INTRODUCTION TO

INTERNET

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What is the Internet?

The

Internet is a
worldwide network of
networks. Its the
physical structure or
the hardware that
makes it possible to
surf the files of
computers around the
world.

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The World Wide Web, also

referred to as the Web,
WWW or W3, is a network of
Internet servers that use
hypertext links to access
Internet resources.
It was created in 1991 by Tim
Berners-Lee at the CERN
Physics Lab in Switzerland.

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What is a Web browser?

Program that allows you to view Web pages

Microsoft
Internet
Explorer

Opera

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Firefox

Netscape

Safari

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Use an Internet
address known as an
URL, uniform
resource locator
Use a Search Engine

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IP Address

216.239.39.39

Domain name

www.google.com
top-level domain

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Internet names consist of protocols, domains and

often file names, which are read from left to
right.
http:// stands for hypertext transfer protocol,
which means that you are dealing with a Web
page.

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http://sheboygan.uwc.edu/library/

http:

is the protocol and indicates a Web page

www is the type of server-- in this case a web
server
Sheboygan.uwc.edu is the domain name

domain in a hierarchy refers to the controlling group

edu

indicates that it is part of the national group

of educational institutions

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Com
Edu
Net
Gov
Mil
Org

commercial or businesses
educational organizations
networks
governmental groups
military organizations
other organizations

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Search Engines are computer programs that

search Internet sites.
Youre searching the engines index Not the
entire Internet
Search engines have massive indexes
They include words from titles, hyperlinks,
complete text, etc.
Indexes are usually arranged by word, not by
subject

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Search Engine Watch

Great

site for learning about search engines and

tips/tricks for using them
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/

First Generation Search Engines

Most are similar regarding how to enter
information: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, etc.

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The way search engines sort results to a

search statement differs. This should be the
deciding factor in what engine to use.
AltaVista,

Excite, etc. are older search engines

that rank by the presence of your term(s) in an
index. Results are often irrelevant.
Newer search engines, like Google, use ranking
schemes, such as the number of hits a page
received, to rank results.

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Search strategies can vary per search engine.

Read help screens. Commonalities:
Use Quote marks to keep phrases together
i.e. George W. Bush
+(usually means required word)
- (usually means subtract or NOT)
And, Not, Or, not supported by all search
engines

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Library Home Page: Search

the Internet link
Netscape (Search Button)
Search Engine Watch
http://www.searcheginew
atch.com/

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Google http://www.google.com/
Demo

of Google

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Directories: search internet sites grouped by

common scheme such as by subject/category
Yahoo

: http://www.yahoo.com

Special : Search Engines like those that search

only for news:
Moreover

: http://w.moreover.com/

Meta-Search Engines: type one search, see

results from many search engines
Ixquick

: http://www.ixquick.com/

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Portal - website that offers a variety of Internet

services from a single, convenient location.
Eg

News website contains newsworthy material

including stories and articles relating to current
events, life, money, sports and weather.
Eg

: AltaVista, AOL, iGoogle, Yahoo!

: Utusan, NST, Metro

Informational An informational Web site

contains factual information.
Eg

: National Library

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Business/ Marketing contains content that

promotes or sells product or services
Eg

Blog consisting of time-stamped articles, or

posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed
in reverse chronological order.
Eg

: Dell Inc, Krafts Food Inc

: beautifulday.blogspot.com

Wiki a collaborative web site that allows users

to create, add to, modify, or delete the Web site
content via their Web browser
Eg

: wikipedia

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Online social network a website that

encourages members in its online community to
share their interests, ideas, stories, photos,
music, and videos with other registered users.
Eg

Educational offers exciting, challenging

avenues for formal and informal teaching and
learning.
Eg

: facebook, myspace

: eHow.com

Entertainment offers interactive and engaging

environment
Eg

: games.com

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Advocacy contains content that describes a

cause, opinion, or idea.
Eg

Web Application website that allows users to

access and interact with software through a Web
browser on any computer or device that is
connected to the Internet.
Eg

: MAKNA

: Google Docs

Personal private individual that is not

associated with any organization
Eg

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Short for electronic mail is the transmission

of messages and files via a computer
network.
Used to communicate with colleagues at
other location.
Use and email program to create, send,
receive, forward, store, print and delete
email messages.
Most popular email programs : Outlook and
Windows Mail.
Other email services : Gmail, Hotmail and
Yahoo!

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How to send an email message?

Start an email program and point to the New Mail

Message button.
2. Click the New Mail Message button to display the
Message window.
3. Enter the recipients email address, the subject,
and the message in the Message window.
4. Optional : click the Attach File button to attach
a file to the message.
5. Finally, click the send button to send the
message.
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Step 1.

Step 2.
Your software
contacts software
on your service
providers
outgoing mail
server

Step 3.
Software on outgoing mail server
determines best route for data and sends
message, which travels along Internet
routers to recipients incoming mail server
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Using e-mail
software, you
create and send
message

Step 4.
When recipient uses
e-mail software to check
for e-mail messages, the
message transfers from
incoming mail server to
recipients computer

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