INTERNET SERVICE
These are the example of internet services
World Wide Web(WWW)
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• The
World Wide Web (WWW), or Web, consists of a worldwide collection of
electronic documents.
• Each
electronic document on the Web is called a Web page which can contain text, graphics,
animation, audio, and video.
• Web
pages usually have built-in connections to other documents.
• Some
web pages are static (fixed); others are dynamic
(changing).
• Visitors
to a static
web page see all the same content.
• Visitors
to a dynamic
web page, can customize some or all of the
viewed content such as desired stock quotes, weather for a region or ticket
availability for flights.
• A
Web
site is a collection of related Web pages and
associated items,
such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server.
• Web server is a computer that delivers
requested Web pages to your computer.
E-MAIL
Short for electronic
mail
•The transmission of messages and files via a computer network
Consist
of simple text or can contain attachments, such as
documents, graphics, or
audio/video clips
Some Web sites — such as Google and
Yahoo!—provide free
e-mail services.
•One of the original services on the Internet.
•An
e-mail address is a unique
name
that consists of a user name and domain
name that identifies the user.
•Basic form of an email address is:
• username@hostname.subdomain.domain
Example:
amir@gmail.com
hanizan@kmph.matrik.edu.my
•A user name is a unique
combination of characters, such as letters of the
alphabet
and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user.
•User name must be different from the other user names in the same domain.
Instant Messaging
What
is instant messaging (IM)?
A real-time Internet communications service
that notifies you when one or more people are
online and allows you to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room
with them.
•Real time means that you and the people with whom
you are conversing are online at
the same time.
•Some IM services support voice and video
conversations.
•For
IM to work, both
parties must be online at the same time.
Voice over Internet Protocol(VoIP)
What is VoIP?
Voice over Internet Protocol, a
technology for making telephone calls over the
Internet in which speech sounds
are converted into binary data.
•VoIP
is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or
in more common terms
phone service over the Internet.
•Also
called Internet Telephony.
•To
connect a calling party to one or more local or long distance called parties.
Message Board
What is message
boards?
•Type
of discussion group.
•Many
web sites use message boards because they are easier to use.
•Also
known as discussion group, discussion forum and online forum.
•A
general term for any online "bulletin board" where you can leave and expect to
see responses
to messages you have left.
•A
popular Web-based type of discussion group that does
not require a newsreader
File Transfer Protocol(FTP)
What
is FTP?
•Is an
Internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading
with other
computers on the Internet.
•A
standard for the exchange of program and data files across a network.
•Uploading is the process of transferring
documents, graphics and other
objects from your computer to a server on the
internet.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE INTERNET SERVICE
TYPES OF WEBSITE
PORTAL
A
web site that offers variety of internet services from single, convenient
location.
Most
portals offers these free services:
Search
engine
News
Sports
and weather
Web
publishing
Reference
tools such as yellow pages, maps, shopping, and e-mail and other
communication
services.
BLOG
An
informal web site consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts in a
diary or
journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.
•A
blog is basically a journal that is available on the web.
•The
activity of updating a blog is “blogging” and someone who keeps a blog is
a
“blogger.”‘
•Conclusion:
a
blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from
the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older
entries towards the bottom.
WIKI
•A
collaborative web site that allows users to create, add to, modify,
or delete
the web site content via their web browser.
•The
difference
between a wiki
and blog is
that users
cannot modify
original posts made by the blogger.
•Visitors
can also create new content and change the organization of
existing content.
•
The simplest
wiki programs allow editing of text and hyperlinks only.
•More
advanced wikis make it possible to add or change images,
tables, and certain
interactive components such as games.
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORK
Encourages members in its online community
to share their
interests, ideas, stories, photos, music and videos with other
registered users.
•Examples:
Facebook, MySpace
•A
media sharing web site
a
specific type of online social network that enables
members to share media such
as photos, music and videos.
BUSINESS
Contains
content that promotes or sells products or services.
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