1. 2/26/2016 1 Intro to HTML: The Language of WWW Nets

2. 2/26/2016 2 World Wide Wasting of Time Sci-Fi author William Gibson, who coined the word "cyberspace," says the World Wide Web: –"offers us the opportunity to waste time, to wander aimlessly, to daydream about the countless other lives, the other people, on the far sides of however many monitors in that postgeographical meta-country we increasingly call home." – Gibson sees the Web as "a procrastinator's dream," with the added advantage that "people who see you doing it might even imagine you're working." (New York Times Magazine 14 Jul 96 p31)

3. 2/26/2016 3 Objectives Introduce HTML basics. Take the “magic” out of the Internet. Demonstrate how to create and edit WEB pages. To discuss utility and ethical issues surrounding the creation and use of WWW Nets.

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5. 5 Definitions html - HyperText Markup Language: a collection of styles indicated by mark-up tags which define the contents of a WWW document. http - HyperText Transfer Protocol: a low-overhead protocol to serve hypertext documents (access method). Web Browser: Software program that permits viewing of html files (e.g. Netscape, Internet Explorer) Web Page - what users see on their browser. Web Server: Computers used to store, and provide access to, web pages.