ch.7- Internet ,web, Intranets, extranets Flashcards

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Internet

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  • Internet is worlds largest network

* Internet is a collection of interconnected networks freely exchanging information using common set of protocols

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ARPANET

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ancestor of internet

-started by U.S dept. of defense as experiment in reliable networking and a means to link military research contractors

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ARPA

milnet

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-MILNET- All military sites

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Internet Protocol (IP)

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  • communication standard,

- allows computers to route communications traffic from one network to another

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network service provider

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large telecom companies that agree to connect their networks

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Backbone

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internet high speed long distance communications link

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Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

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transport layer protocol (TCP) that most internet applications use with IP

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IP Address

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assigned to each computer on internet, identifies computer on internet
- ○ 64 bit or 128 bit number
○ Divided into 4 bytes and translated to decimal

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domain name system (DNS)

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created b/c ppl prefer words than numbers

§ Mapped to IP address

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Uniform Resource locator (URL)

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web address specifies exact location of web page using letters + words
○ maps to IP addr + location on host.

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HTTP (Hypertext Transport protocol)

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Primary method for interacting with internet

○ specifies access method

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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)

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responsible for managing IP addr and internet domain names

○ Primary concern: that each domain name represents only 1 individual or entity

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ACCREDITED DOMAIN NAME REGISTRARS

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handle the business of registering domain names

○ I.e godaddy.com

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Accessing The internet

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    1. Connect via LAN server:

2. Connect thru internet service providers:

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  1. Connect via LAN SERVER
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○ used by businesses and organizations that manage local area network (LAN)
○ All users on LAN provided access to internet

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  1. Connect thru internet service providers:
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○ Internet Service Provider (ISP): org that provides internet to ppl
§ i.e universities that make internet available to students/staff, small internet businesses, major telecommunications companies (i.e rogers, bell, telus)

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Dial up Internet connection

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○ least expensive but slowest connection
§ Uses modem and standard phone line to “dial up” and connect
§ Also ties up phone line during use

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Cloud computing

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software and storage provided as internet service, accessed with web browser
○ Often referred to as Software as a Service (SaaS)
○ Vendors that provide the software are Application service providers (ASP’s)

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Public Cloud

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service providers that offer cloud to public

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Private cloud

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cloud used within a private network (i.e a business

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Hybrid Cloud

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combine public and private cloud

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Virtual Private Network

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secure and private connection over the internet

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Community cloud

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several businesses share cloud computing resources

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INTERNET VS WEB

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Internet is infrastructure the Web exists on.—so WEB exists on INTERNET

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WEB

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-server/client software,
-HTTP protocol,
-standards,
-markup languages
all combined to deliver information and services on internet

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Website

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collection of pages on ONE topic, accessed under ONE domain

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Web plug ins

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provide additional features to standard websites

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hyperlink

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highlighted text/graphics in web doc

○ When clicked opens new web page

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Web browser

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web client software to view web pages

– internet explorer, firefox, , etc…

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Hypertext Markup language (HTML)

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standard page description language

• Works with another markup language called CSS

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HTML tags

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codes that tell web browser how to format text (heading, lis, body text, etc..) and if images , sound ,etc s/b inserted.

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Cascading style sheet (CSS)

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markup language for defining visual design of web pages

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Extensible markup language (XML)

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markup language to transport and store data on web

• Allows coder to create custom tags that define data

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Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX):

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programming platform, evolved from javascript
- • Defines rich internet applications (RIA’s).
• combines HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript, and other web technologies to create interactive web applications

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JAVA

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object oriented programming language
○ based on C++ programming language
○ Allows applets to be embedded within HTML doc.

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hypertext preprocessor

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open source programming language

• popular for server side application development

37
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• 3 other components used in web services applciations:

  • SOAP
  • WSDL
  • UDDI
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  • SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol): specification that defines the XML format for msg
    • WSDL (Web services Description Language): a way for web service application to describe its interfaces in enough detail to allow user to build a client (user computer) application to talk to it

UDDI (Universal Discovery Description and Intergration): ??

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wEB APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

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web development software,
• provides foundational code/framework for professional, interactive website,
• allows developers to customize the code to specific needs

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Distance education

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classes over the web with no physical class meetings

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search engine

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find information on web by specifying words key to a topic ( keywords. )

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meta search engine

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run keyword searches on several search engines at same time.

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Search engine optimization (SEO)

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driving traffic to website

• using techniques that improve the sites ranking in search results

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Web analytics software

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study detailed statistics about visitors to sites

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Crowd sourcing

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combined effort of many individuals to accomplish same task

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web portal

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web page,
• useful info and links,
• acts as a entry point to web

Usually includes search engine,

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Horizontal portal

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cover wide range of topics

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Vertical portal

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provide info and links for special interest groups (narrow, specific)

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Telepresence

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less convenient since its synchronous

• Involves lots of equipment and everyone must meet same time

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email

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useful form of internet communication that supports text communication, HTML content, and sharing documents as email attachments

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Post office protocol

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used to trf msgs from email servers to PC

51
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Internet mesage access protocol (IMAP)

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allows you to view email using outlook or other email software, without downloading/storing messages locally