E-commerce Infrastructure: The Internet, Web, and Mobile Platform (II)

Question 1

Bandwidth

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Measures how much data can be transferred over a communications medium within a fixed period of time.

Question 2

The Web

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The invention of a virtual space that uses a client to access the web server showing HTML content.

Question 3

Web invented time period

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1989-1991
Tim Berners-Lee at CERN
HTML, HTTP, web servers, web browsers

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Web browser

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Is a software program whose primary purpose is to display web pages
eg: google Chrome

Question 5

First commercial web browser time period

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1993
Mosaic browser was the first web browser with a graphics UI (GUI)

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Microsoft Internet Explorer invention date

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1995

Question 7

Universal computing

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The sharing of files, information, graphics, sound, video, and other objects across all computer platforms in the world, regardless of operating system

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Netscape navigator

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First commercial web browser. Initially charged for their software

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Hypertext

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Text formatted with embedded links. Uses HTTP and URLs to locate resources on the web

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Markups

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Indicators of content, how to process that content – “script”, “style”

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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

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Generalized Markup Language (GML) that provides web page designers with a fixed set of markup “tags” that are used to format a web page. Controls the look and feel of webpages
Most recent version is HTML5

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Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

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Tells a web browser how to display the HTML elements on the screen (style)

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eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

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A markup language specification developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that is designed to describe data and information

Question 14

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)

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Program that allows users to have digital content, including text, articles, blogs, and podcast audio files, automatically sent to their computers over the internet

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Web server software

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Software that enables a computer to deliver web pages written in HTML to client computers on a network that requests this service by sending an HTTP request

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Web server basic capabilities

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Security services
File transfer
Search engine
Data capture

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4 types of specialized servers

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Database server
Ad server
Mail server
Media server

Question 18

Database server

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Server designed to access specific information within a database

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Ad server

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Server designed to deliver targeted ads

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Mail server

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Server that provides e-mail messages

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Media server

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Server that enables streaming and other types of media to be delivered

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Email

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Oldest, most important, and frequently used internet service. Runs in the application layer of the TCP/IP model

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Communication tools

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Email
Messaging applications
Online message boards
Internet telephony (VoIP)
Videochats

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Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)

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The internet protocol used to send e-mail to a server

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Streaming technologies

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Enables music, video, and other large files to be sent to users in chunks so that the file can play uninterrupted

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Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

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Protocol that allows for transmission of voice and other forms of communication over the internet

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Search engine

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Identifies web pages that appear to match keywords, also called queries, entered by the user, and then provides a list of the best matches. Sorts by using keyword indexes and page ranking

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Web 2.0

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User generated content
Includes online social networks, blogs, and wikis

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Web3

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A conceptual internet service conceived as being built by blockchain, making it more decentralized and controlled by users instead of big tech companies

Question 30

Intelligent digital assistants

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Computer search engines using natural language, conversational interfaces, verbal commands, situational awareness
eg: Siri, Alexa, Google Home

Question 31

Mobile apps

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Most popular entertainment media, over TV. Used on platforms such as iOS