Unit 1 – Internet Basics

Presentation 3

Web Programming

Objectives

At the end of this presentation, you will be able to• List the uses of Internet• Send and receive E-mail• Discuss the use of E-commerce, FTP,

Newsgroup and Chat.

Uses of Internet

• Gather Information.

• Education and Entertainment medium.

• Send and receive messages through e-mail.

• Business through E-commerce.

• Transfer files using FTP.

• Discuss a topic using Newsgroup

• Chat with your friends using Chat.

Sending e-mail

• Open Internet Explorer.

• Type www.yahoo.com in the Address bar and press Enter key.

• The home page of yahoo is displayed on the screen.

• Click the hyperlink Sign In.

Click here to Sign In

Sending e-mail (Contd..)

• Enter your ID and Password in the respective text boxes provided and press the Enter Key.

Sending e-mail (Contd..)

Mail hyperlink• Click the Mail

hyperlink. • Select

Compose in the page

displayed.

Sending e-mail (Contd..)

• Fill the fields To,CC and BCC (as required)

• Type the subject of the message in the Subject text box.

• Type the body of the message in the large text box

• Use Attach Files option to attach files to your message

• Click the Send button.

Viewing Incoming Mails

• Open yahoo and select mail hyperlink.

• Enter your username and password.

• Click the Inbox hyperlink.

• Click the mail you want to read.

Inbox Hyperlink

E-commerce

• Expansion is Electronic commerce.• Business that involves transfer of information

about a product, exchange of goods and services over the Internet.

• Anyone who has a computer, an Internet connection and a means to pay the money for purchased goods can buy a product through E-commerce.

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

• FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol.• Used to transfer files over the Internet.• Upload and download your files to any place

in the world using FTP. • Uploading is the process of sending

documents from your computer to a server.• Downloading is the process of receiving

documents from a server to your computer.

Newsgroup• Newsgroup is an area on the Internet where

users can discuss on a particular topic. • Can send a message to a newsgroup on a

particular topic. Other users in that newsgroup reply to that message.

• There are several newsgroups in the Internet. The collection of all newsgroups is called Usenet.

• The computer that stores and replies the newsgroup messages is called News Server.

Chatting

• Conversation between two or more users over the Internet.

• A chat room is an area on the server that allows users to chat.

• All those who enter the chat room can see the message sent by a user and reply to that message.

Lab Exercise

10.Send a mail to your friend.11.Send a mail with the same message to different mail address.

Summary

In this presentation, you learnt the following:

• You can send and receive messages to the users all around the world using the e-mail program.

• Electronic commerce shortly E-commerce is a business that involves transfer of information about a product, exchange of goods and services over the Internet.

Summary

In this presentation, you learnt the following:

• FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. FTP is used to transfer files over the Internet.

• Newsgroup is an area on the Internet where users can discuss on a particular topic

• Chatting is a conversation between two or more users over the Internet.

Assignment

1. Write the use an E-mail.

2. Write how will you see the received E-mails.

3. Write short notes on E-commerce.

4. Write short notes on FTP.