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MaMa claay-tg nd of this module, the student will be able to know: At the end of . Uses of the Interne 2) Ditference between Web and Internet. 3. Elements of Web. irl Miah The word internet comes from a combination between “interconnection” ang “Networe Network is a collection of computers and devices connected Via communication channels transmission media, which allows to share resources, r The internet is the largest computer network in the world, connecting more than a billion, s The Internet is most often used for three main purposes: 1. Communication 2. Buying and selling (e-commerce) | 'earching for information Connecting to Internet Youcan connect to internet through an ISP (Internet Service Provider). inet Figure 2.4 ctions of ISPs are Cease ierere™ access tO internet through telephone lines, cables, wi-fi or optical fiber. Ol provide email, and other web hosting services such as virtual machines, clouds etc. 0 Prom maitbox hosting Services. @ Prov ww" stands for World Wide Web. Many people think that the World Wide jing as the Internet. The Internet is a large number of computers connected while, the Web formally known as World Wide Web is a way to access the information nee wees like the software you need, to run programs on the hardware of your m tb uses communication protocols (sets of rules and regulations) and special nese is called HyperText Markup Language (HTML). These special languages rowing computers that don’tuse compatible operating systems to communicate. you don't have to usea specific type of computer in order to access a website. tion "W language’ actasabridge, This means that ide Web Consortium) was founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, original ld Wide Web. This organization defines open standards so that the Web tion. The W3C is the apex standards body for HTTP and HTML. The W3C(World Wit architect of the Wor evolves ina single direc Elements of the web Web Server The Web server is a computer where the web content is stored and is always connected to internet, Each web server has a unique IP address. It is used to host web sites, storage, FTP, email, etc. The Web server software should be installed in order to respond to the request for web resources. Examples for web server are Apache, Tomcat, IIS etc. AnIP address is a number which is 32 bit long. Each of the 4 bytes is represented by a number from 0 to 255, separated with dots. For example 10.150.7.250. Domain names are easy to remember; names like cybersquare.org. A Domain Name ‘System(DNS) helps to resolve the host name to an IP address. Website Websiteis alocation onthe webanditis hosted ona webserver. Itisa set of web pages written in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), accessed using an address knownas the Uniform Resource Locator, When a client sends a request for 2 web page, the web server searches for the Fequested page in its hard disk and if the requested page is found, it will be sent to the client as an HTTP response. www.cybersquare.Ore MS apace In the web server whic, ob pages In-an online b pages will be available vie World Wide Web, Web hosting means storing of W ernet 24x7, These wel connected to int URL A Uniform Resource Loc: Resources inchide HTML pa Format of a URL is as follows protocot#hostname/resource name a set of rules and regulations for reliable and secure transfer of data. Web rag, A protocol is. works on TCPIP(Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol). tocol used for the transfer of web resources is the HyperText Transfer Pros, 477). This protocol is followed by a colon, two slashes, and then the domain name. The dea, ator Is used to specify addresses to locate any resource on the yy ges, images, audio and video files The prot name is the computer on which the resource is located. The name of resources such as files subdirectories follows the domain name. Directory names are separated using 2 single forna. siash : Web Browser Web Browsers are software installed on a PC to access the websites. Some of the common we, browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari and Mozilla Fire. Accessing or navigating through web pages is called browsing or surfing. Opera Safari Google Chrome Microsott Edge Figure 2-2 Mozilla Firefox Internet Explorer Search Engine A Search engine helps to locate information/ resources such as web pages, programs, imag° videos, etc on World Wide Web. An user can search for any information by Passing a search query in the form of keywords or? phrase. It searches for relevant information in its database and returns it to the user. Ex: Google, Bing, Yahoo. engine are: oftware component that searches the web to collect S ap crawior wed jon. This software Is also called spor or bots nor apace: Huge database of resources and its locations gathered as a result pe OR ating: ety interfaces: Interface that helps users to search through the database, G a zs ro | sem 8 © Ps communication Email = Email is an application of inter eecronic mode over the internet. Sxcrerge of information among people. Each user of email will have a unique id for his/her email account. This id is known as E-mail sesvess Users can send and receive messages using e-mail addresses. net which allows us to send and receive messages in It offers an efficient, inexpensive and real time mean of Format of an E-mailis username@domainname. Ex sémrin@cybersquare.org is an e-mail address where admin is the username and eybersquare.org is the domain name. © — Theusername and the domain name are separated by @ (atherate) symbol. E-mail addresses are not case sensitive. © Spaces are not allowed in e-mall addresses. 