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Introduction To Internet: by Rajendra Khope

The document provides an introduction to the Internet, including: - The Internet is a global network of interconnected computer networks that allows people and organizations to share information. - As of 2009, there were over 625 million hosts connected to the Internet, with about 15% of the world's population having access. - People can connect to the Internet through a computer, connection method like phone line or wireless, modem, networking software, and an Internet Service Provider. Once connected, they can use applications like email, web browsing, file transfers and more.

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Introduction To Internet: by Rajendra Khope

The document provides an introduction to the Internet, including: - The Internet is a global network of interconnected computer networks that allows people and organizations to share information. - As of 2009, there were over 625 million hosts connected to the Internet, with about 15% of the world's population having access. - People can connect to the Internet through a computer, connection method like phone line or wireless, modem, networking software, and an Internet Service Provider. Once connected, they can use applications like email, web browsing, file transfers and more.

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Introduction to Internet

By Rajendra khope
Welcome to the Internet

 The Internet is a global network of networks.

 People and organizations connect into the Internet so they can


access its massive store of shared information.

 The Internet is an inherently participative medium. Anybody can


publish information or create new services.

 The Internet is a cooperative endeavor -- no organization is in


charge of the net.
How Big is the Internet?

 As of Jan. 2009, there were over 62,5226456 (625


million) hosts on the Internet.

 About 68% of the people in the United States and


Canada have access to the Internet.

 About 15% of the world's population has access to the


Internet.
How Do I Connect to the Internet?

 Computer

 Connection - Phone Line, Cable, DSL, Wireless, ...

 Modem

 Network Software - TCP/IP

 Application Software - Web Browser, Email, ...

 Internet Service Provider (ISP)


What Can I Do on the Internet?
 Send and receive email messages.

 Download free software with FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

 Post your opinion to a Usenet newsgroup.

 Yack it up on IRC (Internet Relay Chat),Google chat, Yahoo IM.

 Surf the World Wide Web.


 And much, much more.
 There is no charge for most services.
Evolution of Internet

 1957 - USSR launches Sputnik, first artificial earth


satellite. In response, US forms the Advanced
Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the following year,
within the Department of Defense (DoD) to establish
US lead in science and technology applicable to the
military.
The ARPANET
1957 - Advanced Research Projects Agency. 1960 -RAND

(a) Structure of the telephone system.


(b) Paul Baran’s proposed distributed switching system.
The ARPANET (2)

 The original ARPANET design.

Interface Message Processors

December 1969 with four nodes: at UCLA, UCSB, SRI, and the University of Utah
The ARPANET (3)

Growth of the ARPANET (a) December 1969. (b) July 1970.


(c) March 1971. (d) April 1972. (e) September 1972.
NSFNET
 The NSFNET backbone in 1988.
Internet Usage

Traditional applications (1970 – 1990)


• E-mail
• WWW
• News
• Remote login
• File transfer
What is the World Wide Web?

 The Web was invented in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee,


while consulting at CERN (
European Organization for Nuclear Research) in
Switzerland.

 The Web is a distributed information system.

 The Web contains multimedia.

 Information in the Web is connected by hyperlinks.


Finding Information

Web Directory Search Engine

Easier to use. More resources.

Good for general subject searches Good for searches where you can
or browsing. use specific keywords.
Finding Information: Search Engines

 A search engine is a database of resources that can be


searched by keywords.
 Alta Vista <www.altavista.com>
 Northern Light <www.northernlight.com>
 Google <www.google.com>
Finding Information: Web Directories

 A web directory lists resources, organized by subject


area.
 Yahoo! <www.yahoo.com>
 LookSmart <www.looksmart.com>
 Librarian's Index to the Internet <www.lii.org>
E-Mail - Electronic Mail

 Send mail electronically via the Internet


 Requires an account on a mail server and supporting
software on your PC
 The username and password will allow you to access
your account
 All e-mail programs allow you to Send, Compose,
Reply, and Forward mail
E-Mail - Electronic Mail

How email works


E-mail Protocols
 POP Client – Post Office Protocol
 Lets you work without being connected to mail server
 Upload to send mail - Download to read mail
 Allows almost any e-mail program to access e-mail from
server
 SMTP –Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
 IMAP – Internet Message Access Protocol
 Permits a "client" email program to access remote
message stores as if they were local
 Enables user to access messages from more than one
computer
Internet Viruses

 Worms
 Trojans
 Malware
 Program viruses
 Polymorphic viruses
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