INTERNET
The Internet is a worldwide system of computer networks.
Internet is a global system of interconnected computer devices.
Users can obtain information about any subject or topic by connecting to the Internet
The Internet was first known as ARPANET and was started by the U.S. government in
1969 - Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). The original aim of ARPANET
was to create a network that would allow researchers working on computers at one
university to connect to computers at other universities
WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
The World Wide Web (WWW) also called the Web is a subset of the Internet.
The Web is a series of interconnected servers that support specially formatted documents
The Internet is used today in diverse field - business, entertainment, education,
communication, medicine, defense, engineering, and sports.
This means you can switch from one document to another just by clicking on marked
text.
The Internet and the World Wide Web are often used synonymously but they are
different.
A server is a program or a computer that responds to requests from other programs and
delivers the requested documents
Applications of the Internet
The Internet provides various types of services, which include:
1. Location Based Services (Maps, Travels and Weather)
2. Career and Employment
3. Health and Fitness
4. Entertainment.
5. News and Broadcasting.
6. Electronic mail (e-mail)
7. Online Social Network
8. Business and Commerce
9. Education & Education Support Services.
Internet Resources
Some of the most commonly used terms in the Web are:
➢ BROWSER
This is a client software that allows the user to display and interact with a hypertext document
➢ WEB SERVER
This is a program that responds to requests from Web browsers to retrieve resources. It is also
used to refer to the computer that runs the server program
➢ WEB SITE
is a collection of related files. Each Web site contains a home page, which is the first document
that is displayed on the browser
➢ HOME PAGE
This is the first hypertext document (in HTML) that is displayed when the user opens a Web site.
It contains links to other pages or other sites
Internet Resources Con’t
➢ HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
This is the formatting language used to present a Web document.
➢ HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
This is the protocol used on the Web to transfer hypertext documents.
➢ URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
This is a Web addressing scheme that spells out the exact location of a net resource on
the Internet. Most URLs take the form: protocol://host.domain/directory/filename
WEB ADDRESSING SCHEME
1. Protocol Type
2. World Wide web.
3. Domain Name.
4. Top Level Domain (TLD)
5. Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD – optional)
WEB BROWSER
A browser is an application that helps you display and interact with the information
on the Internet
A browser uses HTTP to display information from the Web server
EXMAPLE OF BROWSERS INCLUDE:
1. Internet Explorer
2. Google Chrome
3. Mozilla Firefox
4. Opera
5. Safari etc
Connecting to the internet
Before loading a Web site, you first need to connect to the Internet.
To connect to the Internet, you need the following:
1. Computer system
2. Modem
3. Subscription from internet services providers (ISP)
4. Web browser
Internet Service Provider (ISP)
Is a company that provides individual and organizations access to the internet and
other related services. An ISP has equipment and the telecommunication line access
required to have a point of presence on the internet for the geographic area served.
AN EMAIL ADDRESS
An email address is a designation for an electronic mailbox that sends and receives messages,
known as email, on a computer network.
Steps to create an email address: Processing of sending and receiving
of an email address.
1. Enter your details to open an email account
1. Firstly you need senders and
2. Follow the rest of the steps as required. receivers email address
3. Accept the “terms of services” 2. Open your email address and select
4. Start using your new email account. “new message or compose”
5. From your browser navigate to the 3. Type the recipient email address.
And the title of the message
sign-up page
(subject)
4. You can attach documents from the
top right corner of the page.
5. Hit sent button to sent the message.
SEARCH ENGINE
A search engine is a website that allows you to search for a particular set of words,
documents or any kind of information specified by you, on the Internet
A user interface is provided where a user can enter the word or the phrase that has to
be searched
The search engine tries to locate the keyword in a large data source and returns the
result of the search
Search Tools Examples
You can use the Internet to search for information on any topic, such as education, computer,
medicine, and sports.
A search engine comprises a set of programs that include:
A program that searches Web sites on the internet and uses the hypertext links on each page to
discover and read other pages on the site. This program is called a spider. Popular search engines
in the Internet include
6. Google 1. Yandex
7. AltaVista 2. Baidu
8. Lycos
3. AOL
9. Bing
10. Yahoo 4. Start page
5. Dogpile
