Chp.2: The Internet, The Web, E-commerce Flashcards
What is an Internet
its a large network that connects smaller networks all over the globe.
What is WWW?
world wide web, made it possible to include: graphics, animation, sounds, and videos.
What is the internet feature?
its a physical network (wire / cables)
What does being online means?
it refers to being connected to the internet.
What are the most common uses of the web and the internet?
- communication
- Searching (for information)
- Education / e-learning
- Entertainment - Shopping
What are the features of communicating using the internet/ web?
- Exchange e-mails, photos, videos.
- Discussion groups (forums)
What are the features of (Searching) using the internet/ web?
- Access some of the worlds largest libraries directly.
What is the feature of (Education / e-learning) using the internet/ web?
- you can take classes on almost any subject.
What are the features of (Entertainment) using the internet/ web?
- Find music, movies, magazines and computer games
- shopping online.
What is the common way to access the internet?
- is through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
What is the provider?
a provider is already connected to the internet and provide a path or connection for individuals to access the internet.
What does the most widely commercial Internet Service Provider use?
- telephone lines
- cables
- wireless connection
What are Browsers?
are programs that provide access to the (web resources).
What does the browser do?
it connects you to:
- remote computer
- opens and transfer files
- display text, images and multimedia
What are 4 well known browsers?
1) Apple safari
2) Google chrome
3) Microsoft edge
4) Mozilla Firefox
How can the browser connect to resources?
to connect to the resources, the location or the address (Uniform Resource Locator URL) should be specified.
What are the 2 major parts of the URL?
1) Protocol
2) Domain name
What is protocol?
rules for exchanging data between computer.
e.g. http, used for web traffic.
What is Domain name?
it indicates the specific address where the resource is located.
What is Top-level Domain (TLD)?
Each domain name ends with a TLD which tells what kind of organization hosts an email account.
e.g. .com, .edu
What are the types of organizations of these Top-level domain:
.edu .com .org .mil .gov
edu: Educational
com: Commercial
org: non profit organization
mil: Military
gov: Government
What are Utilities?
are programs that make computing easier.
What are Web Utilities?
are specialized utility programs that make using the internet and the web easier and safer.
What are Plug-ins?
Give examples.
are programs that are automatically started and operate as a part of your browser.
- or (os), but other must be installed
e.g. Acrobat Reader - Media player - Quick Time - Real player -Shockwave.
What are Filters?
Give examples.
are programs that allow the parents and organization to block access to selected sites.
e.g. Net Nanny
- AVG family safety
- Qustodio Parental Control
- Norton Online Family
- McAfee Family Protection
What can Filters do?
can monitor use and generate reports about total time spent on the Internet and the time spent at individual websites.
What can File transfer utilities do?
- help you upload and download files to and from the internet.
What are 3 popular types of file transfer?
1- File transfer protocol (FTP) / Secure File transfer protocol (SFTP)
2- Web based file transfer service e.g. Dropbox.com
3- Bit Torrent
What is internet security suites?
is a collection of utility programs designed to maintain your security and privacy while you are on the Web.
What does internet security do?
- control spam
- protect against computer viruses
- provide filters
What are 3 known internet security suites?
1- kaspersky
2- McAfee
3- Norton
What is the most popular internet activity?
Communication
What are popular types of internet communication?
- Electronic mail (e-mail)
- Messaging
- Blog
- Microblogs
- Social Networking
- Webcast
- Podcast
- Wikis
What is an E-mail?
its the transmission of electronic messages over the internet.
What are the 3 basic parts of an e-mail?
1- Header:
.Address (To, Cc and Bcc)
.Subject
2- Attachments
3- Messages
What is the drawback of an email?
- Spam: junk, unwanted messages
- computer viruses: or destructive programs are attached to spams.
How to control spam?
- spam blockers (spam filter)
- Antispam laws
What are the 2 types of messaging?
- Text messaging (texting or SMS)
- Instant messaging (IM)
What is text messaging?
It is the process of sending a short electronic message
>160 characters.
What is Instant messaging?
It allows two or more people to contact each other via direct, live communication.
What are features of (IM) include?
- include video conferencing features, file sharing, and remote assistance.
- Most widely used by:
Facebook Messenger and Google Hangouts
What is social networking?
.are sites focus on connecting people and organizations that share a common interest or activity.
What do social networking sites provide?
provide many tools that facilitate (يسهل) meeting, communicating, and sharing.
What are examples of social networking sites ?
- LinkedIn (it is the premier business-oriented social networking site)
What is Blog / web blog?
- They are personal web sites where articles are regularly posted.
- Postings are time-stamped
- blogs are like online diaries with personal information, hobby or theme. (blogger & wordpress)
What are Microblogs?
Publish short sentences that only take a few seconds to write.
What Microblogs designed for?
Designed to keep friends and other contacts up-to-date on your interest and activities.
The most popular microblogging site is Twitter.
What are Webcast & Podcast?
Both deliver media content (such as music & movies) over the Internet to your computer.
What does webcast provides?
use streaming technology in which audio and video files are continuously downloaded to the computer while they listen or view the file content.
Podcast
- Don’t use streaming technology.
- Before a podcast can be run, the media files
have to be downloaded and saved to your computer.
What is Wiki?
is a website designed to allow visitors to use their browser to add, edit, or delete the site’s content.
Wikis support collaborative writing.
What is Wikipedia?
is an online encyclopedia written and edited by anyone who wants to contribute.
What are example of web authoring?
Creating blogs and wikis
What is search services/tools?
are organizations operate websites that can help you locate the information you need.
they provide spiders that look continuously for new information and update the search services.
What is spiders?
are programs that continually look for new information & update the search services’ databases.
Define search engine.
are specialized programs that assist you in locating information on the web.
e.g. Google, Bing & Yahoo
What is cloud computing
Cloud computing uses the Internet & the Web to shift many computer activities from the user’s computers & other computers on the Internet.
What are the features of cloud computing?
- It frees end-users from owning, maintaining, and storing software programs and data.
- It provides access to these services from anywhere through an Internet connection.
What are the basic components to cloud
computing?
1- Clients (end-users).
2- The Internet.
What is The Internet of things (IoT)?
(IoT) is the continuing development of the Internet that allows everyday objects embedded with electronic devices to send & receive data over the Internet.
include smartphone and wearable devices.
What is Fitbit?
is a bracelet that measures health data (such as the number of steps walked, heart rate, quality of sleep) & sends that data to smartphone or personal webpage.
