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Internet and E-Commerce. History of the Internet. Components of the Internet. Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Transport-layer protocol that most Internet applications use with IP Backbone One of the Internet’s high-speed, long-distance communications links Uniform Resource Locator (URL)
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Components of the Internet • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) • Transport-layer protocol that most Internet applications use with IP • Backbone • One of the Internet’s high-speed, long-distance communications links • Uniform Resource Locator (URL) • An assigned address on the Internet for each computer
Domain Name System • IP addresses are difficult to remember and use • With DNS, users can employ alphanumeric names that are easy to remember, such as www.cpe.eng.cmu.ac.th
Domain Name System (Contd.) • .com (for commercial businesses) • .org (for nonprofit organizations) • .edu (for educational institutions) • .gov (for the U.S. government) • .mil (for the U.S. military) • .net (for networks) • .int (for international entities)
Domain Name System (Contd.) • Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) • Responsible for managing IP addresses and Internet domain names • Has authority to resolve domain name disputes • Cyber-squatters • Register domain names in the hope of selling them to corporations or people
Uniform Resource Locators • A string of characters associated with a specific information resource, such as www.google.com, www.cmu.ac.th, and so on • Many URLs relate to Web access via HTTP, but note that URLs also apply to many other Internet protocols and information resources • Instead of “http,” the first part of a URL could include “ftp” for File Transfer Protocol, “news” for Usenet news, or other Internet resource types
Internet Open Issues • The Internet has been accompanied by a host of economic and social policy questions: • Should online sales be taxed? • Should voice services that use Internet telephony (VoIP) be regulated and taxed, like other more traditional services? • How might a major Internet outage or cyberterrorist attack affect nations economically?
Internet Open Issues (Contd.) • Some countries restrict or prohibit Internet access for political or religious reasons • Whose laws should apply, and how should they apply to a network that transcends national boundaries? • In what ways will the Internet intersect with politics? • What are the ramifications of the international digital divide, in which some countries have widespread Internet access and computing resources, and others have limited resources?
Case Study: The 2014 Leak Scandal • Source of pictures • iCloud • Security flaw • Find My iPhone • How? • The application allows users to input password as many times as they want • The hacker(s) used “brute force” password hacking • Results • Private pictures from at least 21 celebrity, hundreds of pictures, more than 500MB in size total (and still growing), are now spread on the Internet
The World Wide Web • Collection of tens of millions of server computers that work together as one in an Internet • Hyperlink • Highlighted text or graphics in a Web document that, when clicked, opens a new Web page • Web browser • Web client software such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Google Chrome used to view Web pages
The World Wide Web (Contd.) • Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) • Standard page description language for Web pages • HTML tags • Let the browser know how to format text • Extensible Markup Language (XML) • Markup language for Web documents containing structured information • Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) • File or portion of an HTML file that defines the visual appearance of content in a Web page
Web Programming Languages • Java • HTML5 • Other platforms • Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) • Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) • Adobe Flash, Microsoft Silverlight, IBM Worklight
Sample HTML5 Websites • The Wilderness Downtown • http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/ • Heart of the Attic • http://heartofthearctic.ca/ • Three Dreams of Black • http://www.ro.me/ • Enjoy Your Privacy • http://www.enjoyyourprivacy.com/ • Google Play Music Tour • http://play.google.com/about/music/tour/ Source: http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/best-html5-websites
Content Management Systems • An emerging technology to help customizing web sites • Joomla • Wordpress • Drupal
Internet and Web Applications • Search engines and Web research • Search engines • Have become important to businesses as a tool to drive visitors to the business’ Web site • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has become a valuable marketing tool • Real-time search will be a future for search engines
E-Mail • Text messages • Sound, images & videos • Files
Instant Messaging • Online, real-time communication between two or more people who are connected to the Internet • Can share files and other activities
Expressions ;-) ;-( :-# :-D :-0 :-@ :-& orz Abbreviations AFK BRB BTW IMHO LOL OIC TY OMGWTFBYOBBQ InW Instant Expressions and Abbreviations
Leet Language • Also known as “leetspeak” • It uses various combinations of ASCII characters to replace letters. • 1f u c4n r34d th1s u r3411y n33d t0 g37 141d
Internet Phone and Videoconferencing Services • Internet phone service • Relatively inexpensive, especially for international calls • Voice-over-IP (VoIP) technology • Network managers can route phone calls and fax transmissions over the same network they use for data • Internet videoconferencing • Supports both voice and visual communications
Social Networks • Facebook, Google+ • Social networking platform • Social application • Authentication system • Media sharing • PR, CRM & Advertising • Twitter • News sharing • PR, CRM & Advertising
Age Distribution on Social Network Source: Google Ad Planner (2010)
Media Sharing • YouTube • Video sharing • Marketing • Instagram, Flickr, Shutterfly • Photo sharing • Getty Images, Shutterstock • Photo stocking
File Sharing • Allow people to share files in P2P mod • Bittorent
Social Bookmarking • Purpose • To provide a view of the most popular Web sites, videos, blog articles, or other Web content at any given moment • Popular social bookmarking sites • delicious.com • Digg
Web Auctions • Web auction • A way to connect buyers and sellers • eBay • Popular auction site • Easy to use and includes thousands of products and services in many categories • Auction sites • Cannot always determine whether the people and companies listing products and services are legitimate
Music, Radio, Video, and TV on the Internet • Radio broadcasts are now available on the Internet • Video and TV are also becoming available • Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) protocol • Used to put TV programming on the Internet
Office on the Web • Internet office • Web site that contains files, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, an appointment calendar, and more • Allows your desktop computer, phone books, appointment schedulers, and other important information to be with you wherever you are