2. What is Internet
• The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the
world.
• The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer
networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to
communicate between networks and devices.
• It is a network of networks that consists of private, public, academic,
business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by
a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking
technologies.
• Through the Internet, people can share information and
communicate from anywhere with an Internet.
3. History of Internet
• The first workable prototype of the Internet came in the late 1960s
with the creation of ARPANET, or the Advanced Research Projects
Agency Network. ... ARPANET adopted TCP/IP on January 1, 1983, and
from there researchers began to assemble the “network of networks”
that became the modern Internet.
4. Uses of Internet
• Electronic mail. ...
• Research.
• Downloading files.
• Discussion groups. ...
• Interactive games. ...
• Education and self-improvement. ...
• Friendship and dating. ...
• Electronic newspapers and magazines.
5. Requirements
• A computer.
• A modem and telephone line (if you are using dial up access) ...
• An Internet browser (software) and software to connect you to the
ISP.
• An account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) Souvenirs.
6. What is Modem
• a device that converts signals produced by one type of device (such as
a computer) to a form compatible with another (such as a telephone)
and that is used especially to transmit and receive information
between computers via landlines. modem.
• A modem modulates and demodulates electrical signals sent through
phone lines, coaxial cables, or other types of wiring; in other words, it
transforms digital information from your computer into analog signals
that can transmit over wires, and it can translate
incoming analog signals back into digital data.
7. Types of Modem
• There are three types of modems: cable, digital subscriber line (DSL)
and dial-up. A cable modem uses coaxial cables that connect to the
back of the modem and the bolt-like outlet in your wall or on your
cable box. This type of modem delivers high speed internet to your
device. Wireless Modem Wired Modem
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9. What is Web Address
• The web address contains information about the location of the
webpage. It is also known as the URL (uniform resource locator) .
• A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed a web
address, is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on
a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it. A URL is a
specific type of Uniform Resource Identifier.
10. Home Page
• A home page is the main web page of a website. The term can also
refer to one or more pages always shown in a web browser when the
application starts.
• The usual address for a Web site is the home page address, although
you can enter the address (Uniform Resource Locator) of any page
and have that page sent to you. up. In this case, it is also known as
the start page
11. Search Engine
• A search engine is a software system that is designed to carry out web searches,
which means to search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular
information specified in a textual web search query.
• Google. Google Search Engine is the best search engine in the world and it is also
one of most popular products from Google. ...
• Bing. Bing is Microsoft's answer to Google and it was launched in 2009. ...
• Yahoo. ...
• Baidu. ...
• AOL. ...
• Ask.com. ...
• Excite. ...
• DuckDuckGo.
12. Email
• Electronic mail is a method of exchanging messages between people
using electronic devices. Email entered limited use in the 1960s, but
users could only send to users of the same computer, and some early
email systems required the author and the recipient to both be online
simultaneously, similar to instant messaging.
13. Netiquette
• Netiquette is a combination of the words network and etiquette and
is defined as a set of rules for acceptable online behavior. Similarly,
online ethics focuses on the acceptable use of online resources in an
online social environment.