Week 02

The Internet and World Wide Web: Key Concepts of the Internet, Evolution of the Internet, The World Wide Web, E-Commerce. The topics which I covered in class are:

  • THE INTERNET
  • HOW THE INTERNET WORKS
  • Connecting to the Internet
  • Access Providers
  • How Data Travels the Internet
  • Internet Addresses
  • THE WORLDWIDE WEB
  • Browsing the Web
  • Web Addresses
  • Navigating Web Pages
  • Searching for Information on the Web
  • Types of Web Sites
  • Evaluating a Web Site
  • Multimedia on the Web
  • Web Publishing
  • E-Commerce
  • OTHER INTERNET SERVICES
  • E-Mail
  • FTP
  • Newsgroups and Message Boards
  • Mailing Lists
  • Chat Rooms
  • Instant Messaging
  • Internet Telephony
  • NETIQUETTE
  • CHAPTER SUMMARY
  • COMPANIES ON THE CUTTING EDGE
  • Google
  • Yahoo!
  • TECHNOLOGY TRAILBLAZERS
  • Tim Berners-Lee
  • Meg Whitman