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WEEK 3: THE INTERNET AND THE WEB Flashcards

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What is the Internet?

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A connection between computers in networks.

  • Computers that have access to the internet have the ability to send and receive all kinds of information such as e-mail, video, graphics, messages, and computer programs.
  • Started with a project called Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET) in the late 1950s for the US Department of Defence.
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What is The Web?

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  • Acronym for World Wide Web (WWW)
  • An information space where the documents and other web resources can be accessed via the internet.

WWW was invented by an English computer scientist named Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Switzerland.
- Designed to facilitate automated information-sharing between scientists in universities and institutes around the world.

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What is the difference between the Internet and the Web?

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Internet - network infrastructure connects and allows communication between millions of computers globally.
Web - a way of accessing information over the internet.

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What is required to access the Internet?

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  • Connection to the Internet Service Provider.

- Browsers.

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What is an Internet Service Provider?

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  • A company that provides internet services, including personal and business free or with a certain amount of fee.

Eg; TIME broadband, P1, ™ Net, Celcom, Maxis, and Digi.

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What is a Web Browser?

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  • Programs that provide access to web resources.
  • Programs for the users to locate, retrieve and display content on the web.
  • The two most popular browsers are Chrome and Firefox.

Other major browsers include IE/Edge, Safari, and Opera.

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What is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and what does it comprise of?

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  • Location or address of the resources on the web.
  • URL consists of several parts
  • > The protocol
  • > The domain name where the resource is located.
  • > The top-level domain name that identifies the type of organization.
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What are web utilities and what are some examples?

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  • Specialised utility programs that make your surfing experience easier and safer.

1) Plug-ins - programs that automatically start and operate as part of a browser.
-> Adds a specific feature to an existing computer program.
Eg. Adobe Flash Player, QuickTime Player, Java Plug-in.

2) Web Filters - programs that can screen an incoming Web page to determine whether some or all of it should not be displayed to the user.
-> Allows an enterprise or an individual user to block pages of certain web page content according to their preferences, such as push advertising, obscene content, viruses.
-> Checks the origin or content of a Web page against a set of rules provided by the company or person who has installed the Web filter.
Eg. Qustodio, Net Nanny, and Surfie.

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What are some methods of communication?

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  • Most popular activity on the internet.

- Methods of communication - email, messaging, social networking, blogs, microblogs, webcasts, etc.

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What are the components of an email?

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Addresses - unique identifier for an email account.
-> Have two basic parts - the user’s name and the domain name; it includes the top-level domain.

Type of recipients

  • To: people required to take action
  • Cc (carbon copy): kept informed of the content, but no actions were required from them.
  • Bcc (blind carbon copy): Receive the message without any of the other recipients knowing. Used for larger mailings.
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What are the different types of email?

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  • Email clients; an application that runs on your own personal computer and uses a client-server architecture. (Microsoft Outlook)
  • Webmail; web-based email accounts that operate from a website, allows users to access their email accounts as long as they have an internet connection. (Gmail, Hotmal and Yahoo mail)
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What are spam emails?

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Email spam - a type of electronic spam where unsolicited messages are sent by email.
Also known as junk email.

  • Used by an organization or a company commercially to promote their applications, products, or services.
    Could harm the email account owner by carrying disguise message which might contain viruses, phishing link, and trojan horse.
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What is social media as well as Artificial Intelligent Powered Social Media?

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Social Media - one form of electronic communication that facilitates the online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content. (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube)

Artificial Intelligence-Powered Social Media
- AI facilitates sharing information, thoughts, and ideas and gives users quick access to social media content.

Examples of AI in social media are:

  • > Machine learning to recognise your face in photos on Facebook and Instagram.
  • > LinkedIn uses AI to offer job recommendations.
  • > Snapchat takes advantage of the computer vision to track users features.
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What are some features of social media?

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  • Allows you to connect with other people of similar interests and backgrounds. (Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn)
  • Allows you to upload and share various media such as pictures and videos. Most services have additional social features such as profiles, commenting, etc. (Facebook, Twitter have great video and image sharing capabilities)
  • Allows you to save, organise and manage links to various websites and resources around the internet. (Twitter, Pinterest, Flipboard)
  • Allows users to communicate through online chat. (Instant messaging - Facebook Messenger.)
  • Involves buying and selling activities by utilizing the use of social media (S-commerce - Lazada, Shopee)
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What is Internet Searching and the Search Engine?

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Internet Searching - the process of exploring the Internet for information with the use of a search engine.

Search engine - a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web.

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How does a search engine work?

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Using an algorithm known as spider/crawler.

Web Crawler -> scans Webpage
Index List -> Search Engines
-> Processed data moved to other computers.

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What is an online database search?

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  • A database accessible by computers in a local network or computers on the Internet.

Eg: scholarly literature that provides a public search engine and digital library of academic and scientific papers such as Google Scholar.

Boolean searching is an important tool that can be used when searching catalogs, indexes, online databases, and the web.

