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A Simple Concept Map
of the Major Elements of the Internet
E-mail
(Electronic Mail) FTP (File Transfer Protocol) Bulletin Boards
(NewsGroups)
Transmission of Messages Downloading and/or Uploading Posted Messages usually via
via communication networks Text, Sound, Images, Video World Wide Web individuals
using basic text editors usually handled via WWW choose specific topics & messages
created by Department of Defense (DofD)
and the National Science Foundation (NSF)…
Originally used for military and research purposes.
is a connection of computer systems or networks from all over the world.
It is primarily a multimedia exchange of information for benefit of all users.
Latest addition and probably most used element is the World Wide Web.
Internet Domains: .gov .mil .edu .com .net .org K-12 etc…
TCP/IP = Transfer Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
Mailing Lists (ListServs) Chat Room (Instant Messages) World Wide Web (WWW)
Periodic Transmission of Messages via Text, Voice, Video A multimedia outgrowth
E-mail Newsletters via PC real time communication via PC of Original Internet using
Addressbooks or Mailing Lists usually handled via E-mail/WWW hyperlinks for connections
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A Simple Concept Map
of the Basic Elements of the WWW
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Web Site (Collection of Web Pages)
URL is a Web Address of a WWW location Home Page & a variety of linked Web Pages such as:
appearance
similar to: www.pbs.org Target (Page), Relative (Internal),
Absolute (External)
it use
to have to be such as : http://www.pbs.org Web pages are created
from HTML code or HTML editors.
The
World Wide Web (WWW)
is a multimedia addition to the Original Internet.
An interactive linking web sites & web pages using hyperlinks.
User-Friendly with Text, Graphics, Color, Sound, Video,
Animation, Audio & Video Effects, Virtual Reality used as links.
Example and explanation of a URL:
http:// www.malone.edu / tlove /
default.html
Protocol / Domain Name / Path or Folder / File Name
http:// = Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTML
(Hypertext Marked Language) Browser (Application for World Wide Web)
Basic authoring language used to create Designed for displaying/viewing Web Pages
web pages for the World Wide Web. Netscape Navigator / Communicator
Various Versions: SGML, XML Microsoft Internet Explorer / Mozilla Firefox
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