Understanding the Internet

Description

We assume you already have some basic Internet skills. (If not, you were very lucky to stumble upon this page!) Even though we assume some knowledge, this module starts out with the basics. You will learn, among other things,

1. How the Internet got started
2. The difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet
3. Tips and tricks for getting around on the Internet.

This module covers everything you will need to know about the Internet for this class. If you are interested in learnig more, check out the Web Resources section below. There are many good resources for learning about the Internet available on the Internet.

Units

1. Internet Fundamentals
2. Beyond the Basics

Web Resources

• Internet History - Nice one page summary of how the Internet started and grew to support the World Wide Web.
• USENET FAQs - Most online news groups of a list of frequently asked questions (FAQ's). This reference includes links to the FAQ list for most news groups.
• http://members.iquest.net/~jswartz/jks/history.html - Not so brief chronology of the history of the Internet.
• World Wide Web FAQ - List of questions (and answers!) about the World Wide Web. Very comprehensive.
• A Beginner's Guide to HTML - You can create a web site with an HTML editor and/or by writing the HTML codes yourself. If you are going to write your own HTML, this resource will make a nice reference.
• http://www.larrysworld.com/primer.htm - Larry Magid's Concise Guide to the Internet
• http://www.trailstone.com/softdeve/internet/chapters.html - Another useful intermediate-level online document about the Internet.
• http://www.yahoo.com/search/people - Yahoo's People Search. You can find the phone number and email address of most anyone in the United States.
• WinZip - From this site you can download a free evaluation copy of WinZip. Many of the files offered for download from the Internet are in an "archive" format. An archive format is used to group and sometimes compress files. WinZip understands many of the archive formats and can be used to recover the files from an archive you have downloaded.

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