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What is Internet:

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks. A computer that


connects to the Internet can access information from a vast number of servers and other
computers. An Internet connection also allows the computer to send information onto the
network; that information may be saved and ultimately accessed by a variety of servers and
other computers.

Computer network:

A computer network is a group of interconnected computers.

A computer network is a collection of computers and devices connected to each other. The
network allows computers to communicate with each other and share resources and
information. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) designed "Advanced Research
Projects Agency Network" (ARPANET) for the United States Department of Defense. It was
the first computer network in the world in late 1960s and early 1970s.

Internet Activity

The whole internet network is running on the concept of Server and Client relationship.

Servers are computers with a 24-hour Internet connection that provide access to their files
and programs. These can be but are not limited to educational institutions, commercial
companies, organizations, government or military organizations, Internet access providers
and various other computer networks of all sizes.

Clients are software programs (and the people on remote computers using the software!)
used to access files on a server (typically, a Web browsing program such as Netscape
Navigator or an e-mail program such as Eudora).

Internet Equipment:

To access the Internet, you need the following minimum configuration. You can sometimes
make do with less but you'll notice shortcomings.

 A computer with at least 16 megabytes of RAM.


 A color monitor that displays at least 16-bit or thousands of colors.
 A modem with a speed of at least 28.8 bps.
 A hard disk with plenty of storage space for the software you will use and all those
files you'll be downloading.
 Sound capabilities, stereo speakers to enjoy the multimedia world.
 This may be obvious, but Before you buy a computer, be sure to check around. Prices
vary greatly.
World Wide Web (WWW)

The World Wide Web (commonly abbreviated as "the Web") is a system of interlinked
hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a Web browser, one can view Web
pages that may contain text, images, videos, and other multimedia and navigate between
them using hyperlinks. The World Wide Web was started in 1989 by the English physicist Sir
Tim Berners Lee. The World Wide Web enabled the spread of information over the Internet
through an easy-to-use and flexible format. It thus played an important role in popularizing
use of the Internet.

Web Browser

A web browser is a software application which enables a user to display and interact with
text, images, videos, music, games and other information typically located on a web page at
a website on the World Wide Web or a local area network. Text and images on a web page
can contain hyperlinks to other web pages at the same or different website. Web browsers
allow a user to quickly and easily access information provided on many web pages at many
web sites by traversing these links. For Ex: Internet Explorer, Fire Fox etc

Website

A website is a collection of related web pages, images, videos or other digital assets that are
hosted on one web server, usually accessible via the Internet. For Ex : www.santabanta.com,
www.pasighat.com, www.micegroup.net, www.arunachalpradesh.nic.in,
www.cbseresults.nic.in

Webpage

A web page is a document, typically written in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), which
displays information on the web browser.

Web Server

A computer program that is responsible for accepting request for website from a client
computer and serving them along with data contents, which usually are web pages such as
HTML documents and linked objects (images, etc.).

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

File Transfer Protocol is a network protocol used to exchange and manipulate files over a
computer network, such as the Internet.
Internet Protocol

IP is the primary protocol in the Internet Layer has the task of delivering distinguished
protocol datagrams (packets) from the source host to the destination host solely based on
their addresses. For this purpose the Internet Protocol defines addressing methods and
structures for datagram encapsulation.

E-mail

Electronic mail—often abbreviated as e-mail or email—is a method of exchanging digital


messages, designed primarily for human use. A message at least consists of its content, an
author address and one or more recipient addresses.

Today we can send pictures and attach files on e-mail. Most e-mail servers today also feature
the ability to send e-mail to multiple e-mail addresses.

E-Mail Address:

An e-mail address identifies a location to which e-mail messages can be delivered. An e-


mail address on the modern Internet looks like, for example, [email protected] and is
usually read as "jsmith at example dot com". Many earlier e-mail systems had different
formats for e-mail addresses.

E-mail addresses, such as [email protected], have two parts. The part before the @ sign
is the local-part of the address, often the username of the recipient (jsmith), and the part
after the @ sign is the domain which is a hostname where the e-mail will be sent
(example.com). For Ex. [email protected], [email protected] etc.

Chatting

Chatting is one of the most popular activities on the Internet and involves people from all
walks off life and just about all ages to coming together in areas where they can join in on in
a variety of topics that they are interested in with people all around the world. Traditionally
chat is text based but can also involve audio and video. In public chat areas people use "user
names" or "nicknames" or sometimes represent themselves as graphical icons or "avatars" as
they are known in the chat world.

URL

In computing, a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is a type of Uniform Resource Identifier


(URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for
retrieving it. In some cases URL has also stood (for comedy effect) for Ultimate Resource
Locator.

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