Welcome to the Welcome to the InternetInternet

prepared by

Nancy Hunt, Ed.D.CSU, Fresno

Accessing People and Information Around the Globe

Presentation Presentation OverviewOverview

What is the Internet? What is the WWW? What resources are available?

When do I get to play with it?

What is the What is the Internet?Internet?A collection of computer networks linked together to share resources via high-speed telephone lines

Can you say “nanosecond”?

What does it offer What does it offer me? me?

Global electronic mail Knowledge navigation File exchange Discussion groups Live conferencing

Sample Internet Sample Internet SoftwareSoftware

Telnet - Allows users to connect to remote sites

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) - Allows users to send and receive files from other Internet machines

Gopher - A point-and-click menu system for locating information on the Internet

CU-SeeMe -- Allows low-cost video conferencing

Netscape -- Provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to the Internet’s World Wide Web

What is the World Wide What is the World Wide Web?Web?

A body of information -- hypertext documents -- accessible over the Internet.

These documents may include text, graphics, photographic images, motion video, or sound.

What is Hypertext?What is Hypertext?

The Great Wall of China was builtduring the Qin dynasty. It wasformed by linkingearlier walls builtby feudal lords toprotect their lands.

Hypertext documents have“hot spots” which . . . . .

link the reader to otherrelated text or media.

Qin dynasty --(221 - 206 BC) the first to unifythe Chinese empire.

Who’s on the Web?Who’s on the Web?

GovernmentsSchoolsMuseumsCommunitiesPublic Service

AgenciesBusinessesPeople Like You and

Me

Governments-- World Wide Web Image Depicting

Information Access

Schools-- World Wide Web Image - CSU, Fresno Home

Page

Museums-- World Wide Web Image - The Louvre

Communities-- World Wide Web Image - Atlanta Web Page

Public Service Agencies-- World Wide Web Image - 1996 Olympics

Businesses-- World Wide Web Image - Music Store

People Like You and Me (?)-- World Wide Web Image - Mike Mize

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