The InternetIllustrated Introductory, Fourth Edition

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The InternetIllustrated Introductory, Fourth
Edition

• Unit G
• Downloading Programs and Sharing Files

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U n i t O b j e c t i v e s

• Investigate freely downloadable programs
• Understand downloading programs and file sharing
• Locate a program using a download site
• Download a program using Internet Explorer
• Download a program using Firefox

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U n i t O b j e c t i v e s

• Install a downloaded program
• Establish an FTP session
• Use FTP to download a file
• Open a compressed file
• Compress files

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Investigate Freely Downloadable Programs

• Freeware
• Shareware
• Limited Edition (LE) Software
• Licensed (Full Version) Software

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Investigate Freely Downloadable Programs

• Freeware
• fully functional
• no cost to users
• no restrictions
• Postcardware
• freeware, except the developer asks you to send a
  postcard from your town

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Investigate Freely Downloadable Programs

• Shareware
• available for free during a short evaluation
  period
• after evaluation period, users must either
• stop using the shareware and uninstall it from
  their computers
• license the software

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Investigate Freely Downloadable Programs

• Limited Edition (LE) Software
• free but restricted version of shareware
• provides most of the functionality of the full
  version of the program
• one or more useful features of the full version
  is usually omitted
• Upgrade to the full version of the program by
  purchasing it

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Investigate Freely Downloadable Programs

• Licensed (Full Version) Software
• fully-functional software
• users must pay to license it
• license is usually in the form of a registration
  or serial number that you enter the next time you
  start the program

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• Download programs and share files via
• HTTP
• FTP
• PTP

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• HTTP
• download from a download site
• download from developers Web site

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• FTP
• download from an FTP server
• need an FTP client program
• can also use a browser by typing ftp// in
  Address or Location bar

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• PTP
• stands for peer-to-peer file sharing
• the process of transferring files directly from
  one computer to another without going through a
  Web site, Web server, or FTP server
• users install a PTP program, and then make files
  in certain folders on their computers available
  to other users of the PTP program

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• File compression
• a file compression program can compress files to
  reduce file size
• compressed files transfer over a network more
  quickly than uncompressed files
• To access compressed files, you need to
  decompress the files with a file compression
  program

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Understand Downloading Programs and File Sharing

• Zip (zipped) files
• a common name for compressed files
• the file extension for the most common type of
  compressed file is .zip

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Locate a Program Using a Download Site

• Use your Web browser to download a program from
  the Web
• Download programs from a download site
• Download a program directly from the Web site of
  the company or programmer that developed the
  program

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Locate a Program Using a Download Site

• Download sites organize software into categories
  and subcategories
• Some programs are freeware, and some are
  shareware
• Download count indicates how popular a program is
• Look for reviews from users

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Download a Program Using Internet Explorer

• Click Download link
• Click Save in Security Warning dialog box
• Navigate to designated folder
• Save the file
• Close the Download Complete dialog box

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Download a Program Using Internet Explorer

• Information Barappears when the security
  settings prevent users from downloading files
• How to override the Information Bar
• Close the Information Bar dialog box if it
  appears
• Click the Information Bar
• Click Download File on menu that appears

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IRS SITE

• IRS has downloadable files in PDF FORMAT
• Editable

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Download.com

• Download Games
• Software
• Music
• Video

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Download a Program Using Firefox

• Click Download link
• Click the Save to Disk option button
• Navigate to designated folder
• Save the file
• Close the Download Manager

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Download a Program Using Firefox

• Download options
• set to ask user where to store a downloaded file
• set to download a file always to a specific
  folder
• Set download options
• Click Tools, Options, Downloads
• Click the Ask me where to save every file option
  button

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Download a Program Using Firefox

• Download Manager
• Click the Remove link next to a file to remove it
  from the listing
• To remove all the files from the listing
• Click Clean Up in the Download Manager, or
• Click Tools, Options, Privacy, and then click
  Clear next to Download Manager History

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Install a Downloaded Program

• Downloaded programs must be installed
• Usually, double-click a program file to start the
  installation
• Follow the steps in the installation wizard
• Agree to the license agreement before the program
  will install

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Install a Downloaded Program
License agreement for CuteFTP
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Clues to Use

• Always scan downloaded files for viruses
• You can set up anti-virus software to scan
  programs and documents before you open them

