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Chapter 6- Part 2
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- 1InternetStarted in 1969 as a U.S. Department of Defense project called Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET); Worldwide collection of millions of computers and networks
- 2World Wide Web (WWW)A global hypertext system that uses the Internet as its transport mechanism - provides a graphical interface to the largely text-based Internet
- 3Hypertextwith embedded links to connect documents to each other and also provide links to other objects such as sound, video, or animation files
- 4HTTP (Hypertext transport protocol)the Internet protocol that supports the exchange of information on the WWW
- 5Internet Protocol (IP) addressA 32 bit address written as 4 numbers from 0 – 255 separated by periods
- 6IPv6Uses 128 bit addresses to provide more than a quadrillion possible unique IP addresses
- 7Uniform resource locator (URL)Identifies a Web page & tells the browser where to look for the page; Combines the protocol information (http://) with the Domain name
- 8Domain Name System (DNS)converts the Domain name to the IP address
- 9Domain NameThe English-like name that corresponds to the IP address for each computer connected to the Internet;
Identifies the Website - 10TLD-suffix that indicates the top-level domain (TLD) it belongs toExamples:
Organizational (gTLDs) ex. .com, .edu
Country-code (ccTLDs) ex. .au, .ca, .jp - 11registrarscompanies that can register domain names
- 12Cyber-squatting-registering domain names in hopes of selling the name for a profit;
-registering, selling, or using a domain name to profit from someone else’s trademark - 13Virtual Private Network (VPN)private network of computers linked using a secure “tunnel” connection over the Internet. It protects data transmitted over the public Internet by encoding the data and “wrapping” them within the Internet Protocol (IP
- 14Search EnginesStarted in early 1990s as relatively simple software programs using keyword indexes;
- 15Search Engine Marketinguse of search engines to deliver sponsored links (for which advertisers have paid) in search engine results
- 16Search Engine Optimizationprocess of changing a site’s content, layout and format in order to increase the ranking of the site on popular search engines and to generate more site visitors
- 17Social Searchan effort to provide fewer, more relevant, and trustworthy search results based on a person’s network of social contacts
- 18Shopping Botsuse intelligent agent software for searching Internet for shopping information
- 19Web 2.02nd generation, interactive Internet-based services;
Support Collaboration, sharing information, creating new content/services on-line;
Feature interactivity, real-time user control, social participation, and user-generated content - 20MashupsSW composed of interchangeable components that mix freely with other applications to create something new
- 21BlogsPersonal web site the contains chronological entries;
Journal or newsletter that’s updated frequently and intended for the general public - 22RSS Feed (Real Simple Syndication)Pulls specified content from web sites and feeds it automatically to user’s computers - you don’t have to keep checking a web site for updates; Fast, easy way to distribute Web content in Extensible Markup Language (XML) format
- 23WikisCollaborative web sites that allow users to add, delete, and sometimes modify content on-line
- 24Social NetworkingBroad class of Web sites and services that allow users to connect with friends, family, and colleagues online
- 25Web 3.0Provides context for searching online information;
Focuses on “intelligent” Web applications using various applications of AI technologies to create a “Semantic Web or Internet” - 26Internet 2Collaborative effort involving more than 300 U.S. universities and corporations to develop advanced Internet technologies and applications
- 27Gigapop (gigabit point of presence)Main function is the exchange of I2 traffic with a specified bandwidth of at least 1Gbps
- 28Interplanetary NetworkMust be able to handle:
Much greater distances
Line of sight obstructions in space
Weight of high powered antennas
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