Introduction To Internet

What
1.

is the Internet?

The internet in simple terms is a

network of the interlinked computer
networking worldwide, which is
accessible to the general public.
These interconnected computers
work by transmitting data through a
special type of packet switching
which is known as the IP or the
internet protocol.

History of INTERNET

ARPANET was the network that became the basis

for the Internet. Based on a concept first published
in 1967, ARPANET was developed under the
direction of the U.S. Advanced Research Projects
Agency (ARPA).

In 1969, the idea became a modest reality with the

interconnection of four university computers. The
initial purpose was to communicate with and share
computer resources among mainly scientific users
at the connected institutions.

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Definition

Arpanet - The precursor to the Internet.

ASCII - American Standard Code for Information

Interchange. The de facto world wide standard code
for alphanumeric characters.

Blacklist - Describes inappropriate advertisers on

Usenet newsgroups and via junk E-mail.

Browser - A program that is specifically used to look

at various WWW resources.

Client - Any computer that makes use of services

available from other computers.

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Domain Name - A unique name that identifies an Internet

site. The name always has two or more parts separated by
a dot. The last part of the name identifies the site ( i.e. Gov
for government, edu for education, com for commercial, or
net for network). An electronic street address.

E-mail - Messages, usually text, sent from one person to

another via a computer.

Fire Wall - A combination of hardware and software that

separates a LAN into two or more parts for security
purposes.

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Host - A computer or software package which provides a

specific kind of service to other computers. One that is seen
by other computers on the Internet.
LAN - Local Area Network. Several computers located in the
same physical location which are connected together in
order to share information and services.

Modem - A device that allows a computer to use a phone

line to communicate with another computer.

Protocol - The rules of conduct which enables a computer to

communicate with another computer.
PPP - A protocol that allows a computer to use a telephone
line and a modem to make TCP/IP connections.

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Server - Any computer that makes services

available to other computers.

TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet

Protocol. This is the protocol which defines the
Internet.

URL - Uniform Resource Locator. A unique name

that identifies an Internet site.

WWW - World Wide Web. The universe of

hypertext servers.

What is the difference between

the World Wide Web and the
Internet?

The World Wide Web (The Web) is only a portion of

what makes up the internet, but it is the fastest growing
part of the internet. The Web lets people, organizations
and companies publish information for other people to
see. This makes the Web a very useful tool for finding
information on just about any topic.

The Web is a large number of computer documents or

"Web pages" that are stored on computers around the
world and are connected to one another using hyperlinks.
These Web pages can be seen by anyone through their
computer's "Web Browser," which is the program you
are using now.

Web Browsers

Web browsers are programs used to explore

the Internet. There are many Web browser
programs
available
including
Netscape
Navigator, Internet Explorer and Opera.
Internet Explorer is the Internet browser made
by Microsoft and comes with Windows
operating system.

For example: Mozilla, Chrome.etc.

Search Engine

A Web Search Engine is designed to search

for information on the World Wide Web.

The search results are generally presented in a

line of results often referred to as search engine
results pages (SERPs).

The information may be a specialist in web

pages, images, information and other types of
files.

For example: Google, Bing.etc.

E-Mail

Email, sometimes written as e-mail, is simply

the shortened form of electronic mail, a
system for receiving, sending, and storing
electronic messages.

It has gained nearly universal popularity around

the world with the spread of the Internet. In
many cases, email has become the preferred
method for both personal and business
communication

For example: Gmail, Yahoo.etc.

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