1. . . . Information Super Highway
Internet . . .
. . . Information Super Highway
. . . Cyberspace

2. What is the Internet?
An ever-changing, ever-expanding worldwide network of computers connected through high speed telephone lines
Information stored, transmitted, and received digitally
Text, video, and audio

3. How do you get the Internet?

4. . . . Advantages vs. Disadvantages . . .
Quick access to an abundance of information
Ability to communicate with others in a timely manner via
Non-discriminatory
Validity of information
No physical access to others
Who are you really dealing with?
Accessible to anyone and everyone

5. Business—Buying and Selling of Goods
Uses of Internet . . .
Research
Business—Buying and Selling of Goods
Recreation—Travel

6. . . . Searching the Internet . . .
The following sites search
the Internet for a topic,
catalog the results, and display sites on the topic.

7. . . . Surfing the Internet . . .
Clicking on hyperlinks (underlined, bold, or colored words) allows movement from web site to web site.
Mouse pointer changes shapes
from an arrow to a hand
when moved over a
hyperlink.

8. Internet Protocol . . .
Internet Protocol — underlying method of communication which allows information to be exchanged across the Internet
FTP
POP
HTTP
SLIP
SMTP

9. . . . Terms . . .
Web browser—software that displays graphics and text of a specified site
Examples: Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Explorer
URL (Uniform Resource Locator) —
a special kind of address that tells web browser the location of the site

10. . . . Parts of a URL . . . http://www.netscape.com/home/welcome.html
protocol
identifer
server
type
folder
filename
extension
pathname
domain
name
Domain name—exact location of the Internet 1.
Protocols—standardized procedures for
transmitting files 2.
server and the type of organization 3.
Pathname—folder(s) in which the file is stored
and the extension

11. . . . Internet Domains . . .
.com
.edu
.mil
.net
.gov
.org