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JaL ls lnLerneL?
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lct's cisscct t|c wo:c l:tc::ct. "l:tc:" :cic:s
to cxtc:ci:g ac:oss o: t:a:scc:ci:g as i: t|c
wo:c i:tc::atio:al.
A couutc: :ctwo:| :cic:s to a couutc:
co::cctcc |, tclc|o:c wi:cs o: ot|c:
uct|ocs i: o:cc: to couuu:icatc wit| ot|c:
couutc:s. o t|c l:tc::ct is ua:, oi t|csc
couutc: :ctwo:|s co::cctcc togct|c:
t|:oug|out t|c wo:lc. lt is couuo: io:
couutc: scic:tists to :cic: to t|c l:tc::ct as
"t|c :ct".
JaL ls lnLerneL?
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A: a:alog, woulc |c t|c tclc|o:c s,stcu
t|:oug|out t|c wo:lc. li ,ou |avc a tclc|o:c
|ut it is :ot |oo|cc u to ,ou: local tclc|o:c
coua:,, t|c: ,ou ca: :ot call a:,o:c a:c t|c,
ca: :ot call ,ou.
iuila:l, ii ,ou |avc a couutc: |ut ,ou co :ot
|avc ,ou: couutc: |oo|cc u t|:oug| a:
l:tc::ct c:vicc l:ovicc: ;ll t|c cquivalc:t
oi ,ou: local tclc|o:c coua:, i: ou:
cxaulc, t|c: ,ou: couutc: ca: :ot
couuu:icatc to ot|c: couutc:s a:c ot|c:
couutc:s ca: :ot couuu:icatc wit| ,ou:
couutc:.
lnLerneL
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JaL can you and your sudenL do on Le lnLerneL
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You ua, |avc |ca:c oi a lot oi t|csc tc:us. Wo:lc Wicc
Wc|, cuail, |:owsc: o: c:|as ,ou |avc:'t. l: t|is scctio:
wc'll cxlai: t|csc tc:us a:c |ow ,ou a:c ,ou: stucc:ts
ca: utilizc t|c l:tc::ct. I|c l:tc::ct :oviccs ua:,
sc:viccs at ,ou: ii:gc:tis.
I|c l:tc::ct ca: |c uscc as a li|:a:,, a ost oiiicc, a iax
uac|i:c, a:c cvc: a co:ic:c:cc :oou. You a:c ,ou:
stucc:ts will |c a|lc to sc:c :otcs a:c lcttc:s to colc
wit| siuila: i:tc:csts, sca:c| io: uatc:ials a:c :cac a|out
toics as va:icc as t|at iou:c i: a:, li|:a:,.
Wc will go t|:oug| cac| oi t|csc itcus wit| ,ou o:c at a
tiuc.
JaL ls Le Jorld Jlde Jeb?
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I|c Wo:lc Wicc Wc| is collcctio: oi cocuuc:ts, |ust
li|c t|is o:c, callcc Wc| agcs.Wc| agcs a:c :ocuccc
a:c sto:cc i:ccc:cc:tl, t|:oug|out t|c wo:lc |,
colc wit| couutc:s li:|cc to t|c l:tc::ct.Wc|
agcs ca: co:tai: i:io:uatio: o: a:, su||cct
iuagi:a|lc. I|c, ca: |avc tcxt, ictu:cs, sou:cs,
uovics, a:c cvc: t|c co:t:ols io: :u::i:g alicatio:s
o: ,ou: o: t|c Wc| agc's couutc:.
\ost iuo:ta:tl,, a Wc| agc ca: |avc li:|s to ot|c:
:clatcc Wc| agcs. lt is t|csc li:|s t|at givc t|c Wc| it
:auc. Wit| all t|c Wc| agcs i: t|c wo:lc li:|cc to
cac| ot|c: a ciag:au oi |ow it iits togct|c: loo|s li|c a
|ig, ucss, sicc: Wc|.
JaL ls a 8rowser?
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A browser is two things:
1.t's a software program for getting information
from the World Wide Web. ,nternet explorer,Mozila
Firefox ,Netscape are browsers.
2.t's also a person who gets information from the
Web. You are a browser. n fact, you are browsing
right now!
f you look up above this Web page you'll see a lot
of buttons and text. These are tools to help you use
the and move around the World Wide Web. Let's
look at mozila tools and see what they do. Other
browsers will have very similar buttons.
JaL ls Lmall?
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llcct:o:ic uail, o: cuail as it is uo:c couuo:l,
|:ow:, is a ac:lcss uct|oc oi sc:ci:g lcttc:s, :otcs
a:c ucssagcs i:ou ,ou to souco:c clsc o: cvc: ua:,
colc at t|c sauc tiuc via t|c l:tc::ct. llcct:o:ic
uail is vc:, iast coua:cc to t|c ost oiiicc.You:
ucssagcs usuall, o:l, ta|c scco:cs to a::ivc at t|ci:
ccsti:atio:. You ca: sc:c ucssagcs a:,tiuc a:c t|c
ucssagc will |c availa|lc w|c:cvc: t|c ot|c: c:so:
wa:ts to loo| at it cvc: i: t|c uicclc oi t|c :ig|t.
lc:|as t|c |iggcst acva:tagc to usi:g cuail is t|at it
is c|ca, cscciall, w|c: sc:ci:g ucssagcs to ot|c:
statcs o: cou:t:ics.
