protocol identifier and it indicates what protocol to use, and the second part is called a resource nameand it specifies the IP address or the domain name where the resource is located. The protocol identifier and the resource name are separated by a colon and two forward slashes.
Every domain name has a suffix that indicates which top level domain (TLD) it belongs to. • For example: • gov - Government agencies • edu - Educational institutions • org - Organizations (nonprofit) • mil - Military • com - commercial business • net - Network organizations • ca - Canada • th - Thailand • ph - Philippines
Two-Letter Internet Country Codes • ca - Canada • th - Thailand • ph - Philippines • ch – Switzerland • uk – united kingdom Internet and URL - Marivic S. Manlagnit - JMAMES ICT Coordinator