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Introduction to the
Use of Computers
Andrei Gurtov
Course Outline
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Internet
Unix
Word processing
HTML
Spreadsheets
Presentations
Graphics
Peripherals
TeX
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The Course
• Registration:
http://ilmo.cs.helsinki.fi/english.html
• Lectures
– 15.1-5.3 Tuesdays 12-14 A320
• Practice sessions
– 22.1-12.3 Tuesdays 16-18 D326
• Exercise
• Exam
• (Resit exam)
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Course Book
Computer Confluence by George
Beekman, 4th Edition, Addison Wesley
2001.
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Computer Labs
• Free to use everywhere in CS building if
not reserved for special purpose or
classes
• Linux and Windows
• To change between them, reboot
– From Windows, choose Start, then Reboot
– From Linux, press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, then
Ctrl-Alt-Del
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Accounts
• You must have an account to participate in
practice sessions starting next week!
• If your major is Computer Science
– Contact Pekka Niklander, B425, tel. (09) 191
44685
– [email protected]
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First apply for Computer Center account
Fill the form, bring to your department
You need both Unix and Windows account
When you get it, contact Pekka for CS account
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Lecture 1
The Internet: technology and services
Internet Technologies
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The UNIX Connection
• The Internet has grown out of UNIX
Operating System
• Some Internet terms (email address)
and services (FTP) become more clear
after we cover UNIX
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The Internet: A Network of
Networks
The Internet is an interconnected network
of thousands of networks linking
academic, research, government, and
commercial institutions.
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Networks Near and Far
• There are two general types of
computer networks:
LAN
(Local Area
Network)
WAN
(Wide Area Network)
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LAN (Local Area Network)
• A LAN is a network in which the
computers are physically close to each
other
– LAN networks are usually set up to share
peripherals, such as printers and network
servers
– Each computer and
shared peripheral is
a node on the LAN
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WAN (Wide Area Network)
• A WAN is a network in which the
computers are a great distance from
one another
– Connections are made
via telephone lines,
satellites, and/or
microwave relay towers
– Each network site is a
node
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WAN (Wide Area Network)
• WANs are often made up of LANs
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Communication á la Modem
• A modem is needed to connect a
computer to a phone line
• The computer
communicates
with digital signals
• The telephone system
was designed to transmit voice signals
which are analog
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Client/Server Model
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Internet Protocols
TCP/IP (Transmission
Control
Protocol/Internet
Protocol) is the
protocol at the
heart of the
Internet.
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Internet Protocols
• TCP/IP translates into:
– TCP (transmission control protocol) breaks
messages into packets.
– IP (Internet protocol) is the addressing for
the packets.
– computer in the Internet (host) is identified
by IP address (e.g. 128.214.9.225)
– IP addresses run out
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Internet Addresses
An Internet address is made up of two
parts separated by the @ symbol:
• the person’s user name
• the host name
The host is named using DNS (domain
name system), which translates IP
addresses into a string of names.
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Internet Addresses
An Internet address includes:
[email protected]
username is the person’s “mailbox”
hostname is the name of the host computer and is
followed by one or more domains separated by
periods:
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host.subdomain.domain
host.domain
www.cs.helsinki.fi
[email protected] ([email protected] alias)
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Internet Addresses
Top level domains
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.edu - educational sites
.com - commercial sites
.gov - government sites
.mil - military sites
.net - network
administration sites
– .org - nonprofit
organizations
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Intranets
• Intranets – internal closed networks of
organizations that are designed using the
same technology as the Internet.
• Firewalls - used to prevent unauthorized
communication and secure sensitive internal
data.
• Virtual Private Networking (VPN) -- a way to
access intranets from public Internet
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Internet Services
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The World Wide Web:
Browsing the Web
WWW is a distributed
browsing and
searching systems
developed by
CERN.
Use hypertext links
and navigational
aids to explore
information on the
Internet.
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Web Addresses
URL (Uniform
Resource Locator):
addresses for the
World Wide Web.
http (hypertext
transfer protocol):
the protocol of the
WWW
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Searching the Web
• A directory (also an
index) is a
hierarchical catalog
of Web sites
compiled by
researchers.
