The Internet

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• The Internet

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What is the Internet?
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Internet
a world wide connection of computers including
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a world wide connection of computers including
supercomputers
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a world wide connection of computers including
supercomputers, mainframes
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a world wide connection of computers including
supercomputers, mainframes, workstations
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a world wide connection of computers including
supercomputers, mainframes, workstations, and
even individual personal computers.
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How do I connect to the Internet?
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Mainframe(s) PC LANs Internet access
provided Free???
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Mainframe with own databases Internet access
provided Flat rate for initial ?? hours per
additional hour
Commercial Services
(AOL, Prodigy, MSN)
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Service Provider
(BuffNET)
Internet
Recently a new ISP has appeared - Adelphia Cable
with their Power Link option.
Powerful PC or Workstation Internet access
provided Flat rate
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Service Provider
(BuffNET)
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Educational Institutions (BSC)
Commercial Services
(AOL, Prodigy, MSN)
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What services does the Internet offer?
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Communication
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Collection
Actually, Collection and Distribution
The 2 Cs
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electronic-mail (e-mail) nowakoaj_at_buffalostat
e.edu nowakoaj_at_buffnet.net
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e-mail
Buffalo State uses VAX mail or Gold-mail Buffnet
uses Pine, Elm, or unix mail Netscape and
Internet Explorer now have e-mail capabilities
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Although Buffalo States Goldmail package is
rather primitive (text-only), newer Windows-based
software packages such as Eudora, cc mail,
Microsoft Exchange, or some browsers (Netscape
and Explorer) can be used for e-mail. We be
using Netscape to attach formatted documents,
spreadsheets, graphics, and even webpages.
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Similar to a newspaper or magazine
Communication
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discussion groups (usually unmoderated)
called interest groups, Listserv, mailing
lists subscribe and then use e-mail
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List Server
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Discussion groups
The major list server software packages are
listserv majordomo listproc mailbase
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Similar to a bulletin board
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Presently, Buffalo State supports limited
educational newsgroups!!!
news groups (can be moderated ) called
Usenet, Internet News join and then use
e-mail and a newsreader
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News Server
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News Server
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News Server
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reply to message
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News Server
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file transfer protocol used to transfer
files from/to remote sites and local computer
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telnet is used to connect to remote sites
i.e. telnet buffnet.net
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world wide web contains multimedia sites by
using graphical browsers such as Netscape or
Internet Explorer
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Lets Go Surfin Now !!!
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How do I find information?
???
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Search Engines
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Search Engines for
Web Sites Library Information Discussion
Groups Newsgroups People . . .
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Web Sites
Several generic web search engines are available
by clicking a the browsers search button. Some
of the popular ones are AltaVista Lycos Info
seek Yahoo Excite
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Library Information Levels
I. Card Catalog Sherlock
II. Abstracts ERIC III. Full-Text Moby Dick
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Discussion groups
Search for keywords by using a discussion group
search engine http//alabanza.com/kabacoff/Inter
-Links/listserv.html Mail a subscribe request
to the server address to
listserv_at_emuvm1.cc.emory.edu message
subscribe vette-l Mail messages to the list
address to vette-l_at_emuvm1.cc.emory.edu
message . . .
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Newsgroups
Newsgroups are organized by topics, sub-topics,
sub-sub-topics, etc. Search for keywords by
using a newsgroup search engine http//www.infos
eek.com
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Newsgroups
Although Buffalo State does not support general
public newsgroups, we are able to see an example
of a newsgroup supported by Microsoft. As
indicated by its name, this is a specific forum
about Visual Basic.
news//msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.vb.sy
ntax
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People
You can search for names by using one of the
general search engines http//www.excite.com
/Reference/people.html
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