Understanding the Internet

Beyond the Basics

Objectives

At the end of this unit you will:

• Understand what a home page is
• Understand what a domain name is
• Understand the difference between compression and encryption
• Understand what bandwidth is
• Learn how anyone can obtain a free email account

Lecture

Beyond the Basics

Additional Instruction

The instruction for this unit it contained in the lecture above and the links below.

Skills

• How do you check e-mail from a public lab using Netscape? (Note, this skill is not an essential part of the course. It is recommended reading for anyone who might want to read email from a public lab using Netscape. If your not interested, you can safely skip it.)

Assignments

The assignment given here covers Units 1 and 2 of the Internet module.

• Internet Assignment for Units 1 and 2

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