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Data Communication &network: The Internet and TCP/IP
Data Communication &network: The Internet and TCP/IP
CHAPTER 07
The Internet and TCP/IP
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ARPANET
Wireless Internet
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Web Browsers
Web browser: software that creates a unique, hypermediabased menu on a computer screen, providing a graphical
interface to the Web
The menu consists of graphics, titles, and text with
hypertext links
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Search Engines
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JavaScript
VBScript
ActiveX
Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP)
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Advertise
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Web Services
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Web log (blog): a Web site that people can create and use
to write about their observations, experiences, and feelings
on a wide range of topics
Usenet and newsgroups
Usenet: a system closely allied with the Internet that uses email to provide a centralized news service; a protocol that
describes how groups of messages can be stored on and sent
between computers
Newsgroups: online discussion groups that focus on specific
topics
Principles of Information Systems, Seventh Edition
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Intranet
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Net Issues
Management issues: preventing attacks
Service and speed issues
Web server computers can be overwhelmed by the
amount of hits (requests for pages)
Routers can become bottlenecks
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Privacy
Spyware: hidden files and information trackers that install
themselves secretly when you visit some Internet sites
Cookie: a text file that an Internet company can place on the
hard disk of a computer system
Fraud
Phishing
Unauthorized sites
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Summary
The Internet is a collection of interconnected networks, all
freely exchanging information
Internet Protocol (IP) is a communication standard that
enables traffic to be routed from one network to another as
needed
Internet data is passed in chunks called packets
Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is a widely used
transport layer protocol that is used in combination with IP
by most Internet applications
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