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Internet and Web HistoryOrigins
Internet vs. World Wide Web
The internet is the hardware that creates the massive worldwide network. Computers, cables, telephone wires, high-speed communication lines. The internet is a inter-connected collection of many smaller networks.
The Web is the software that sends information along the internet’s hardware. The web stores files: Text, sound, graphics, video, etc.
What came first the Internet or the Web?
The U.S. Government through the U.S. Department of Defense in the 1960s developed a network of computers with various universities and defense contractors.
The research project was named ARPANET(Advanced Research Projects Agency)
What came first the Internet or the Web?
In 1990, a scientist named Tim Berners-Lee created the first GUI (graphical-user interface) browser, which we know as the World Wide Web. This GUI Browser allowed users to view web page content.
By 1993, this technology became available for free.
In1994, the World Wide Web Consortium or W3C was founded. www.w3.org
How a Web Page Works
The most basic component of the web is a simple <html> web page.
Web browser software interprets <html> tags to display the web pages on a computer screen.
URL – Uniform Resource Locator – This is the technical name for a web address:
http://www.google.com
Internet Protocols
Protocol Denied: A set of rules and procedures that specify how data are formatted and transmitted between computer systems.
ICP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol; standard for transmitting data over
networks. http: Hypertext Transfer Protocol; HTTP defines how messages
are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands.
FIP: File Transfer Protocol; the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet
First Web Browser . . . . . . .
In1993, the first graphical web browser was released; it was called mosaic. Mosaic was developed by Joseph Hardin and Dave Thompson at the (National Center for Supercomputer Applications), a research institute at the University of Illinois.
More Internet Terms
A web saver or a host is a computer that stores and delivers web pages and other files. A computer that has web server software and is connected to the internet can act as a web server.
Publishing a website is the copying web pages and other files to a web server. Once the page is published, anyone can access it with an internet connection.
Web Sites Types
Internet – public – anyone can use it. Intarnet – private network - Members
or Employees within an organization Extranet – network private – Business
partners and customers (outside of a company)
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
<html> </html> <head> </head> <title> </title> <body> </body> 4 basic tags in every HTML Page
To create a web page in HTML, use a Text Editor
Web Site Planning
plan your website – What are your goals with the website? What do you want to accomplish with the site? Who is your target audience?
Analyze – Determine what tasks you want your users to perform. What content do you want in our site?
Web Site Planning (con’t)
Design and development of your website - After you decide what the content will be, you should organize the material:
Text, images, videos, sounds, etc.
Organizational structures:
1) Linear -- Web pages in a straight line2) Hierarchical -- Web pages in a tree-like structure3) Webbed -- No set organization4) Broad – Home page is the main/index page and all pages are linked to the home page.
Organizational structures: (can't)
5) Deep - This kind of website has many levels of pages, requiring lots of clicking.
Assignments
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