Introduction to The Internet and The World Wide Web

When you’re using the Internet you need to remember you’re sharing a resource that’s spread throughout the world. There will be times when everything doesn’t work perfectly, and you’ll need to practice using the Internet. In any case, be persistent and be ready to learn new things.
Getting Connected to the Internet	Here are some resources that deal with getting an Internet connection and choosing an Internet Service Provider (ISP) CNET : Internet : Access & Bandwidth ISP Finder AiiIspFinder LEARN THE NET: Getting Connected
Internet and Networking Terms	Need to look up a term? What a brief explanation of a concept.? One place to check is the glossary for Internet Today!. Here's a list of some other Web sites that explain Internet and networking terms. Internet Glossary for Learning to Use the World Wide Web NETBOOK - Subject Index Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms The WWW Virtual Library: Computing, Networking What is?
Examples   Browsers let you interact with the Internet and the information on the Web in a multimedia setting.	Example 1.1 A First Look at the Web Start at Netcenter Select Yahoo! or type the URL for Yahoo, http://www.yahoo.com, in the location field Browse Yahoo! ending up at Yahoo! Science Example 1.2 Going to a Web site; Getting information about a city Type the URL for City.Net, http://www.city.net, in the location field and press Enter Click on the world map for the map of South America Click on Brazil Click on Rio De Janeiro for information about Rio!
Client / Server	client/server describes the way most Internet services operate. A client program sends commands to and receives information from a corresponding program at a remote site called a server.   The widespread acceptance and implementation of the basic Internet protocols (IP, TCP, FTP) were crucial to the growth and development of what came to be called the Internet.
Internet History	There are several good histories of the Internet published on the Internet. Some are listed below along with some histories that have appeared in print resources. Bruce Sterling's History of the Internet A Brief History of the Internet by Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff Hobbes' Internet Timeline by Robert H'obbes' Zakon Net Timeline from the PBS series Life on the Internet Nerds 2.0.1 A Brief History of the Internet History of the Internet and WWW: View from the Internet Valley NetHistory: An Informal History of BITNET and the Internet Since its beginnings, the Internet has been a place where people can communicate with others no matter where they are, what their status, or how great their expertise. What’s important is the quality of the communication, not where or who it comes from.
Other Links	From the text W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium (page 3)  Internet Today! Web site (page 10)  Internet Glossary for Learning to Use the World Wide Web (page 11)   laze.net (page 22)  EFF - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (page 22)  The two-letter Country Codes (page 23) are listed in FAQ: International Email accessibility compile by Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond University of Toronto, Department of Physics (page 23)  Other Statistics about the Web & the Internet Global Internet Statistics GVU's WWW User Surveys Media Metrix Nua Internet Surveys Titans of Technology

 

Introduction to the Internet & the Web		Using a Browser	Email	Finding Information
Glossary	HTML	Telnet & FTP	Issues	Search Strategies

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