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Searching the Web
• A search engine
offers a more
complete database
of what is one the
WWW. A software
robot or spider
retrieves the entries
according to key
word queries.
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Email on the Internet
• Email (one-on-one
communication).
• Pine - UNIX-based
mail program.
• MIME - Multipurpose
Internet Mail
Exchange - allows
you exchange files
through email.
Outlook express and Netscape
provide more advanced mail
readers
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Disadvantages of Email
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Works only if the recipient responds
Authentication is not ensured
Email is not private
Can be overwhelming (SPAM)
Both filter out many
human components
of communication
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Mailing Lists and
Newsgroups
• Email is a valuable tool for one-to-one
communication
• Mailing lists allow you to participate in
email discussion groups on specialinterest topics.
• Usenet Newsgroups are virtual bulletin
boards that you access with a news
reader
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Example of a mailing list
[email protected] is an
email list meant for distributing information
among foreign students at the University of
Helsinki.
Instructions on how to USE and LEAVE the
mailing list are available at the ESN website:
http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/esn/eng/lists.html
Before posting mail to the mailing list, be sure
that you have read the NETIQUETTE of this
list:http://www.helsinki.fi/hyy/esn/eng/misc/fs_
netiquette.html
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Mailing list (cont)
To subscribe mail [email protected] in
message body subscribe foreign-students
To unsubscribe mail [email protected] in
message body unsubscribe foreign-
students
Remember, the machine is stupid so write
exactly as above and try several times if it
fails
Never send these requests to the mailing list
itself
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Mailing list (cont)
Contact the list administrator with related
problems at
[email protected]
Do not start or participate in flaming
• I.e. making offensive comments about
the person, spelling mistakes, etc.
• If you do, the administrator can remove
you from the list
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Other email features
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Attachments (one MB files are ok)
Filters
Ignore sender
Group by conversation
Work offline
Encryption and signature
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News groups
• News (BBS) and web forums are an
alternative for mailing lists
• Most news groups maintain Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Read FAQ before posting questions
• Web browsers like Netscape and IE
have tools for reading news
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Remote Access and File
Transfer
The most popular use of the Internet is
information discovery and retrieval.
Because the Internet is unorganized,
you can use the following tools:
Telnet: for remote login to other computers.
FTP: file transfer protocol; transfer files
from remote computers.
SSH: secure remote login and file transfer
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Paging and chatting
Talk is a UNIX program that allows you to
carry on a split-screen communication
Internet relay chat (IRC) allows several
users to type simultaneously
ICQ (I seek you): user-friendly messaging
system
– Microsoft Messenger is a similar tool
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Streaming
• Listen to music from live radio stations
• Using RealPlayer or Microsoft Media
Player
• E.g. www.yle.fi provides links to several
life stations
• You can even find live air traffic control
– Pilots talking to a dispatcher
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File sharing
• Search and download files like latest
hits (mp3), blockbuster movies (mpeg),
latest software packages (zip),pictures...
• Make your own files available to others
• Tools like Gnutella or Napster
• Difficult for authorities to snap these
systems to their distributed nature
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Real-Time Communication
Video telephony
(see, hear, and type
to another person).
• MBONE - Multicast
Backbone –
centralized
distribution
• NetMeeting – works
over ”off-the-shelf”
Internet
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E-Commerce
• Users connect (usually for a fee) to a
variety of on-line databases
• On-line databases include:
– current stock market status
– digital libraries
– banking
– shopping
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Online banking
• Provided in Finland by all major banks
• E.g. in Leonia costs less than any other
service package
• You get a customer number and a PIN code
to log-in at their web site
• You get a challenge-response table of codes
• All connections are encrypted
• Within the same bank money are moved
instantly, otherwise it takes a couple of days
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Rules of Thumb:
On-line Survival Tips
• Protect your privacy
• Cross-check on-line
information sources
• Netiquette
• Avoid information
overload
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