Welcome to the Welcome to the InternetInternet
prepared by
Nancy Hunt, Ed.D.CSU, Fresno
Accessing People and Information Around the Globe
Presentation Presentation OverviewOverview
What is the Internet? What is the WWW? What resources are available?
When do I get to play with it?
What is the What is the Internet?Internet?A collection of computer networks linked together to share resources via high-speed telephone lines
Can you say “nanosecond”?
What does it offer What does it offer me? me?
Global electronic mail Knowledge navigation File exchange Discussion groups Live conferencing
Sample Internet Sample Internet SoftwareSoftware
Telnet - Allows users to connect to remote sites
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Allows users to send and receive files from other Internet machines
Gopher - A point-and-click menu system for locating information on the Internet
CU-SeeMe -- Allows low-cost video conferencing
Netscape -- Provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to the Internet’s World Wide Web
What is the World Wide What is the World Wide Web?Web?
A body of information -- hypertext documents -- accessible over the Internet.
These documents may include text, graphics, photographic images, motion video, or sound.
What is Hypertext?What is Hypertext?
The Great Wall of China was builtduring the Qin dynasty. It wasformed by linkingearlier walls builtby feudal lords toprotect their lands.
Hypertext documents have“hot spots” which . . . . .
link the reader to otherrelated text or media.
Qin dynasty --(221 - 206 BC) the first to unifythe Chinese empire.
Who’s on the Web?Who’s on the Web?
GovernmentsSchoolsMuseumsCommunitiesPublic Service
AgenciesBusinessesPeople Like You and
Me
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