Chapter 5: INTERNET

INTERNET 

     This lesson is a new lesson for me which I have learnt this trimester. Our lecturer Miss. Nisha guided us to know the importance of  the Internet and World Wilde Web which we use every day in our daily studies. Moreover, she taught us about the Web, Link and so on. This lesson look a bit long, but it never mind for students because we need to know about it and in help us in many way. Now day technology makes the world become smaller and smaller because every things are in the Internet. For example if we want to know some information about Albukhary International University they just type AIU web site (www.aiu.edu.my) they will see every information about AIU. Internet was found at first in 1969 by the named is ARPANET and it become to  they change from ARPANET to  INTERNET in 1980 until now day.

What is the Internet?

Internet is the global system interconnected networks that uses the standard internet protocol to serve billions of user. It is the largest network in the world that connects people/organization all over the world.

The usage of the Internet

We can use Internet in many ways that we want to use it and it makes users easy to achieve their goals. People use the technology of  Internet to:

1. Find general information/ Access Information.
2. Send (upload) or receive (download) files between computers.
3. Share resources
4. Correspond/meet with people 
5. Shop for product and services.

These are some Services on the Internet that it provided to the users or the systems:

•  Communication (Electronic Mail): It allowed messages to be exchanged from computer to computer. Email program used to create, send receive, forward, store, print and delete email. 

Examples: 

- Yahoo

- Gmail

- MSN

- Hotmail

• World Wide Web
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What is Web?

A collection of linked Web pages that has a common theme or focus is called a Web site. Website is a collection of the documents (web page)

• Protocol: is the transfer protocol is the set of rules/ software that the computers use to move files from one computer to another on the Internet. The most common transfer protocol used on the Internet is the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HIIP) and FTP

Example: Web browser works by using  a protocol called Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to request a specially encoded text document from server.

• Chat Room: channel/medium/location on Internet the allow people to chat with each other.

Examples:

 (1) Real chat. 

(2) Yahoo Message Chat Room. 

(3) AOL Chat Room.

• Instant Messaging:

• IR

Internet Service VoIP

• Voice Over Internet Protocol or "Internet Telephony"
• Use internet to make phone call.
• allow users to speak to other user over internet
• Examples:

-Skype

-Yahoo Voice

-Windows Live call

-Net Meeting

All of these information or this knowledge we use them everyday in our life. By follow the technologies are increase from day to days......