fundamentals of internet

1. FUNDAMENTALS
OF INTERNET
By
PRITHVI RAJ.M

2. INTRODUCTION
The Internet is a global network connecting millions
of computers. More than 100 countries are linked into
exchanges of data, news and opinions.

3. WHO OWNS THE INTERNET?
No one actually owns the Internet
No single person or organization controls the Internet in
its entirety.
The Internet is more of a concept than an actual
tangible entity, and it relies on a physical infrastructure
that connects networks to other networks.

4. IS WEB AND INTERNET THE SAME?

5. WHAT IS URL?
• Uniform Resource Locator (URL) it is the global
address of documents and other resources on the World
Wide Web.
• The first part of the URL is called a protocol identifier and it
indicates what protocol to use, and the second part is
called a resource name and it specifies the IP address or
the domain name where the resource is located.

6. IP ADDRESS
• IP address is short
for Internet Protocol
(IP) address.
• An IP address is an
identifier for a computer or
device on a TCP/IP
network. Networks using
the TCP/IP protocol route
messages based on the IP
address of the destination.

7. DOMAIN NAME
Domain names are used to identify one or more IP
addresses. For example, the domain
name microsoft.com represents about a dozen IP
addresses. Domain names are used in URLs to identify
particular Web pages
such domains. For example:
1. gov - Government agencies
2. edu - Educational institutions
3. org - Organizations (nonprofit)
4. mil - Military
5. com - commercial business
6. net - Network organizations

8. WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW)
The World Wide Web is
a system of
interlinked hypertext do
cuments that are
accessed via
the Internet.
With a web browser,
one can view web
pages that may
contain text, images,
videos, and
other multimedia and n
avigate between them
via hyperlinks.

9. FATHER OF WWW.
Tim Berners-Lee,
a British computer
scientist and
former CERN employ
ee, is considered the
inventor of the
Web. On March 12,
1989

10. ELEVEN BASIC TYPES OF WEB
Portal
News
Information
Entertainment
Educational
Marketing/Business
Advocacy
Blog
Wiki
Content aggregator
Social (personal)

11. BLOG
 Blog is a Web page that
serves as a publicly
accessible personal journal
for an individual.
Typically updated daily,
blogs often reflect the
personality of the author.

12. INTERNET SERVICES
Internet Service Pro
vider, it refers to a
company that
provides Internet
services, including
personal and
business access to
the Internet. For a
monthly fee

13. ADVANTAGES1) Information on almost every
subject imaginable.
2) Powerful search engines
3) Ability to do research from
your home versus research
libraries.
4) Information at various levels
of study. Everything from
scholarly articles to ones
directed at children.
5) Message boards where
people can discuss ideas on
any topic. Ability to get wide
range of opinions. People can
find others that have a similar
interest in whatever they are
interested in.

14. 6) The internet provides the ability of emails. Free mail service
to anyone in the country.
7) Platform for products like SKYPE, which allow for holding a
video conference with anyone in the world who also has
access.
8) Friendships and love connections have been made over
the internet by people involved in love/passion over similar
interests.
9) Things such as Yahoo Answers and other sites where kids
can have readily available help for homework.
10) News, of all kinds is available almost instantaneously.
Commentary, on that news, from every conceivable
viewpoint is also available.

15. DISADVANTAGES
1) There is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can
post anything, and much of it is garbage.
2) There are predators that hang out on the internet waiting to get
unsuspecting people in dangerous situations.
3) Some people are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing
problems with their interactions of friends and loved ones.
4) Pornography that can get in the hands of young children too
easily.
5) Easy to waste a lot of time on the internet. You can start surfing,
and then realize far more time has passed than you realized. Internet
and television together of added to the more sedentary lifestyles of
people which further exacerbates the obesity problem.

16. 6) Internet has a lot of "cheater" sites.
People can buy essays and pass
them off as their own far more easily
than they used to be able to do.
7) There are a lot of unscrupulous
businesses that have sprung up on
the internet to take advantage of
people.
8) Hackers can create viruses that
can get into your personal computer
and ruin valuable data.
9) Hackers can use the internet for
identity theft.
10) It can be quite depressing to be
on the internet and realize just how
uneducated so many people have
become in today's society.

17. THANK YOU…
Guided by
Prof . chandrashekar sir