Introduction to Computer

Applications
 Types of Web sites
Portal
News
Informational
Business/marketing
Educational
Entertainment
Advocacy
Personal

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 Types of Web sites
Blogs
Books
Wikis
Social networks
 The World Wide Web
What is a portal?
A Web site that offers a variety of services from one, convenient location, usually for
free

Searching, sports, e-mail,

news, weather, auctions,
Web communities
(Web sites that join
people with similar
interests)

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 The World Wide Web
What is a news Web site?
Contains newsworthy material

Stories and articles relating to current events, life, money, sports, and weather

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What is an informational Web site?
Contains factual information
Created by organizations and government agencies

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What is a business/marketing Web site?
Allows you to purchase products or services online

Contains content that promotes products

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What is an educational Web site?
Offers avenues for formal and informal teaching
and learning
Some companies
offer online training
for employees
Some colleges offer
online classes and
degrees

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What is an entertainment Web site?
Offers an interactive environment featuring music, video, sports, games, and more

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What is an advocacy Web site?
Contains content that describes a cause, opinion,
or idea

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What is a personal Web site?
Web page maintained by private individual
Reasons: sharing life experience with the world
or job hunting

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 The World Wide Web
What is a Blog web site?

A blog (a blend of the term web log) are interactive sites.

Maintained by an individual updated with regular entries of commentary,
descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.
Allows visitors to leave comments and even message each other
Example:
Twitter
 The World Wide Web
What is a Book Web site?
Facilitates you to search for the books from the
internet.
Example:
Cyber libraries
 The World Wide Web
What is a Wiki Web site?
Allows users to create, edit, modify or delete
the website content.
Most wikis are open top midification by
general public.
Collects recent edit on web pages so that one
can review them for accuracy.
Example:
Wikipedia
 The World Wide Web
What is a social network site?

A social structure made up of individuals which are connected by one or more

specific types of relations, such as
friendship
kinship
common interest
financial exchange,
relationships of beliefs or knowledge
Example:
Face Book
 Other Internet Services
What is e-mail?
Short for electronic mail
The transmission of messages and files via a computer network
Messages can consist of simple text or can contain
attachments, such as documents, graphics, or audio/video
clips
Internet access providers usually provide an e-mail
program
Some Web sitessuch as MSN Hotmail and Yahoo!
provide free e-mail services

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How do you send an e-mail message?
Step 2.
Step 1. Click the New Mail Message button
Start an e-mail
program
(Microsoft
Outlook, for
example)

Step 3.
Enter the recipients
e-mail address, the
subject, and the
message

Step 5.
The recipient opens the
message Step 4.
Click the Insert file button if
you want to attach a picture, for
example, and click Send Next
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What is an e-mail address?
Unique name that consists of a user name and domain name that identifies the user

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E-mail
Primary communication method for both
personal and business use
One of the original services on the
Internet
Allows one to create, send, receive,
forward, store, print or delete messages
E-mail programs
Mailbox
Mail server
E-mail address
User name @
Domain name
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What is FTP?
File Transfer ProtocolInternet standard that allows you to upload and download
files with other computers on the Internet

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FTP (file transfer
protocol)
FTP server allows file
downloads & uploads
FTP site contains text,
graphics, audio, video
& program files

FTP allows downloading from or

uploading to a server
 Other Internet Services
What is a mailing list?
Group of e-mail
addresses given a single
name
When a message is sent
to the mailing list,
everyone on the list
receives the message
To add your name to a mailing list you must
subscribe to it; to remove your name you must
unsubscribe

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Newsgroups
Online area in which users conduct written discussions
about a particular subject
Usenet (collection of all Internet newsgroups)
News server (computer storing newsgroup msgs)
Newsreader (program used to access newsgroup)
Article (a previously entered message)
Posting (adding an article to the newsgroup)
Threaded discussion (initial and related articles)
Message board (discussion board; easier to use)
Blog (short for Web log; regularly updated journal)
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Message Boards (Discussion Boards)
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Mailing Lists
Group of e-mail names and addresses given a single name
Subscribe - Adding name to newsgroup/mailing list
Unsubscribe Removing name from the list
LISTSERVs Popular software programs that manage
mailing lists (esp. educational lists)
Newsgroup versus mailing list
Newsgroup uses a newsreader for discussions
Mailing list uses email for discussions
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What is a chat?
Real-time typed conversation
that takes place on a computer

Chat room is location on

server that permits users
to discuss topics of interest
Some are text only others
support voice and video

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Chat Rooms
Real-time typed conversation via computers
Chat rooms (the channel or medium)
Chat clients (program used to connect to a chat
server)
Normally included on a browser
Freely downloaded from the Web
Some are text-only; others support voice &
video
 Other Internet Services
Instant Messaging
(IM)
Notifies you when
one or more people
are online
Allows exchange of
messages and files
Allows you to join a
private chat room
 Other Internet Services
Internet telephony
Also called Voice over IP or VOIP Estimate of five
million subscribers
by 2007

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 Other Internet Services
Telnet
Content streaming
Shopping on web (E-Commerce)
Distance learning
 Netiquette
Internet etiquette
Code of acceptable behaviors
for Internet user
Examples
Avoid flames (abusive or
insulting messages)
Be brief and polite
Watch spelling/grammar
Avoid spam (unsolicited
messages to many)
Avoid sarcastic, offensive
language or humor
Use emoticans to express
emotion :\ :o

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