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9 How The Internet Works

The document discusses the basics of how the internet works, including internet service providers, the world wide web, web browsers, and search engines. It then provides comprehension questions about the internet, ARPANET, TCP/IP, domain names, and how web browsers function. Finally, it includes tasks assessing understanding through true/false questions, filling in blanks, discussion points, and matching terms to definitions.

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9 How The Internet Works

The document discusses the basics of how the internet works, including internet service providers, the world wide web, web browsers, and search engines. It then provides comprehension questions about the internet, ARPANET, TCP/IP, domain names, and how web browsers function. Finally, it includes tasks assessing understanding through true/false questions, filling in blanks, discussion points, and matching terms to definitions.

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How the Internet Works. Internet Service Providers. The World Wide Web. Web Browsers.

Search
Engines.

Task 1. Comprehension questions.

1. What is the Internet? Who uses it and why?


The Internet is a vast network that connects computers all over the world. Through the Internet,
people can share information and communicate from anywhere with an Internet connection
2. What is ARPANET?
ARPANET, in full Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, experimental computer
network that was the forerunner of the Internet. The Advanced Research Projects Agency
(ARPA), an arm of the U.S. Defense Department, funded the development of the Advanced
Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the late 1960s.
3. What is TCP/IP? How does it work?
How it works. TCP/IP is a two-layered program: the higher layer (TCP) disassembles message
content into small "data packets" that are then transmitted over the Internet to be re-assembled by
the receiving computer's TCP back into the message's original form.
4. What is a domain name?
A domain name is a string of text that maps to a numeric IP address, used to access a website
from client software. In plain English, a domain name is the text that a user types into a browser
window to reach a particular website. For instance, the domain name for Google is 'google.com'.
5. What is the process of using Web Browsers?
When the web browser fetches data from an internet connected server, it uses a piece of software
called a rendering engine to translate that data into text and images. This data is written in
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and web browsers read this code to create what we see,
hear and experience on the internet.

Task 2. Say whether the statements below are true or false.

1. The set of conventions used to pass packets from one host to another is known as the Internet
Protocol (IP). T
2. Each computer on the Internet has an assigned address called its URL to transfer information. F
3. There are only two ways of connecting to the Internet. F
4. An ISP is any company that provides individuals and organizations with access to the Internet. T
5. Reliability in choosing an ISP is critical because if your connection to the ISP fails, it interrupts
your communication with customers and suppliers. T
6. Most broadband users pay $70 or more per month for unlimited service. F
7. Web servers contain every imaginable type of data. T
8. The hypermedia-based menu consists of graphics and titles. F
9. Internet Explorer from Microsoft and Netscape are examples of Web browsers. T
10. Filters cannot limit searchers to a language, certain file formats, a range of dates. F

Task 3. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words from the box.

information WWW hypermedia pop-up ad software server satellite


domain name backbone ARPANET

1. The ARPANET was the ancestor of the Internet.


2. A network links to a Backbone – one of the Internet’s high speed, long-distance communications
link.
3. For some Internet addresses, the rightmost part of the domain name is the country code.
4. The higher cost of the connection via server can be shared among several dozen LAN users to
allow reasonable cost per user.
5. Online services are offering DSL, satellite, and cable connection to the Internet, which provide
faster speed.
6. To use an Internet Service Provider you must have an account with the service provider and
software that allows a direct link via TCP/IP.
7. A pop-up ad is a window that is displayed when someone visits a Web site.
8. The WWW has grown to a connection of tens of thousands of independently owned computers
that work together as one in an Internet service.
9. Hypermedia connects the data on pages, allowing users to access topics in any order.
10. Extensible Markup Language is a markup for Web documents containing structured information,
including words and pictures.

Task 4. Find the words according to their definition.


1. Relating to data communications using radio waves. Wireless
2. A device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc.
Satellite
3. A device that mediates the transmission routes of data packets over an electronic communications
network (as the Internet). Router
4. A sequence of usually alphanumeric characters that specifies a group of online resources (as of a
particular company or person) and that forms part of the corresponding Internet addresses.
Domain name
5. A short fixed-length section of data that is transmitted as a unit in an electronic communications
network. Packet

Task 5. Points for discussion.

1. Explain the naming conventions used to identify Internet host computers?


2. Describe three different ways to connect to the Internet. What are the advantages and
disadvantages of each approach?
3. What is an Internet search engine? What services can it provide?
4. What future for the Internet can you predict?
5. Provide your examples of using the Internet in your work or studies.

Task 6. Match the words with their definitions.

1. Web browser a.computer software used to search data (as text or a database) for specified
information;
2.Hypertext Markup b.a short computer application especially for performing a simple specific
Language task
3. internet protocol c.to move with a rapid, sweeping stroke
4.hypermedia d.a software program that allows a user to find and read encoded documents
in a form suitable for display
5.search engine e.a markup language that is used to create documents on the World Wide
Web incorporating text, graphics, sound, video, and hyperlinks
6.whisk f.business that is transacted by transferring data electronically, especially
over the Internet.
7.e-commerce g.a database format in which text, sound, or video images related to that on a
display can be accessed directly from the display
8.backbone h. a communications protocol for computers connected to a network,
especially the Internet, specifying the format for addresses and units of
transmitted data.
9.legitimate i.the primary high-speed hardware and transmission lines of a
telecommunications network (as the Internet)
10.applet j.in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.

1. D 5. A 9. J

2. E 6. C 10. B

3. H 7. F

4. G 8. I

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