INTERNET

 Internet is a global system of interconnected computer

networks that enables the users to share information and
various resources with each other.
 It uses common communication standards and interfaces to
provide the physical backbone for a number of interesting
applications.
 APPLICATIONS OF INTERNET

 Education
 E-mail
 Business
 E-Commerce
 Media and Entertainment
 Social Networking etc.
 DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNET

 Virus threat
 Spamming
 Cyber Crime
 Time Waste
 WORLD WIDE WEB
 The WWW (World Wide Web) or simply web is a
means of accessing information over the internet.
 It contains millions of documents or ‘bunch of
pages’ called Web Pages.
 Each page contains text, graphics, video, audio and is linked to
other web pages via hyperlink.
 The web uses the HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) for the
transmission of these documents over the internet.
 WEB BROWSER

 Web browser is a software that is used to view websites.

 It is an interface between a user and the World Wide Web.
 A web browser can have a graphical user interface

e.g., Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome,

Opera etc., or can be text-based e.g., Lynx etc.,
 The user can navigate files and folders and websites using
hyperlinks.
 WEB SITE
 A website is a collection of related web pages containing images,
videos, or other digital media set under the same domain name.
 These pages are written in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
and can be accesses via internet.
 A website is hosted on a web server on the World Wide Web.
 Components of a website are:
1) Domain Name 2) Web Host 3) Site Files
4) Content Management System (CMS)
 WEB PAGE
 Web page is a digital page which may contain text, hyperlink, videos,
audios, images, tables, etc.
 It is commonly written by using HTML and is stored on a web server.
 Each webpage is identified by a unique web address called Uniform
Resource Locator (URL).
 Types of Web Pages:
1) Static Web Pages and 2) Dynamic Web Pages
 PROTOCOL
 It is a standard set of rules used for communicating or
transferring
data on the internet.
 HTTP
 Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application layer
protocol for
transmitting hypermedia documents, such as HTML.
 It is designed to establish communication between web browsers and
web servers.
 HOME PAGE
 UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL)
 The URL denotes the global address of the web documents and the
web resource.
 The URL has two (2) parts.
1)Protocol Identifier:- It tells the Internet browser what
protocol needs to be followed to access the address.
2)Resource Name:- It specifies the complete address
of the resource on the Internet.
http://www.mygov.in