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 Electronic Mail handles mostly textual correspondence. In an office, letters & other documents are typed or scanned in one place & delivered quickly to another. sender recipient  The sender attaches the address code of the recipient to the document so it can be directed along the correct route. address  The sender's address is also included so that a response (from the recipient or the server to say that the message was or was not received) can be returned. done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE

Ensure that you read page 95 in your text before moving on... done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE

 Automatic redirection of messages if recipient has "moved“  Authentication for security purposes  Notification to sender if message can't be delivered  Multiple addressing where the same message is being sent to several people  Recording times of dispatch and delivery of messages  Message filing and retrieval done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE

 Browser – implies ‘web browser’ which is a program allowing users to view and explore the web.  Hyperlinks – clickable images or text phrase that lets you go to other parts of a document or to different documents within a computer system or on the Internet.  URL – Uniform/Universal Resource Location; the unique address assigned to each web page (e.g.  Web page – any document on the World Wide Web. It can contain text, sound, hyperlinks, graphics and so on.  Web site – a set of interconnected web pages; they are prepared and maintained as a collection of information by the same person or group. CLICK TO CONTINUE done by T Batchelor

 The World Wide Web is a method of showing the video, text and images, etc from various sources and connects the data fields to one another.  It creates a virtual library of documents of every medium and could be accessed from any where in the world.  It impacts the way companies are promoted; in the events are managed and planned and everything in between.  Even the nature of schooling can be done without the boundaries of a classroom and a schedule and with a multitude of resources.  Consider for a moment, how different the following things are since the advent of the world wide web:  Selling beauty products  Speaking to large international audiences  Finding a good plumber  Talking with other comic book fans  Conversing with old Aunt Mildred in Asia done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE

What are the key terms? Check pages 93, 99 & 100 of your text! CLICK TO CONTINUE done by T Batchelor What’s this? And these?? Name of the transfer PROTOCOL being used

 Protocols – a set of rules for sending to and receiving data from a (computing) device. From a user's point of view, the only interesting aspect about protocols is that your computer or device must support the right ones if you want to communicate with other computers. The protocol can be implemented either in hardware or in software.  FTP – short for file transfer protocol, ftp is the protocol for exchanging files over the internet.  TCP/IP – the internet protocol suite (commonly known as TCP/IP) is the set of communications protocols used for the internet and other similar networks. It is named from two of the most important protocols in it: the transmission control protocol (TCP) and the internet protocol (IP), which were the first two networking protocols defined in this standard.  HTML – hypertext markup language – used to structure the text and multimedia www documents; it allows the keywords to become links and the information to be presented as more than just text.  HTTP – hypertext transfer protocol – this is the primary access method for interacting with the internet. done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE

 IP addresses  URL  Search engine  HTML  HTTP  webpage  Website  Hypertext  Hyperlink  Hypermedia  ISP done by T Batchelor CLICK TO CONTINUE So now, let us examine how the ‘web is used to distribute information... To the wiki, everyone!!