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What is the Boolean Search String and what are some of the operators?

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  • Enables users to look for more specific results from an online database.

Search string operators:

  • > AND - to combine or exclude keywords in a search, resulting in more focused and productive results. (IIUM AND library)
  • > OR - broadens a search; tells the database that any of the words it connects are acceptable. Helpful searching for synonyms. (biometric OR IRIS OR thumbprint OR “voice recognition”.
  • > NOT - to eliminate documents which contain the term after NOT. (“Software engineering” NOT development)
  • > “….” - quotation mark searching for a specific word combination or an exact phrase. (“data science” “artifical intelligence”)
  • > (….) - brackets are used to group terms together, so that operators like AND can be applied to all the terms in the brackets. (biometric OR IRIS OR thumbprint OR “voice recognition”) AND (authentication OR verification OR validation)
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What does it mean by Electronic Commerce?

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  • Involves buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet.
  • Also known as e-business or e-tail.
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What are the three types of E-Commerce?

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1) Business to Business (B2B)
a) Companies sell their product to an intermediate buyer whom then sells the products to the consumer.
b) Eg. A business is sourcing materials for a production process, such as a fabrics manufacturer supplies fabrics to a textiles house.

2) Business to Consumer (B2C)
a) Involves electronic business relationships between businesses and consumers.
b) Eg. online banking such as BankIslam.biz or Maybank2u.
i) Financial trading like stock exchange.
ii) Online shopping at lazada.com or amazon.com.

3) Consumer to Consumer (C2C)
a) Involves electronic transaction of goods or services conducted between consumers.
b) Platform for one consumer to sell to another.

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What are the three types of E-Commerce?

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1) Business to Business (B2B)
a) Companies sell their product to an intermediate buyer whom then sells the products to the consumer.
b) Eg. A business is sourcing materials for a production process, such as a fabrics manufacturer supplies fabrics to a textiles house.

2) Business to Consumer (B2C)
a) Involves electronic business relationships between businesses and consumers.
b) Eg. online banking such as BankIslam.biz or Maybank2u.
i) Financial trading like stock exchange.
ii) Online shopping at lazada.com or amazon.com.

3) Consumer to Consumer (C2C)
a) Involves electronic transaction of goods or services conducted between consumers.
b) Platform for one consumer to sell to another.

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What are the advantages of E-Commerce?

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  • The website is accessible all the time.
  • Speed of access to an e-commerce transaction.
  • Time-saving as buyers do not need to suffer traffic congestion or wasting time to find parking space.
  • All-time availability of online catalog.
  • A wider selection of goods and services.
  • Companies may have a global market without putting large financial investments.
  • Enable suppliers to offer products and services that suit the individual preferences of the target market.
  • May shorten product distribution chain and even eliminate certain supply chain such as the supplier can directly offer a product or services for the target market.
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What are the advantages of E-Commerce?

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  • The website is accessible all the time.
  • Speed of access to an e-commerce transaction.
  • Time-saving as buyers do not need to suffer traffic congestion or wasting time to find parking space.
  • All-time availability of online catalog.
  • A wider selection of goods and services.
  • Companies may have a global market without putting large financial investments.
  • Enable suppliers to offer products and services that suit the individual preferences of the target market.
  • May shorten product distribution chain and even eliminate certain supply chain such as the supplier can directly offer a product or services for the target market.
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What are the disadvantages of E-Commerce?

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  • Strong dependence on the internet connection.
  • Insecurity in the conduct of online business transactions.
  • Not being able to see or touch a product prior to purchase.
  • The buyer cannot get the product that they purchased immediately, whereby, there is time lapse to receive the purchased product.
  • Limited customer service at some area due to limited resources, high delivery cost or geographical restraints.
  • User may suffer loss of privacy, the loss of regions; and countries’ cultural and economic identity.
  • Lack of legislation that adequately regulates the new e-commerce activities, both nationally and intentionally.
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What are some payment options that you can use when making online transactions?

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1) E-Wallet
- An online account that requires to be deposited with an amount of money.
- Once registered to e-wallet provider, the user can make payments faster and with less typing.
- Eg. Touch ‘n Go, Boost, GrabPay.

2) Credit Card
- Payment card, which requires the commitment of the credit card holder to pay for the amount merchandise or server, charged to their card with the additional of other agreed charges to the card issuer.
- Facilities provided by the bank to their customer to ease the customers’ for online payment in the form of debt.

3) Debit Card / Direct Debit
- A payment card needs the cardholder to have certain amount of money in order to commit with the payment. Money comes directly from the user’s bank account when performing a transaction.

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A bank transfer can also be used, how is this possible?

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  • A method of electronic funds sends from one account to another account.
  • Can be done by visiting the bank, internet banking or using ATMs.
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A bank transfer can also be used, how is this possible?

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  • A method of electronic funds sends from one account to another account.
  • Can be done by visiting the bank, internet banking or using ATMs.

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