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Chapter two: The Internet and World Wide Web

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Chapter two: The Internet and World Wide Web

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E-commerce
E-commerce, short for electronic commerce, is a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet. A customer (consumer) visits an online business through an electronic storefront, which contains product descriptions, images, and a shopping cart. The shopping cart allows the customers to collect purchases. Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce occurs when one consumer sells directly to another, such as in an online action.
E-mail
E-mail (electronic mail) is the transmission of messages and files via a computer network. You use an e-mail to create, send, receive, forward, store, print, and delete e-mail messages. Outlook and Window Mail are two popular e-mail programs. An e-mail address is a combination of a user name and a domain name that identifies a user so that he or she can receive Internet e-mail. A user name is a unique combination of characters, such as letters of alphabet and/or numbers that identifies a specific user.
Mailing lists
A mailing list, also called a distribution list, is a group of e-mail names and address given a single name. To add your e-mail name and addresses to a mailing list, you subscribe to it. To remove your name, you unsubscribe from the mailing list.
Instant messaging
Instant messaging (IM) is a real-time Internet communications service that notices you when one or more people are online and then allows you to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with them.
Chat rooms
A chat is a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer. Real time means that you and the people with whom you are conversing are online at the same time.
VoIP
VoIP, (Voice over IP, or Internet protocol) also called Internet telephony, enables users to speak to other users over the Internet. To place an Internet telephone call, you need a high-speed Internet connection (such as DSL or cable modem).
FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is an Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading (transferring) with other computers on the Internet. Uploading is the opposite of downloading. An FTP server is a computer that allows users to upload and/or download files using FTTP
Newsgroups and message boards
A newsgroup is an online area in which users have written discussion about a particular subject. To participate in a discussion, a user sends a message to the newsgroup, and other users in the newsgroup read and reply to the message. A popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader is a message board.

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The Internet
The Internet, also called the Net, is a worldwide collection of networks that links million of businesses, government agencies, educational institution, and individuals. Today, more than one billion users around the world access a variety of service on the Internet. The World Wide Web and e-mail are two of the more widely used Internet services.
History of the Internet
The Internet is started by the Pentagon’s Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA). ARPA’s goal was to build a network, called ARPANET, and became functional in September 1969. Today, the Internet consists of many local, regional, national, and international networks. No single person, company, institution, or government agency controls or owns the Internet. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) however oversees research and sets standards and guidelines for many areas of the Internet. Nearly 400 organizations from around the world are members of the W3C.
How the Internet works
Employees and students often connect to the Internet through a business or school network. Some homes use dial-up access to connect to the Internet. Dial-up access takes place when the modem in your computer uses a standard telephone line to connect to the Internet. The Internet connection are DSL, a cable modem, Fiber to the Premises (FTTP), fixed wireless, wireless modem, Wi-Fi, and satellite modem.
Access provider
An access provider is a business that provides individuals and companies access to the Internet free or for a free. An ISP (Internet service provider) is a regional or national access provider. In addition to providing Internet access, an online service provider (OSP) also has many members-only features. These features include special content and services such as news, weather, legal information, financial data, hardware and software guideline, games, travel guides, e-mail, photo communities, online calendar and instant messaging. A wireless Internet service provider(WISP) is a company that provides Internet access to desktop and notebook computer and mobile devices, such as smart phone and PDA s, with built-in wireless capability (such as Wi-Fi) or to computers using wireless modem or wireless access devices.
How data travels the Internet
Computers connected to the Internet work together to transfer data and information around the world using serves and clients. The major carriers of network traffic are known collectively as the Internet backbone.
Internet address
An IP address, short for Internet Protocol address, is a number that uniquely identifies each computer or device connected to the Internet. The IP address usually consists of four groups of numbers, each separated by a period. A domain name is the text version of an IP address. Every domain name contains a top-level domain (LTD) which is the last section of the domain name. The domain name system (DNS) is the method that the Internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.

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Multimedia on the Web
Most Web pages includes more than just formatted text and links. The more exciting Web pages use multimedia. Multimedia refers to any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality. A graphic, or graphical image, is a digital representation of nontext information such as drawing, chat, or photo. Many Web pages use animation, which is the appearance of motion created by displaying a series of still images in sequence. On the Web, you can listen to audio clips and live audio. Audio includes music, speech or any other sound. On the Web, you can view video clips or watch live video. Video consists of full-motion images that are played back at various speeds. Virtual reality (VR) is the use of computers to simulate a real or imagined environment that appears as a three-dimensional (3-D) space.
Plug-ins
A plug-in, or add-on, is a program that extends the capability of a browser.
Web publishing
Web publishing is the development and maintenance of Web pages. The five major steps to Web publishing are as follows: (1) plan a Web site, (2) analyze and design a Web site, (3) create a Web site, (4) deploy a Web site, (5) maintain a Web site.

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The World Wide Web
The World Wide Web (WWW), or Web, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents. Each electric document on the Web is called a Web page, which can contain text, graphics, audio, and video. A Website is a collection of related Web page and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web sever. A Web sever is a computer that delivers requested Web page
Browsing the Web
A web browser, or browser, is application software that allows users to access and view Web pages. The more widely used Web browsers for personal computers are Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. The more common usage of the term, home page refers to the first web page that a Web site displays. Downloading is the process of a computer receiving information, such as a Web page, from a server on the Internet.
Web address
A Web page has a unique address, called a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or Web address. A Web address consists of a protocol, domain name, and sometimes he path to a specific Web page location on a Web page.
Navigating Web pages
Most Web pages contain hypertext or hypermedia links. A link, short for hyperlink, is a built-in connection to another related Web page or part of a Web page. Text links may be underlined and/or display in a color different from other text on the Web page. Pointing to, or positioning the pointer on, a link on the screen typically changes the shape of the pointer to a small hand with a pointing index finger.
Searching for information on the Web
The Web is a global resource of information. Two types of search tools are search engines and subject directories. A search engines is a program that finds Web sites, Web pages, images, videos, news, and other information related to a specific topic. Search engines require that you enter a word or phrase, called search text or keyword, that describe the item you want to find. A subject directory classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories, such as sports or shopping, and related subcategories. A subject directory provides categorized list of links arranged by subject. Twelve types of Web sites are portal, news, informational, business/marketing, educational, entertainment, advocacy, blog, wiki, online social network, content aggregator, and personal.

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