The Internet & it’s

Applications
 The Internet Devices fall under this category, :
desktops, laptops, servers, printers,
scanners, etc.
• The internet is the global network of computing devices
• Smart electronic devices like TVs, ACs, refrigerators, fans and lights can now communicate
through the internet
• The list of smart devices increases as each day passes . Examples are drones, vehicles, door locks , etc
• Increasing use of online tools for education , creativity , entertainment , socialization & e-
commerce
How does the internet work?
Computers are
MODEM is connected
connected to a ISPs connect to form
to a local ISP(Internet
MODEM by a cable REGIONAL network
service Provider)
or wirelessly(Wi-Fi)
a company that provides
A device used to access to the internet ex:JIO,
convert analog Airtel
signals into digital
signals
NATIONAL network
REGIONAL network
(country wise) forms
together forms
INTERNET
NATIONAL network
BACKBONE
Applications
of Internet
• The World Wide Web(WWW)
• Electronic mail(E-mail)
• Chat
• Voice Over Internet Protocol(VoIP)
World Wide
Web(WWW)
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee :- Inventor of WWW in 1990
-British computer scientist
• WWW can be defined as the collection of different websites around the
world, containing different information shared or accessed through the
internet Difference between the Internet and WWW
• The most popular retrieval system *The internet is a global network of
• Three fundamental technologies that lead to creation of WWW:
interconnection of computers while the World
Wide Web is the interlinking of collection of
1. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
web pages on computers that are accessible over
2. URI(Uniform Resource Identifier)
the internet
3. HTTP( HyperText Transfer Protocol)
Three fundamental technologies of WWW HTML tags are like keywords which
defines that how a web browser will
1. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format and display the content.

- A language/basic structure used to design web pages using tags to make web content readable and
understood
2. URI(Uniform Resource Identifier)
- An identifier to identify a resource by location ,name or both.
- URL(Uniform Resource Locator)aka web address :
-provides location and protocol to access them PARTS OF URL

3. HTTP( HyperText Transfer Protocol)

- a set of rules used to retrieve linked web pages across the web
-HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
-encrypts the data entered into a user's device to safely deliver it to the website they are
interacting with.
Electronic mail (E-mail)
• Email are sending or receiving messages using the internet
• consists of text or attachments such as images , audios ,documents , etc. or both at one go
• Attachments are stored as secondary storage
• Creating an email own as composing
• may be free or paid services
• Can have customized email addresses
• Server providers: Google –gmail
Yahoo- yahoo mail
Mircosoft – outlook
Common facilities of
emails
• Attachment of files(documents , images ,etc)
• Saving an email as a draft for later use
• The same email can be sent to multiple email addresses
simultaneously
• Sending the copy of the email can be done as cc(Carbon
copy )&bcc(Blind carbon copy)
• Forwarding of emails
• Organisation of emails into folders
• Signature or footer can be set at the end of each email
automatically
• Printing emails
• Search for emails via the email address or subtext
Chat
• Instant messaging (IM)over the internet - real time
communication at different geographic locations
• IM modes :text , audio or video
• The internet speed holds an important factor
• Group chat or group calls can be done for
communication between more than 2 people
• Applications: WhatsApp , Slack, Skype , Yahoo,
Messenger ,etc.
VOIP –Voice over Internet Protocol
• Voice transmission over a computer
network than regular telephone
network
• Known as Internet Telephony or
Broadband Telephony
• Principle: conversion of analogous
voice signals into digital then over
broadband line
• Examples:Google meet , teams , zoom
Advantages of VoIP
• Services are free or very economical – making it cost-effective for people
• Increased portability and functionality of voice calling system

Disadvantage of VoIP
• Call quality – as it is dependent on the internet speed