ICT week 2 Flashcards
mention 7 benefits of the Internet
a. It enables us to share resources
globally.
b. Internet allows access to information in a very fast manner.
c. It is cost effective.
d. It allows online banking transactions.
e. E-education.
f. E-friends.
g. E-entertainment.
mention 6 Abuse of the Internet
- It is used by impostors to defraud
people - Piracy of software
- Pornography
- Hacking
- Plagiarism
- Computer virus
List 6 Uses of the Internet
1.The Internet is used for
communication to any part of the world
2. The internet is used to search for
information on the web through search
engines
3. It is used in sending and receiving
messages.
4. It is used for chatting
5. It can be used in planning of trip. E.g. GPS
6. It can be used for advertisement and
marketing. Etc
What are the steps for creating an Email
- Click On a web browser
- Visit a website that offers an email service e.g. www.gmail.com
- Click on the free sign up button.
- Enter all mandatory fields (First Name, Last Name, Gender, etc.)
- Click the “Accept” - Button underneath
list 3 Examples of free web-based emails
a. Googlemail
b. Hotmail
c. Yahoomail
FTp stands for what
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
what is FTP
File Transfer Protocol (FTP): this allows easy, faster and cheaper transfer of files across different connected computer systems on the internet.
What allows easy, faster and cheaper transfer of files across different connected computer systems on the internet.
File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
what is Telnet
This is a service that allows a user to login/connect to a remote computer/device making it accessible as if the device is directly and physically connected.
whta does Usenet do
it allows automatic global distribution of news among users called news group.
6. Chat: this is a process of interacting or exchanging messages over the internet.
An email consist of how many component
2
mention the component an Email consist of
The message header and
The message body
The message header of an Email consist of what
Message header: it consists control information like subject, sender’s email address and receiver’s email address.
the Email message body consist of what
Message body: this is the content of the email.
what does Email stand for
Electronic mail
what is an Email
Electronic mail: commonly referred to as E-mail. It is the act of passing digital information or message between two or more people using computing devices that are connected to the internet.
___________identifies a location on a mail server where messages can be delivered to
Email addresss
An email address is divided into how many part, mention them.
example of an Email address:
David@gmail.com
4 parts.
1. Username
2. @
3. Domain name
4. Top level domain name
explain the 4 part of the email address
USERNAME: name chosen by the user which must start with a letter and there must be no space.
@:- this is a special character separating the username and the domain name.
DOMAIN- NAME :- it is the mail server or website address which the email account is created also known as hostname.
TOP LEVEL DOMAIN NAME:- also known as organizational type. It is a 3-letter coded name that describes the root or organization that operate the mail server
what is also known as the host name
Domain name
mention 5 examples of Top level domain name
- .com (commercial/ organization)
- edu (institutions/educational
organization) - .gov (government agencies)
- .mil(military)
- . org (non profit organization)
- .net (network organization)
- .inr (international organization)
- edu (institutions/educational
examples of mail that consist of their country code is
- .ng (Nigeria)
- .uk (United Kingdom)
- .za (South Africa)
- .fr (France)
David@student.valencia.edu.ng