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Establish an FTP Session

• To use an FTP client to access another computer
  connected to the Internet, create an FTP session
  profile.
• Use anonymous FTP to log in and use publicly
  accessible FTP servers without a personal account
  
• you will be restricted to particular files and
  directories on the public server
• Use named FTP to log in to an FTP server on which
  you have an account

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Establish an FTP Session
name you gave to site
site address
select for anonymous login
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Clues to Use

• You can use a browser to connect to and navigate
  an FTP site
• Type the address of the FTP server in the Address
  or Location bar
• After you access the site, the URL in the Address
  or Location bar changes to
• ftp//ftp.

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Clues to Use (cont.)

• If have full-privilege access to an FTP site with
  a user name and password, log in by typing in the
  Address or Location bar
• the protocol, ftp//
• your user name
• a colon
• your password
• the _at_ symbol
• the URL of the FTP site
• For example, full-privilege access to the WinZip
  site might be
• ftp//UserNamePassword_at_winzip.com

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Clues to Use (cont.)

• When you access an FTP site using a browser
• the organization of the folders and files on the
  FTP site appear similar to the organization of
  folders and files on a computers hard drive
• Double-click a folder to open the folder
• Double-click a file to
• open the file in a new browser window
• start the program associated with the file and
  open the file or
• begin downloading the file to your computer
• To move up (or back) one folder, click the Up to
  higher directory link

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Use FTP to Download a File

• Use the FTP client program to download a file
  after creating a session profile
• Select a file on the FTP server
• Use the command buttons to start the download or
  drag the file from the FTP server window to your
  computer window in the FTP client program

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Use FTP to Download a File
name of file being downloaded
Progress bar
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Open a Compressed File

• To open a compressed file, you must decompress it
  first
• To decompress a compressed file, you need a file
  compression program

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Open a Compressed File

• With WinZip, you can
• extract one file from a compressed file
• extract all the files from a compressed file

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Compress Files

• Compress large files before you transfer them
  over the Internet
• To compress files, you need a file compression
  program

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Compress Files

• When you add a file to a compressed file
• you add a copy of the file to the compressed file
• the original file remains in its location

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Download Programs and Sharing Files Includes

• Investigating freely downloadable programs
• Understanding downloading programs and file
  sharing
• Locating a program using a download site
• Downloading a program using Internet Explorer
• Downloading a program using Firefox

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Download Programs and Sharing Files Includes
(cont.)

• Installing a downloaded program
• Clues to use Checking for viruses
• Establishing an FTP session
• Clues to use Use a browser to connect to an FTP
  server
• Using FTP to download a file
• Opening a compressed file
• Compressing files

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Terms to Use

• Download
• receive a file on your computer from another
  computer
• Upload
• send a file from your computer to another computer

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Terms to Use

• License
• pay a fee for the use of a software program
• Download site
• a Web site that contains freeware and shareware
  programs organized in categories

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Terms to Use

• FTP server
• a server that uses FTP to transfer files rather
  than HTTP
• FTP server program
• runs on an FTP server
• allows file transfer to and from the server by
  FTP
• manages FTP access to the servers files
• FTP client program
• a program on your computer
• allows you to transfer files between your
  computer and another computer connected to it
• uses the rules for FTP instead of HTTP

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Terms to Use

• File compression program
• a software program that reduces files to a
  fraction of their original sizes
• Compressed file (archived file)
• a file reduced in size by a file compression
  program

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Terms to Use

• Installation wizard
• a series of dialog boxes that help you complete
  the installation process step-by-step
• License agreement
• a contract between the publisher of the software
  and the person who is installing the software
• usually states that the software cannot be copied
  and resold
• details restrictions for the softwares use

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Terms to Use

• FTP session profile
• a collection of information about the FTP server
  that includes
• the URL of the server you want to access
• a user name
• a password
• the client uses this to log in to the FTP server
• FTP session
• the interaction between your computer and the
  remote computer after you connect to the FTP
  server
• Anonymous FTP
• the method of logging in and using a publicly
  accessible FTP server without having a personal
  account
• Named FTP (full-privilege FTP)
• the method of logging in to a computer on which
  you have an account

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Terms to Use

• File decompression (file extraction or file
  expansion)
• the process of restoring a compressed file to its
  original form