Fundamentals of Internet & Web Publishing Chapter 1 - Introduction To The Internet and WWW
Fundamentals of Internet & Web Publishing Chapter 1 - Introduction To The Internet and WWW
Fundamentals of Internet & Web Publishing Chapter 1 - Introduction To The Internet and WWW
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What is Internet?
Cyberspace is an environment
which people can communicate
among them by using computers.
Software downloads
Discussions
Forums, chat
Entertainment
Education
Courseware, lecture notes, quiz, exercise
Miscellaneous Use
Politics, gossip and negative elements CND 0013 Chapte
The Birth of Internet
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How to access the
Internet(cont.)
Types of ISPs
Regional ISP
National ISP
Wireless Service Provider (WSP)
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Regional and National ISP
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Internet Address
an IP (Internet Protocol) address is the number
that uniquely identifies each computer on the
Internet
Domain Name Server (DNS) : a host computer
that coordinates the IP addresses and the domain
names for all computers it is responsible to
Domain name : a unique name associated with an
IP address
Differentiate between the top level domain and sub-
domain.
First part identifies network
the usage of domain name is much
Last parteasier than
identifies IP
specific computer
address
E.g. :
IP Address : 172.17.19.124
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Top-Level domain (TLD)
Example:
http://fit.unirazak.edu.my
Computer name
country code TLD
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Other Examples of Domain
Names
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Exercise : Generic TLD Find the affiliation for these TLDs:
.edu
.biz
Generic TLD Affiliation
.info
com commercial .name
.org
.pro
.asia
.aero
.coop
.jobs
.mobi
.museum
.travel
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The following table gives some examples of country code
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What is WWW?
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What is WWW?
Hypertext:
Web pages that have hyperlinks to other
pages.
Hyperlinks:
A string of clickable text or a clickable
graphic that points to another Web page
or document.
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What is WWW?
Web page:
A file that can be read over the WWW.
Web browser:
A software tool used to view Web pages,
read email, and read newsgroups,
among other things.
Also called Web client
Web site:
a set of pages of information on the
Internet about a particular subject
Example: name of web site
www.icann.org
Web server:
A computer that satisfies user requests
for Web pages.
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What is WWW?
Home page:
The web page that is loaded when a
browser is first activated
the 1st page in a set of related Web
pages.
HTML:
HyperText Markup Language; the
programming language in which most
Web pages are written.
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Types of Web Pages
News
Informational
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Awareness Issues
Censorship
Prohibited person who is below 18 years old from viewing
any pornography materials
Copyright
Restrict other peoples to copy to your valuable works
Plagiarism
Taking someone else work and claiming it as your own
work
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Exercise
Advocacy
News
Informational
Business/marketing
Personal
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