Transcript Internet - The American School of Tampico

American School of Tampico
Ms. Silvia Ocampo
Sixth Grade
Networks
Is a set of computers
interconnected to each other.
 LAN (Local Area Network)
 WAN (Wide Area Network)
The purpose is sharing resources
and devices:
 printers, Software, Hard disks,
etc.
Server
A
computer that offers
services or functions to
other computers. (Clients)
Host
A computer with which
connect and interact.
you
Internet
Internet is defined as:
“An International Network of
computers”
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Governments Networks
Universities Networks
Companies Networks
Internet Capabilities
Offer data-sharing
Electronic messaging
Online commerce
Entertainment
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Modem
Modulator - Demodulator. A modem is
needed to bridge a computer to the
telephone line because the method
that information is sent over a
telephone line differs from how it is
sent within a computer, or with devices
such as printers.
A computer communicates digitally.
 A telephone line is analog.
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ISP
Internet Service Provider
The label given to the
organization
(usually
commercial) that offers
Internet access.
 Prodigy, Avantel,Terra,
AOL,
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World Wide Web
www, The Web, W3
The corner of the
Internet
highlighted by the
million of hypertext
documents that
are easily
accessible to users
of browser
software.
typical Internet browser
Internet Explorer
 Netscape
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Domains
Domains are grouped according to
type of organization they belong
to.
Commercial domains are .com
government domains are .gob
educational domains are .edu
Network domain are:
.net
Organizational network: .org
Mexican Network : .mx
Canadian Network: .ca
typical Internet searcher
Google.com
 Vivisimo
 OneKey
 Yahooligans
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Home Page
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The first screen viewed when
visiting a Web Site
Hypertext
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A document form that
features links to other
documents in the form of
graphics, text, sound and
movies.
Vocabulary
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LAN
WAN
www
Network
Server
Host
Internet
Modem
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hypertext
HomePage
Searcher
Browser
domains
Internet Server Provider