Maggie

Maggie Mirkin

** The Internet and the World Wide Web **

** At the end of this lesson each student should be able to answer the following questions. **


 * What are the origins of the Internet?The original name=ARPANET, and the US Dept. of Defense. **
 * How does the Internet work? What is necessary for web sites to work? Codes that are translated through the CPU **
 * What is HTML? Hypertext markup language **
 * What are protocols?a standardformat for transferring data between two devices **
 * How do I access the Internet? An internet connection, telecommunication software, and a browser for the web. **
 * What are the ways you can connect to the Internet? Use a modem, telephone line, DSL, cable modem,wireless and fiber optics. **
 * What is a browser? A software program that provides a graphical interface for the internet. **
 * What are the main features of a browser? Internet connection, search fuel, HTML code **
 * How do I copy and paste images, text and web pages? Right click and copy, then right click paste. **
 * How do I download and install a program? I have no idea. **
 * What are the dangers of this? Copyright and pirating. **


 * At the end of this lesson each student should be familiar with the following vocabulary **

**Address Bar: contains URL or address of website of webpage, where you type location for the page you want to see.** **Bookmark: some site you want to return to.** **Browser: a software program that provides a graphical interface for the internet** **Disk Cache: Enables you to view the saved pages offline or without being connected to internet** **Domain Name: identifies the site on the internet** **Favorites: website list you like and want to return to.** **Home Page: first page that is displayed** **Host Computer: computer that you access remotely from the computer.** **Host Node: any computer directly connected to the network.** **HTML Hypertext Markup Language: Program that permits pages to be linked through formatting.** **HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol: Defines how pages are transmitted.** **ISP Internet Service Provider: Online service provider** **Online Service Provider? I have no idea.** **TCP/IP Transmission Control and Internet Protocol: enables two host computers to establish a connection and exchange data.** **URL Uniform Resource Locator: webpage address** **Web Page: ordinary text page coded with HTML markup tags then displayed with a browser.** **WWW World Wide Web: web/internet=subset or application that makes use of the internet**