ISP

An Internet service provider (ISP) is also

sometimes referred to as an Internet access
provider (IAP)
It is a company that offers its customers
access to the Internet.

The ISP connects to its customers using

a data transmission technology
appropriate for delivering Internet
Protocol datagrams, such as dial-up,
DSL, cable modem, wireless or
dedicated high-speed interconnects.
ISPs may provide Internet e-mail
accounts to users which allow them to
communicate with one another by
sending and receiving electronic
messages through their ISP’s servers.
As part of their e-mail service, ISPs
usually offer the user an e-mail client
software package, developed either
internally or through an outside contract
arrangement. ISPs may provide other
services such as remotely storing data
files on behalf of their customers, as well
as other services unique to each
particular ISP.
Types of Connections

- Dial-up
- Broadband
- ISDN
- Satellite
- Wi-fi
Internet & W W W

Internet & Intranet

Browsers
 A web browser is a software
application for retrieving, presenting,
and traversing information resources
on the World Wide Web.
An information resource is identified
by a Uniform Resource Identifier
(URI) and may be a web page,
image, video, or other piece of
content. Hyperlinks present in
resources enable users to easily
navigate their browsers to related
resources.
 Although browsers are primarily
intended to access the World Wide
Web, they can also be used to access
information provided by Web servers in
private networks or files in file systems.
Some browsers can be also used to
save information resources to file
systems.
The history of the web browser dates
back in to the late 1980s, when a
variety of technologies laid the
foundation for the first web browser,
WorldWideWeb, by Tim Berners-Lee
in 1991. That browser brought
together a variety of existing and new
software and hardware technologies.
The introduction of the NCSA Mosaic
web browser in 1993 – one of the first
graphical web browsers – led to an
explosion in web use.
Some of the common browsers:

- Netscape Navigator (1994)

- Internet Explorer (1995)
- Opera (1996)
- Apple Safari (2003)
- Mozilla Firefox (2004)
- Google Chrome (2008)