WEEK 3:

Internet and the World Wide Web

LIVING IN THE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ERA
THE
INTERNET
is defined as a worldwide network connecting
to a million of computers via dedicated
routers and servers

end-users could start sending and receiving

different types of information. These types
of information can be sent and received via
electronic mails (emails), text or video chats
and/or conferencing, and computer
programs among others.
Question:

Who’s your
INTERNET
provider?
PLDT
• Formerly known as
Philippine Long Distance
Telephone Company
• Largest network company
SMART
• Smart Communications
Inc., and Digital Mobile
Philippines
GLOBE
• Acquired Bayan
Telecommunications
(commonly known as
BayanTel or Bayan)
THE
INTERNET:
THEN AND NOW
INTERNET
● other universities and U.S.
institutions were connected
to ARPANET that resulted in
the growth of ARPANET
different from everyone’s
expectations.
● ARPANET then attained the name
of “Internet”
ARPANET
• Advanced Research Project ’s
Agency Wide Area Network
• Established by the US
Department of Defense in the 1960s
so that the military ’s research unit
could collaborate or partner with
business and government
laboratories.
World Wide
Web
WWW
● the advancement of hypertext-based
technology
● also known as the web, WWW or W3 -
- refers to all the public websites or
pages that users can access on their
local computers and other devices
through the internet.
● has provided the channels
for displaying text, graphics,
animations, etc. Its other features of
enabling easy search and offering
navigation tools prompted the
internet’s unpredictable worldwide
growth.
Web browser
is an application software
that lets you browse the
Web, by retrieving web
pages and displaying them
to you.
Search Engine
is a tool that helps
you find websites
you're looking for
using keywords or
key phrases
THE
statistics:
THEN AND NOW
PHILIPPINES
Population:
● The Philippines had a population of
110.3 million in January 2021.
● The Philippines’s population
increased by 1.5 million (+1.3%)
between January 2020 and
January 2021. 49.8% of the
Philippines’s population is female,
while 50.2% of its population is
male
Internet users in the Philippines
● There were 73.91 million internet
users in the Philippines in January
2021.
● The number of internet users in
the Philippines increased by 4.2
million (+6.1%) between 2020 and
2021. Internet penetration in the
Philippines stood at 67.0% in
January 2021.
Social media
statistics

89 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA

users as of JANUARY 2021
The number of social media users in the
Philippines increased by 16 million
(+22%) between 2020 and 2021.
● The number of social media users in the
Philippines was equivalent to 80.7% of
the total population in January 2021.
Why is internet still
slow?
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TOPOGRAPHY INVESTMENT CYCLE
INFRASTRUCTURE

LEGISLATIONS AND LACK OF GOVERNMENT

DOCUMENTATIONS COMPETITIONS SUPPORT
BBS
● Bulletin Board System
● a computer or an application
dedicated to the sharing or
exchange of messages or other
files on a network
● Formed by Efren Tercias
and James Chua of WordText
Systems in 1986
Philippine FidoNet
Exchange
● a local network for
communication between
several BBSes in Metro
Manila, was formed in
1987
Academic network of universities
and government institutions
● A committee helmed by Arnie del
Rosario of the Ateneo Computer Technology
Center was tasked with exploring the
possibility of creating an academic network
of universities and government institutions
by the National Computer Center under Dr.
William Torres. Recommendations were
made but not implemented.