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OST 162-001

OST 162-001. More about using Macs. The Internet. Terms : Browser - a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network

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OST 162-001

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  1. OST 162-001 More about using Macs

  2. The Internet • Terms: • Browser - a software application that enables a user to display and interact with text, images, and other information typically located on a web page at a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network • URL - Uniform Resource Locator – address of websites (ex. http://www.google.com) • Web pages - a resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web and can be accessed through a web browser • Hyperlinks – a navigation element that links from one document to another • Bookmarks – pointers to URLs

  3. History of the Internet • 1969 – Birth of the Internet with ARPANET commissioned by DoD • 1971 – email invented (23 hosts) • 1977 – international networks with more than 100 hosts • 1982 – TCP/IP is defined • 1984 – number of hosts break 1000 • 1989 – now more than 100,000 hosts • 1991 – WWW is invented by CERN • 1994 – commercialization is allowed (host break 3million) • 1997 – 19.5 million hosts • Today – approx. 200 million Internet users

  4. Google

  5. Other favorites • Espn.com • Imdb.com • Yahoo.com • Cnn.com • wikipedia.org • Weather.com • Ebay.com • Half.com

  6. System Preferences • Allows you to change the settings of a number of features on you computer. • Personal • Hardware • Internet and Network • System

  7. Personal • Appearance • Dashboard & Expose • Desktop & Screensaver • Dock • International • Security • Spotlight

  8. Hardware • CDs and DVDs • Displays • Energy saver • Keyboard & Mouse • Print & Fax • Sound

  9. Internet & Network • .Mac • Network • Quicktime • Sharing

  10. System • Accounts • Date & Time • Software Update • Speech • Startup Disk • Universal Access

  11. Exercises • Make an Alias – Page 172 • Search for files – Page 174 • Spotlight – Page 177 • Spotlight Windows – Page 178

  12. Burning Cds • CD Formats • CD-ROM • CD-R • CD+R (don’t get) • CD-RW • CD Preferences

  13. Dashboard • Provides quick access to information customized for you, by you in the form of widgets. F12 will make the dashboard appear and disappear

  14. Questions? ?

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