Internet

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American School of Tampico
NETWORKS AND INTERNET
Ms. Silvia Ocampo Sixth Grade
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Networks

• Is a set of computers interconnected to each
  other.
• LAN (Local Area Network)
• WAN (Wide Area Network)
• The purpose is sharing resources and devices
• printers, Software, Hard disks, etc.

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Server

• A computer that offers services or functions to
  other computers. (Clients)

Host
A computer with which you connect and interact.
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Internet
Internet is defined as An International
Network of computers

• Governments Networks
• Universities Networks
• Companies Networks

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Internet Capabilities

• Offer data-sharing
• Electronic messaging
• Online commerce
• Entertainment

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Modem

• Modulator - Demodulator. A modem is needed to
  bridge a computer to the telephone line because
  the method that information is sent over a
  telephone line differs from how it is sent within
  a computer, or with devices such as printers.

• A computer communicates digitally.
• A telephone line is analog.

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ISP Internet Service Provider

• The label given to the organization (usually
  commercial) that offers Internet access.
• Prodigy, Avantel,Terra, AOL,

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World Wide Webwww, The Web, W3

• The corner of the Internet highlighted by the
  million of hypertext documents that are easily
  accessible to users of browser software.

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typical Internet browser

• Internet Explorer
• Netscape

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Domains

• Domains are grouped according to type of
  organization they belong to.
• Commercial domains are .com
• government domains are .gob
• educational domains are .edu
• Network domain are .net
• Organizational network .org
• Mexican Network .mx
• Canadian Network .ca

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typical Internet searcher

• Google.com
• Vivisimo
• OneKey
• Yahooligans

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Home Page

• The first screen viewed when visiting a Web Site

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Hypertext

• A document form that features links to other
  documents in the form of graphics, text, sound
  and movies.

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Vocabulary

• LAN
• WAN
• www
• Network
• Server
• Host
• Internet
• Modem

• hypertext
• HomePage
• Searcher
• Browser
• domains
• Internet Server Provider