Ioca,, it costs t|c sauc to sc:c cuail to souco:c
a:ou:c t|c co::c: as it cocs to a i:ic:c i: a io:cig:
cou:t:,.
JaL ls a Searc Lnglne?
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li ,ou |avc |cc: out |:owsi:g t|c Wc| o:
,ou: ow: at all ,ou al:cac, |:ow |ow vast t|c
auou:t oi i:io:uatio: is a:c w|at t:ial it ca:
|c to ii:c ,ou: wa, to w|at ,ou :ccc wit|out
sc:ci:g t|c w|olc ca, wa:cc:i:g a|out.
li so, ,ou uust |c as|i:g ,ou:scli |ow ,ou':c
goi:g to usc t|c l:tc::ct ciicctivcl, wit|out a
gooc :cic:c:cc t|at ca: c|a:gc cail, as uo:c
i:io:uatio: is acccc to t|c Wc|. las, as ic:
You |avc it al:cac, a:c it's callcc a sca:c|
c:gi:c.
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A sca:c| c:gi:c allows ,ou to ii:c Wo:lc Wicc Wc|
agcs o: ot|c: uatc:ial o: t|c l:tc::ct t|at co:tai:
scciiic wo:cs o: |:ascs. lo: i:sta:cc, ii ,ou wa:t
to ii:c i:io:uatio: a|out A|:a|auli:col: ,ou ca:
t,c i: |is :auc, clic| o: a sca:c| |utto:, a:c t|c
sca:c| c:gi:c will :ctu:: a list oi all Wc| agcs t|at
co:tai: i:io:uatio: a|out A|:a|au li:col: W|c:
t|is was w:ittc: t|c:c wc:c ovc: 1000:
lnLerneL
O 1ls ls tbe wotlJwlJe oetwotk of compuLers accesslble Lo
anyone wo knows Lelr lnLerneL roLocol (l) address Le l
address ls a unlque seL of numbers (suc as 2093327100) LaL
deflnes Le compuLers locaLlon MosL wlll ave accessed a
compuLer uslng a name suc as LLp//wwwamlLyedu 8efore
Lls oomeJ compuLer can be accessed Le name needs Lo be
resolved (LranslaLed) lnLo an l address 1o do Lls your browser
(for example neLscape or lnLerneL Lxplorer) wlll access a
uomaln name Server (unS) compuLer Lo lookup Le name and
reLurn an l address or lssue an error message Lo lndlcaLe LaL
Le name was noL found Cnce your browser as Le l address
lL can access Le remoLe compuLer 1e acLual server (Le
compuLer LaL serves up Le web pages) does noL reslde belnd
a flrewall lf lL dld lL would be an LxLraneL
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lnLraneL
O 1ls ls a neLwork LaL ls noL avallable Lo Le world ouLslde of Le lnLraneL lf
Le lnLraneL neLwork ls connecLed Lo Le lnLerneL Le lnLraneL wlll reslde
belnd a flrewall and lf lL allows access from Le lnLerneL wlll be an
LxLraneL 1e flrewall elps Lo conLrol access beLween Le lnLraneL and
lnLerneL Lo permlL access Lo Le lnLraneL only Lo people wo are members of
Le same company or organlsaLlon
ln lLs slmplesL form an lnLraneL can be seL up on a neLworked C wlLouL any
C on Le neLwork avlng access vla Le lnLraneL neLwork Lo Le lnLerneL
lor example conslder an offlce wlL a few Cs and a few prlnLers all
neLworked LogeLer 1e neLwork would noL be connecLed Lo Le ouLslde
world Cn one of Le drlves of one of Le Cs Lere would be a dlrecLory of
web pages LaL comprlse Le lnLraneL CLer Cs on Le neLwork could
access Lls lnLraneL by polnLlng Lelr browser (neLscape or lnLerneL Lxplorer)
Lo Lls dlrecLory for example ulneLlndexLm lrom Len onwards Ley
would navlgaLe around Le lnLraneL ln Le same way as Ley would geL
around Le lnLerneL
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LxLraneL
O An LxLraneL ls acLually an lnLraneL LaL ls parLlally accesslble Lo
auLorlsed ouLslders 1e acLual server (Le compuLer LaL serves up
Le web pages) wlll reslde belnd a flrewall 1e flrewall elps Lo
conLrol access beLween Le lnLraneL and lnLerneL permlLLlng access
Lo Le lnLraneL only Lo people wo are sulLably auLorlsed 1e level
of access can be seL Lo dlfferenL levels for lndlvlduals or groups of
ouLslde users 1e access can be based on a username and password
or an l address (a unlque seL of numbers suc as 2093327100 LaL
deflnes Le compuLer LaL Le user ls on) lL may lmplemenL securlLy
aL a dlrecLory level so LaL access ls vla a username and password
buL oLerwlse all Le lnformaLlon ls accesslble
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