assignment 2 - the internet and www

8/15/2019 Assignment 2 - The Internet and WWW

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“The Internet is the largest computer network in the world” (Brian Larson and Floyd Fuller,

200, !"#0$%" &istorically the word internetted was used, uncapitali'ed, as early as $)* as an

ad+ectie meaning -Interconnected. interwoen-" The designers o/ early computer networks used

internet oth as a noun and as a er in shorthand /orm o/ internetwork or internetworking,

meaning interconnecting computer networks" Indeed the Internet can e thought o/ us a large

computer network" 1e can, howeer, in more technical terms de/ine the internet as a gloal

system o/ interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (T!3I!% to link

seeral illion deices worldwide" It is a network o/ networks that consists o/ millions o/ priate,

pulic, academic, usiness, and goernment networks o/ local to gloal scope, linked y a road

array o/ electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies"

The Internet carries an e4tensie range o/ in/ormation resources and serices, such as the inter5

linked hyperte4t documents and applications o/ the 1orld 1ide 1e (111%, electronic mail,

telephony, and peer5to5peer networks /or /ile sharing" Indiiduals, organi'ations, usinesses and

goernments use the internet to accomplish a numer o/ di//erent actiities that can roughly e

sudiided in the /ollowing categories6 ommunication, 7esearch, 8istance Learning,

9ntertainment : e5ommerce"

The origins o/ the Internet date ack to research commissioned y the ;nited


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Eirtual !riate ?etwork (E!?% connection on the Internet" This can gie the worker complete

access to all o/ their normal /iles and data, including email and other applications, while away

/rom the o//ice"

@oreoer, the Internet allows greater /le4iility in working hours and location, especially with

the spread o/ unmetered high5speed connections" The Internet can e accessed almost anywhere y numerous means, including through moile Internet deices" @oile phones, datacards,

handheld game consoles and cellular routers allow users to connect to the Internet wirelessly"

1ithin the limitations imposed y small screens and other limited /acilities o/ such pocket5si'ed

deices, the serices o/ the Internet, including email and the we, may e aailale" n e4ample o/ this is the /ree so/tware moement, which has

produced, among other things, Linu4, @o'illa Fire/o4, and ApenA//ice"org" Internet chat,

whether using an I7 chat room, an instant messaging system, or a social networking wesite,

allows colleagues to stay in touch in a ery conenient way while working at their computers

during the day" @essages can e e4changed een more Duickly and coneniently than ia email"

These systems may allow /iles to e e4changed, drawings and images to e shared, or oice and

ideo contact etween team memers"

The gloal nature o/ the we makes the world a lot smaller, making it more e//icient /or

companies to do usiness on the international realm" Through the Internet, companies can stay in

touch with their partners, inestors, clients, and customers, regardless o/ their locations" 9mail,

we con/erences, and EoI! make the transmission o/ important data more seamless" For instance,

companies can Duickly communicate with suppliers ia chat or email to make sure delieries and

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payments are coered" The Internet can sae the company a lot o/ time and money as it reduces

the need /or additional paperwork"

> company wesite keeps customers areast o/ new products and serices, 2)3C" !ro/it also

increases as their irtual store can cater to customers anytime, anywhere"

ompanies can also maintain ties with other organi'ations and sister companies through the

Internet" In real5time, they can all stay updated with new in/ormation aout the usiness and

other important matters"

The Internet is ery rich in in/ormation" >nything you need, you can /ind on the we" For

companies doing research in products, markets, industries, new ideas, and other topics, the

Internet is an e//ectie tool to use" Indiiduals can een +oin /orums where they can interact with

people /rom the same industry and e4change ideas"

Businesses can conduct market research through the Internet" They can use online sureys to

study their market" They can directly ask consumers what they think aout a particular product or

serice" It is a ery cheap and e//ectie way o/ doing market research"

The Internet o//ers a new medium /or adertising" @ailings, newspapers ads, and /liers are

slowly ecoming osolete as the Internet has ecome a more cost5e//ectie way to reach

consumers" 95newsletters can now e sent directly to the in5o4es o/ customers with +ust a /ew

clicks o/ a mouse utton"

s seen here the ene/its o/ internet in usiness are many"

In conclusion we can simply say that the Internet is a network o/ networks 5 and there are all

kinds o/ networks in all kinds o/ si'es" Ane may hae a computer network at his usiness

premises, work place, at school or at his home" These networks are o/ten connected to each other

in di//erent con/igurations, which is how we get groupings such as local area networks (L>?s%

and regional networks, 1>?s and moile networks" In todays world, any cell5phone will e on

a network that is considered part o/ the Internet, along with many other electronic deices" >nd

all these separate networks 5 added together 55 are what constitute the Internet" 9en satellites are

connected to the Internet" The 1orld 1ide 1e, on the other hand, is the system we use to

access the Internet" The 1e isnGt the only system out there, ut itGs the most popular and widelyused" 94amples o/ ways to access the Internet without using &TT! include e5mail and instant

messaging" The we allows people all oer the world to share knowledge and opinions or to do

ig usiness at electronic speeds" 1e typically access the 1e through rowsers, like Internet

94plorer and @o'illa Fire/o4" By using rowsers like these, you can isit arious 1e sites and

iew other online content"


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Beekman eorge (***% omputer on/luence H 94ploring Tomorrows Technology, ?ew ork6

>ddison H 1esley Longman Inc"

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