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Computers 2011
Living in a Digital World
Objectives Overview
Fiber to
Cable Cellular Satellite
the Fixed
Internet DSL Radio Wi-Fi Internet
Premises wireless
service Network Service
(FTTP)
Wireless Internet
ISP (Internet service Online service
service provider
provider) provider (OSP)
(WISP)
Regional ISPs provide Provides wireless
Internet access to a Has many members- Internet access to
specific geographical only features computers and
area mobile devices
Internet
Firefox Opera
Explorer
Google
Safari
Chrome
Search Subject
engine directory
Classifies Web
Finds information
pages in an
related to a
organized set of
specific topic
categories
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Chapter 2
The World Wide Web
People or
Maps Blogs
Businesses
Content Personal
Aggregator
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• Information presented
on the Web must be
evaluated for accuracy
• No one oversees the
content of Web pages
• A graphic is a digital
representation of
nontext information
• Graphic formats include
BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG,
and TIFF
• A thumbnail is a small
version of a larger
graphic
Analyze
Maintain
Plan a and Create a Deploy a
a Web
Web site design a Web site Web site
site
Web site
Business-
to-
consumer
(B2C)
E-commerce
Business- Consumer-
to- to-
business consumer
(B2B) (C2C)
• E-mail is the
transmission of
messages and files via a
computer network
• An e-mail program
allows you to create,
send, receive, forward,
store, print, and delete
e-mail messages
• A chat is a real-time
typed conversation that
takes place on a
computer
• A chat room is a
location on an Internet
server that permits
users to chat with each
other
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Other Internet Services
• A newsgroup is an
online area in which
users have written
discussions about a
particular subject
– Typically requires a
newsreader
• A message board is a
Web-based type of
discussion group
Browsing, navigating,
History and structure of searching, Web
World Wide Web
the Internet publishing, and
e-commerce
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