COMPUTER NETWORKS

UNIT-1(INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DATA ANALYTICS)

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UNIT-1
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E-mail is the prime Internet service that facilitates services to people or
users across the world. Full Internet connectivity is not required for this.
For example, an electronic address provides these services to FTP sites
through which mail can be exchanged.The header and body of the
message make an e-mail message. The header contains the information
where the message is to be sent and the complete path for reaching the
destination, date and return path. The body of the message is the actual
message that has to be sent. The syntax of an e-mail address is user@
domain.subdomain, e.g., [email protected]. A service provider must be
connected with leased line, dial-up or connection with any network for
sending e-mail.
Telnet
Telnet is used to connect remote network computers. It is the
Internet service that executes commands on remote host as if
you are going to log in locally. For this, the machine name and
valid user name are required to be connected. The commands
that are issued on Telnet are as follows:
Telnet hostname: A connection to the host name is opened by
this command. For example, issuing the command as ‘Telnet
abc.maths.edu’ with that machine which keeps the required
information of abc.maths.edu site can connect you.
Telnet address: It gives the IP address of the connected host.
Gopher
The Gopher protocol supports client–server software that searches files
on the Internet. A Gopher client is required for validating and testing of
Gopher publishing service. For example, WS Gopher 1.2 is available on the
Internet as shareware. The server based text files are hierarchically
organized and viewed by end-users. These end-users access the server by
using Gopher applications of remote computers. Gopher browsers initially
display the text- based files. Most of the files along with database are
available on Gopher that converts HTTP compatible formats and makes
them available on the net.In the preceding screen, the Internet service
manager displays the services that are installed on the server to which the
Internet service manager is attached.
WWW provides hypertext access to documents
located anywhere on the Internet. It is a very
successful distributed information system. It is
basically client–server data transfer protocol that
communicates via application level protocol. Its
structural components are clients–browsers, servers
and caches. The Internet and semantic components
include hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), hypertext
markup language (HTML) extensible markup language
(XML) and uniform resource identifiers (URIs). The
clients who get various sites requested to the server
via HTTP determine the structure of WWW. Then web
pages constructs HTML consisting of graphics and
sound embedded files. For running the complete
system, TCP/IP, DNS networking protocols are
required.
Web browsers are HTTP client software programs that run on
TCP/IP client computers to access web documents on web
servers. These browser programs retrieve hypertext
documents and display them, and also implement many of the
Web’s advanced features, such as caching. Browsers used
today support a wide variety of media, allowing the Web to
implement many different functions aside from simply
hypertext document transfer. Examples include displaying
images, playing sounds and implementing interactive
programs . Each browser usually consists of three parts: a
controller, client protocol, and interpreters. The controller
receives input from the keyboard or the mouse and uses client
programs to access the document. After the document has
been accessed, the controller uses one of the interpreters to
display the document on screen.
Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
An Internet address usually begins with http://. This uniquely identifies a
web page
http://www.rediffmail.com/index.html
Where,
http:// – standard protocol (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) www – world wide
web
rediffmail.com – domain name
index.html – file name of the web page
http://www.rediffmail.com/index.html
• Every single document on the web page has its own unique URL.
• Type the URL in the address box of the browser and the browser is directed
to the document’s location.
ftp:// – File Transfer Protocol
https:// – Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The Domain Name is a unique name assigned to a website. A
domain generally contain following parts:
1. www
2. name describing the website purpose
3. TLD (Top level domain) such as .com, .net, .org, .edu, .in, .ca
etc.
Example:
1. www.google.com
2. www.cbse.nic.in 3. www.dce.edu
4. www.yahoo.co.in
Domains are classified as non-geographic and geographic lists various common domain
names. The domain names in India come under a larger domain "in".
Non-Geographic domains
Code Applicable for

.com commercials organizations

.net network organizations
gov parts of governments

.edu organizations of higher education

.mil non-classified military networks
.org organizations that do not fit the commercial or educational designatio
Few Geographic Domains
Country Domain Name

Australia .au
China .cu
Germany .de
India .in
Japan .jp
United kingdom .uk
United states .us
Every server on the Internet has an IP number, a unique number
consisting of 4 parts separated by dots. The IP number is the
server's address.
165.113.245.2
128.143.22.55
However, it is harder for people to remember numbers than to
remember word combinations. So, addresses are given "word-
based" addresses called URLs. The URL and the IP number are
one and the same.
The standard way to give the address of any resource on the Internet
that is part of the World Wide Web (WWW). A URL looks like this:
• http://www.matisse.net/seminars.html
• telnet://well.sf.ca.us
• gopher://gopher.ed.gov/
The URL is divided into sections: transfer/transport protocol: //
server (or domain). Generic top level domain/path/filename.
The first part of a URL defines the transport protocol.
• http:// (Hypertext Transport Protocol) moves graphical, hypertext
files
• ftp:// (File Transfer Protocol) moves a file between 2 computers
gopher:// (Gopher client) moves text based files
News: (News group reader) accesses a discussion group telnet://
(Telnet client) allows remote login to another computer
Here's an example:
http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/tltc/mainmenu.htm
http is the protocol
www.vrml.k12.la.us is the server
tltc/ is the path
mainmenu.htm is the filename of the page on the site
1. You do not have to enter http://, most browsers will add that
information when you press Enter or click the button at the end of the
Address Bar.
2. To view recently visited Web sites, click the down arrow at the end of the
address field.
3. When you start typing a frequently used Web address in the Address bar, a
list of similar addresses appears that you can choose from. And if a
Webpage address is wrong, Internet Explorer can search for similar
addresses to try to find a match.
4. The URL must be typed correctly. If you get a “Server Does Not Have A
DNS Entry” message, this message tells you that your browser can't locate
the server (i.e. the computer that hosts the Web page). It could mean that the