8 Module www.cybersquare.org zm GJ Figure 2-4 ividuals and organizations through internet Soy working social net gathering of indi sites are facebook. twitter linkedin etc. Wratsagg. wang is Soot Nrreeats and ectN ee ~ op based social networking She a pplcatin. mooie 0 where an individual oF 2 gmall group publishes i : _— apeg ss? wee post People can discuss and comment on tt cadena « referred 20 & : formation. Each pnd a content archive. posts. It acts os Pye E commerce ing and selling of goods and services over Electronic mecie, usw performed electronically. Ecommerce is the 6 over internet. Transactions ‘of terms of sales/service are Process of ecommerce: (Customers can: 1. Browse through an e-commerce website using a web browses. fc amazon.com, flipkart.com etc. website and select items for purchase Browse through the products featured on the Provide address for shipment. Pay using electronic media like internet banking, Debit card, credit card, UPI (Unifiee Payment Interface), etc. Internet Marketing Internet Marketi ing also called Online marketing, is the process of promoting 3 brand, products services over the Internet. oe for internet marketing are: ko Search Engine Optimisation hb helps you to get Nf your busines: i aoath ° Swe = Poa ee mae ebsite to rank on top of the search results for specific > Social Media Marketing illions of peopl age ple across the globe are using Social Media plat ja platforms like Facebook and instags™ eye rle pestioments on these channels and get business noticed. You can regulary ww 1 RY these channels, build followers and generate leads. SNe prs ee) . igeanaeert qabwkia retationship with your prospective customers ew ahold a ot & @ strategic approach for creating and distributing audience-centric Ntede ret WANE ees usinesses Content formats like qui a ws ee wx anteracting with the brand, Pass tnternet BANKING 3 sows a SWF to execute financial transactions via the intemet. Intemet me ee row as “Online banking”. Online banking gives you the ability to manage ce Oe nor medite device or computer. There's no need to visit a bank An nine bank- — rane ices traditionally available only by physical presence in bank, induding By ates sn as. NEnyment. fund transfer ete. So | Cloud computing ‘Owed sees 1 2 Network or Internet. Cloud is something, which is present at a remote sscoten lWecanusecioudcomputing for Manipulating, Configuring,andAccessingthehardwareand sotuere resources remotely It offers online data storage, infrastructure, and application. Coxe computing makes the application platform independent and collaborative, as the softwere ss not required to be installed on the PC. Cexc can provide 2 variety of services like Email, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Onine danking etc. over public and private networks, i.e., WAN, LAN or VPN. 6° © The internet is the largest comy 2 billion computer users. intemet needs web, as hardware needs software to run programs ona computer. © Web server is a computer where the web content is stored and always connected to the Internet. Website is a location on the web and it is hosted on a web server. © Protocolis a set of rules and regulations for reliable and secure transfer of data. Web mainly works on TCP/IP(Transmission Control Protocol/ internet Protocol) Search engine helps to locate information/ resources such as web pages, Programs, images, videos, etc. on the World Wide Web. 4 Internet banking allows a user to execute financial transactions via internet. pent and Conversation for the business. Content Marketing can help to S, Polls. and contests. make ore nee puter network in the world, connecting more than www.cybersquare.org r Fill in the blanks eviation ISP stands for —__—___— b ISP stands fc bl 1 eee eee ECLA Tomcat Is an example o' 2, Tomeat is dsfor 3. Abbreviation HTTP stan is the purchasing “over Electronic media, usually over internet, 4 tronic media, u! ver Elect services ov computing refers to Manipulating, configuring, and ACCessing 5. —____.____ nd software resources remotely, the hardware a State True / False (Put 1 for True and 0 for False) al ® 1. Mozilla firefox is a search engine, 2. TCP/IPis the only protocol used for Internet. 3. The protocol used for the tray 5. Email addresses are case sensitive, HF Match the following eee 1._Internet marketing Web browser b. Tepnp =| Sewchenghe 3. Search Engine © Amazon.com [Econ Stns 4. ECommerce 4. Google.com oo | 5. Protocol ©. SEO ithetuen | @ Multiple choice questions 1 Which of the following; Communication Buying and selling &- Searching for information = 4. Allofthe above 2. Which of the following isnot aweb browser? www cybersquare.org

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