BA271 Week 2 Lecture

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BA271 Week 2 Lecture

• Dave Sullivan

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Goals for today

• BA271 administrivia
• General Internet ideas
• Searching the World Wide Web
• To Do list ideas

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BA271 Administrivia

• Prerequisite Exam
• Exam will begin with an email message
• You will be asked to complete an Honor Code
  survey
• After completing the Honor Code, you will be
  directed to the exams instructions

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BA271 Administrivia

• Practice exam results
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Fluffy Spreadsheet Competition

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Internet ideas Network Layers

• A protocol is a set of rules that allows
  computers or humans to communicate
• General computer networks use an seven-layer set
  of protocols to exchange information
• You can learn more about Internet Protocols at
  http//www2.rad.com/networks/1997/nettut/protocols
  .html

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General Internet ideas Addresses

• What is a web page?
• Web servers, HTML, IP addresses (Internet
  Protocol), web addresses (http)
• Parts of a web address
• http//students.bus.oregonstate.edu/sullivan/schol
  arship/index.htm
• Using web addresses
• Capitalization, optional parts

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Searching the World Wide Web

• Be opportunistic
• Learn about many search engines
• Beyond Google
• http//pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,114725,00.a
  sp
• Read about various kinds of search engines
• http//classes.bus.oregonstate.edu/ba271/lectures/
  week2.htm

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Some website examples

• http//www.realtytech.com/
• http//www.realtytech.com/ultimate.asp
• http//www.realtytech.com/pricing.asp
• http//www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html
• http//www.cinnabon.com/flash.html
• http//www.realsteel.com/
• http//www.airforce.com/index_fr.htm

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Activities you should do

• Optional Enter the Fluffy Spreadsheet
  Competition (by Friday at 5 p.m.)
• Learn about searching the Internet
• Complete the Treasure Hunt assignment
• Begin thinking about the website project you
  would like to complete