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Internet Overview
Data Service Center
What is the Internet?
A network of networks connecting computers/people
around the world allowing them to share information
and services.
 The WWW (World Wide Web) is a collection of
electronic documents that are held on HTTP
(Hypertext Transfer Protocol) servers around the
globe. Documents on the Web are formatted with
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) & can contain
text, graphics, sound, video, etc.
 Netscape Communicator & Internet Explorer are
examples of browsers which allow access to the World
Wide Web

Search Engine
GoTo.com Search Engine
Results of Search
Terminology
Technical Stuff

HTML

– A unit which allows your
– The universal code for
computer to “talk” to other
WebPages

URL
– Uniform Resource Locator:
the standard way to give the
address of any resource on the
Internet
Modem
computers on the phone line

Network
– Two or more computers
connected together
Terminology
Miscellaneous

E-Mail
 Browser
– A way of sending electronic
message

E-Mail Address
– Allows you to send and
receive e-mail

– A program which allows
you to view information on
the Internet

– A non-linear way of organizing
information
Bookmark/Favorite
– A way to record a URL so
you can return to it quickly
Hypertext

Multimedia
– The use of various forms of
media such as text, graphics,
video, sound
URL
http://www.dataservice.org
URL Extensions
 Each
Internet address has an extention
 The following are a few examples:
 .edu –
 .com –
 .org –
 .gov –
educational site
commercial site
organization site
government site
What is DSC Doing?
 Data
Service Center
– DSC WebPages
– Connection (DSC Newsletter)
– DelaWISE (Delaware Web-based Instructional Support for
Education)
Things to Keep in Mind
 The
World Wide Web contains information
that is inappropriate for children to be
viewing.
 Anybody can post anything to the Internet
Check It
Out!!!
Internet Overview
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