Computers:

Tools for an Information Age

Chapter 8
The Internet at Home and in the Workplace

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 Objectives
Briefly describe the history of the Internet
Describe what is needed to get on the
Internet
Describe generally what an Internet
service provider does
Describe the rudimentary functions of a
browser
Describe how to search the Internet
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 Objectives
List and describe the non-Web services of
the Internet
Describe the various types of e-commerce
Discuss e-commerce payments and taxes
Describe how advertising is done on the
Internet
Describe what an intranet is and how a
business uses it
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 Growth of Internet
Growth in host computers
 72 million in 2000
 162 million in 2002
Growth in users worldwide
 567 million in 2002
 780 million projected in 2003

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 A Quick Timeline
ARPANET developed in 1969
 Designed to connect computers at four
locations
 Designed to be resistant to disruption
E-mail capability added in 1972
National Science Foundation connected its
large network, NSFnet to ARPANET in
1986
 Resulting network became known as the
Internet
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 Key People
Tim Berners-Lee
Marc Andreessen

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 Getting Started
The technology
The Internet service provider and the
browser
Browser functions and features

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 Searching the Internet
Search Engine – lets a user
specify search terms
 Search engine builds database of
sites that match those terms
 Uses spider software to build
database
 Metasearch – searches search
engines and builds
comprehensive list
Internet directory – database is
developed by human
researchers rather than spider

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Non-Web Services of the Internet
Newsgroups
FTP
Telnet
E-mail

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 The World of E-Commerce
Electronic commerce - buying and selling
over the Internet
Three forms
 Business-to-consumer (B2C)
 Business-to-business (B2B)
 Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)

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 Payments and Taxes
E-commerce payments
 Some people are leery of submitting credit card
information online
 Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol provides a
secure way to make online payments
E-commerce taxes
 Internet Tax Freedom Act provides tax relief on
Internet commerce
 Commission studies the effects of taxation of Internet
commerce
 Act set to expire in 2005

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 Internet Portals
Your first stop on the Internet
 Provide personalization to users
Site is customized based on
information you provide
Encourages you to visit the site
often
 Provide referrals to other
businesses
Site contains links to affiliate
sites
If you click on an affiliate site and
make a purchase, the portal
receives a percentage of the sale

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 Internet Advertising
Many advertisements on Web
sites are banner ads
 Originally in the shape of a long
rectangle
 Require the user to leave the
current site
Other ad types
 Pop-over ads open a new
window on top of your current
window
 Pop-under ads open a new
window underneath your current
window

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 Intranets
A private Internet-like network
 Internal to a certain company
Extranets allow selected customers and suppliers
to have access to a company’s intranet
 Easy to set up
 Offer many potential uses
 Can be linked to the Internet

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 Setting up an Intranet
Easy to set up
 Most organizations already have a local area
network
Hardware requirements
Software requirements

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 Uses of Intranets
Users can
 Retrieve information such as benefits
information and job openings
 Submit vacation requests, applications for
open positions, etc.
Employers can post employee handbooks,
corporate policies, and other information in
a central location

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 Virtual Private Network
Technology that uses the Internet as a
channel for private data communication
Uses tunneling technology
Offers many benefits over a private
network
 Much cheaper than dedicated lines
 Data is secure
 Turns remote network administration over to
ISP

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