The document defines key terms and concepts related to the Internet. It begins by defining the Internet as a globally interconnected network that uses IP addresses and TCP/IP to connect devices and share information. It then provides definitions for common Internet terms like website, homepage, hyperlink, HTTP, HTML, domain name, URL, blog, and webpage. It also discusses advantages like access to vast information and ability to communicate globally, as well as disadvantages like misinformation, security threats, addiction, and easier plagiarism online.

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Internet Definitions
"Internet" refers to the global information system that -
1. is logically linked together by a globally
unique address space based on the Internet Protocol
(IP) or its subsequent extensions/follow-owns;
2. is able to support communications using the
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) suite or its subsequent extensions/follow-
owns, and/or other IP-compatible protocols; and
3. Provides, uses or makes accessible, either
publicly or privately, high level services layered on
the communications and related infrastructure
described herein.
Introduction of Internet
The Internet is a tool that connects millions of computers together, allowing them to communicate with
each other. Information is not "stored" on the Internet. Rather, information is stored on host computers;
the Internet is simply a tool that allows you to access the information stored on someone else’s computer.
Sometimes the Internet is compared to a HUGE worldwide plumbing system connecting computers
together.
The Internet is a tool that allows you to do these things:
 Send and receive electronic mail
 Access the World Wide Web
 Remote access (Use one computer to access information stored on another computer)
 Transfer files (Rapidly send and receive files between computers)

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Basic Terminologies of Internet
1. Website:
A website is a set of web pages consisting of text, audio and video. Web servers host websites.
2. Home page:
Generally the first page retrieved when accessing a Web site.
Usually a "home" page acts as the starting point for a user to
access information on the site. The "home" page usually has
some type of table of contents for the rest of the site
information or other materials. When creating Web pages, the
"home" page has the filename "index.html," which is the
default name. The "index" page automatically opens up as the "home" page.
The term home page is used to refer to the page that is the default page of any website. It is the
main page of a complex website.
3. Hyperlink:
Text, images, graphics that clicked with a mouse (or activated by keystrokes) will connect the user
to a new Web site. The link is usually obvious, such as underlined text or a "button" of some type,
but not always.
4. Anchor:
An anchor is a link to different parts of the same web page.
5. Table:
Table is a collection of rows and columns to display data in table in a web page.

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6. HTTP:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, abbreviated as HTTP, is a
communications protocol used for the transfer of information over
the Internet. A client makes an HTTP request using a web browser to
which an HTTP response is sent from the server.
7. HTML:
A type of text code in Hypertext Markup Language which, when embedded in a document,
allows that document to be read and distributed across the Internet.
The hypertext transfer protocol (http) that enables html documents to be read on the Internet.
Hypertext - Text that is non-sequential, produced by writing in HTML
(Hypertext Markup Language) language. This HTML coding allows the information (text,
graphics, sound, video) to be accessed using HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
8. Domain Name:
A method of identifying computer addresses. Your e-mail address
has a domain address. If you have an "edu" at the end of your e-mail
address that means your account is affiliated with an educational
institution. A "com" extension means you have a business account. A
government account has a .gov suffix.
9. URL :
A universal resource locator (a computer address) that is identifies location and type resource on
the Web. A URL generally starts with "http."
It specifies the location of a resource on the Internet. It consists of the basic address and path.
10. Blog :
A blog is information that is instantly published to a Web site. Blog scripting allows someone to
automatically post information to a Web site. The information first goes to a blogger Web site.
Then the information is automatically inserted into a template tailored for your Web site.
Blogs are the expressions of the common masses about social or political issues or simply
anything. Blogs can often be in the form of creative write-ups by writers in different parts of the
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11. Web Page:
Web pages are resources of information. They are generally created in the HTML format and
provide the web users with navigational abilities through hyperlinks to other web pages on the
web.
Advantages:
1. Information on almost every subject imaginable.
2. Powerful search engines
3. Ability to do research from your home versus research libraries.
4. Information at various levels of study. Everything from scholarly articles to ones directed at
children.
5. Message boards where people can discuss ideas on any topic. Ability to get wide range of
opinions. People can find others that have a similar interest in whatever they are interested in.
6. The internet provides the ability of emails. Free mail service to anyone in the country.
7. Platform for products like SKYPE, which allow for holding a video conference with anyone in the
world who also has access.
8. Friendships and love connections have been made over the internet by people involved in
love/passion over similar interests.
9. Things such as Yahoo Answers and other sites where kids can have readily available help for
homework.
10. News, of all kinds is available almost instantaneously. Commentary, on that news, from every
conceivable viewpoint is also available.
Disadvantages:
1. There is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can post anything, and much of it is
garbage.
2. There are predators that hang out on the internet waiting to get unsuspecting people in dangerous
situations.
3. Some people are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing problems with their interactions
of friends and loved ones.
4. Pornography that can get in the hands of young children too easily.

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5. Easy to waste a lot of time on the internet. You can start surfing, and then realize far more time
has passed than you realized. Internet and television together of added to the more sedentary
lifestyles of people which further exacerbate the obesity problem.
6. Internet has a lot of "cheater" sites. People can buy essays and pass them off as their own far more
easily than they used to be able to do.
7. There are a lot of unscrupulous businesses that have sprung up on the internet to take advantage of
people.
8. Hackers can create viruses that can get into your personal computer and ruin valuable data.
9. Hackers can use the internet for identity theft.
10. It can be quite depressing to be on the internet and realize just how uneducated so many people
have become in today's society.
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http://www.buzzle.com/articles/basic-internet-terms-and-terminology.html
http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/internet/definition.html
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080712022042AARzWim
Date: 26/4/2014, 1/5/2014