Internet Presentation

What is the Internet?

The worlds largest computer network. A collection of local, regional and national computer networks linked together to exchange data and distribute processing tasks.

What is a “Network?

Two or more computers that are connected.

What is a LAN?

Local Area Network. The computers are near each other.

What is a WAN?

Wide Area Network. The computers are different geographical sites.

What does WWW stand for?

World Wide Web

How is information sent over the Internet? In Packets, downloading a section at a

time.

What is a modem?

A MO-dulator DE-Modulator. A device that lets a personal computer communicate with other computers over telephone lines.

What kind of information is Digital info? Electronic signals from an electronic

device.

What kind of information is Analog info? Sound waves from a telephone

device.

What is the Title Bar?

Shows the title of the open Web Page and the Web Browsers program name.

What is the Toolbar?

Shows the icons for moving around the Web Page.

What is an Icon?

Small picture of the menu item you are choosing.

What is the Address Bar?

URL – Shows the address for the site you are accessing. Where you type the address.

What is a URL?

Uniform Resource Locator. Four part addressing scheme:

http://www.bso.org/tangle/perfs/index.html

Transfer protocol Domain name Pathname Filename

What is the Refresh Button?

Try again if not working properly…temporarily out of order.

What is the Home Button?

Takes you back to the Web Page (…or Home Page) quickly.

Where is the Web page Area?

After the toolbars…where the info is.

What is the Status Bar?

At the bottom of the screen. It generally indicates the name of the Web Page that is loading, the load status and important messages, such as “Document Done.”

What is the Menu Bar?

Provides a convenient way for you to execute typical file, edit, view and help commands.

What are the Scroll Bars?

Lets you move the page vertically or horizontally.

How do you navigate the Internet?

With a browser which lets you view information on the WWW.

What is a Search Engine?

A program which acts like a library card catalog for the Internet. They locate and isolate desired information by searching for keywords that the user specifies.

Name some common Search Engines?

The term we use when exploring the Internet is SURFING

When speaking of the Internet of the future, we refer to it as the CYBERSPACE

Chatting with someone on the Internet is called CYBER CHAT

The type of mail sent over the Internet is called EMAIL

The part of the Internet that returns bounced mail is DAEMON, DEFINES THE PROBLEM

The rules of conduct and behavior on the Internet are called NETIQUETTE

Unwanted Internet garbage is called: SPAM

In order to preserve your privacy on the Internet, you must use a PASSWORD

“______User______________ ______Friendly__________” indicates to the computer world that a person will be happy with the company and the computer they have.

What is an ISP?

A service company that provides a user with an account on a host computer having access to the Internet.

Name some ISP’s:

What is a Browser?

Software used to view information on the WWW. (Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator)

Name two of the most common browsers:

What is a Web Page?

A Home Page which outlines more info about a certain subject. It contains links to take you other places on the WWW.

What is it called when you connect to the Web Page you are looking for? ___HIT__________.

What allows you to jump from one Web site to another? _______LINK_______________.

What is a domain? A way to indicate what type of site you may

be viewing In the U.S. some common domains are .com commercial, .org non-profit and research organizations, .gov government agency, .edu education. More are constantly being added so these should only be used as guidelines to help you know what type of site you are on.

What is the AUP? Acceptable Use Agreement

What is HTML? Hypertext Markup Language. The coding scheme used to format text for use on the WWW.

What is HTTP? Hypertext Transport Protocol. The transmission standard used to send on HTML document across the WWW.