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Internet Technology

Lectures by
Dr. Ruchi Garg
 Contents to be Covered in Lecture 1
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 Pre-requisite of the Subject

 Outcome of the Subject
 Objective of the subject
 Pre-requisite of the Subject
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 Basic knowledge of programming.

 Familiarity with basic terms of networking
 Keenness to learn.
 Outcome of the Subject
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 Reflects on how emerging technologies will empower society to

do more with the Internet.
 Covers core Internet technologies, Web page design.
 BROWSING SYSTEMS, JAVASCRIPT, ACTIVE SERVER
PAGES
 Objective of the Subject
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 Help in computational thinking, networking fundamentals, and

technology planning.
 Reference Books
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1. Raj Kamal, Internet and Web Technologies, TMH, 2005.

2. Monica D’Souza, Web publishing, TMH, 2001.
3. David Crowder and Rhonda Crowder, Web Design, IDG Books
India, 2001.
4. Musciano C., HTML and XHTML the Definitive Guide, 6th
edition, OReilly, 2006.
5. Deitel H., Deitel P., Internet and World Wide Web: How to
Program, 4 edition, PHI.
 Introduction to Internet
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 The Internet is a vast network that connects computers

all over the world.
 Through the Internet, people can share information and
communicate from anywhere with an Internet connection.
 Introduction to Internet
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 The Internet is a vast network that connects computers

all over the world.
 Only computers?
 Introduction to Internet
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 The Internet is the biggest world-wide communication

network of computers.
 The Internet has millions of smaller domestic, academic,
business, and government networks, which together carry
many different kinds of information.
 The short form of internet is the 'net'.
 It is used by billions of people all over the world.
 Full Form of Internet
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 INTERNET is a short form of Interconnected Network of

all the Web Servers Worldwide.
 This network contains a huge number of private and
public organizations, schools and colleges, research
centers, hospitals and a lot number of servers worldwide.
 History of Internet
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 January 1, 1983 is considered the official birthday of the

Internet.
 Before this, the various computer networks did not have a
standard way to communicate with each other.
 A new communications protocol was established called
Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol
(TCP/IP).
 Purpose of Internet
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 The main purpose of the Internet is to provide global

access to data and communications.
 Use of the Internet and networking is essential for
advancing research in science, medicine, engineering and
design as well as in maintaining global defense and
surveillance.
 Difference between Internet and Intranet
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 The Internet is a wide network of computers that is

available to all whereas Intranet is a network of
computers designed for a certain group of users.
 Internet is a public network and Intranet is a private
network.
 Internet contains various source of information while
Intranet only contains group-specific information.
Queries?