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Discovering Computers 2012: Your Interactive Guide To The Digital World
Discovering Computers 2012: Your Interactive Guide To The Digital World
Discovering Computers 2012: Your Interactive Guide To The Digital World
Objectives Overview
Identify and briefly describe various broadband Internet connections and state differences between broadband Internet connections and dialup connections
Explain the purpose of a Web browser and identify the components of a Web address
Describe how to use a search engine to search for information on the Web and differentiate between a search engine and a subject directory
Objectives Overview
Explain how Web pages use graphics, animation, audio, video, virtual reality, and plug-ins
Identify and briefly describe the steps required for Web publishing
Explain how e-mail, mailing lists, instant messaging, chat rooms, VoIP, newsgroups and message boards, and FTP work
The Internet
The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals
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1986 NSF connects NSFnet to ARPANET and becomes known as the Internet
1984 ARPANET has more than 1,000 individual computers linked as hosts
1995 NSFNet terminates its network on the Internet and resumes status as research network
Discovering Computers 2012: Chapter 2
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Internet2 connects more than 200 universities and 115 companies via a high-speed private network
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DSL
Fixed wireless
Wi-Fi
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Popular OSPs include AOL (America Online) and MSN (Microsoft Network)
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A DNS server translates the domain name into its associated IP address
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Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari
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Google Chrome
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Search engine
Finds information related to a specific topic
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Subject directory
Classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories
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Maps
People or Businesses
Blogs
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Portal
News
Informational
Business/Marketing
Blog
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Wiki
Educational
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Entertainment
Advocacy
Web Application
Content Aggregator
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Personal
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You listen to audio on your computer using a player Streaming is the process of transferring data in a continuous and even flow
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E-Commerce
E-commerce is a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network
M-commerce identifies e-commerce that takes place using mobile devices
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E-Commerce
Businesstoconsumer (B2C)
E-commerce
Businesstobusiness (B2B) Consumertoconsumer (C2C)
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E-Commerce
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Netiquette
Netiquette is the code of acceptable Internet behavior
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Summary
Other Internet services: e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, VoIP, newsgroups and message boards, and FTP
Rules of netiquette
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Chapter 2 Complete