And as usual today I will post about Internet service and types of websites
Internet Service
- World Wide Web
- Instant Messaging
- Voice over Internet Protocol
- Message board
- File Transfer Protocol
World Wide Web (www)
•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.
•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.
•Web 2.0 refer to Web sites that
provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to
modify Web site content and have application software built into the site for
visitors to use.
e-mail
•Short for electronic mail
•
•The
transmission
of messages and files via a computer network
qConsist
of simple
text or can
contain attachments, such as documents, graphics, or audio/video clips
q
qSome
Web sites — such as Google and Yahoo!—provide free e-mail services.
•One of the
original services on the Internet
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.
Voice over Internet Protocol
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
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.
•Some
examples of FTP programs are
Smarter
FTP, WS_FTP and Internet Explorer.
•Web
developing programs like Dreamweaver can also be used to establish an FTP
connection to a server.
And for the next chapter, I will talk about types of website
- Portal
- Business
- Blog
- Wiki
- Online Social Network
Portal
A web site that offers variety of internet
services from single, convenient location.
•Web system
that provides the functions and features to authenticate and identify the users
Provide them with
an easy, intuitive,
personalized and
user-customizable web-interface for facilitating access to information
•Have online communities.
vOnline community – a web site that joins a specific group of people
with similar interests or relationships.
vExamples– KMPh portal e-learning,
AltaVista, AOL, Excite, GO.com, iGoogle, Lycos, MSN and Yahoo!
Blog
An informal web site consisting of
time-stamped articles, or posts in a diary or journal format, usually listed in
reverse chronological order.
•Most blogs are
interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message each other
via widgets on the blogs
•Many
blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject; others function as
more personal online diaries.
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
va 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.
•Many of these enterprises
also allow you to purchase their products or services online.
•Examples: Pearl Haya Gallery, Anakku brand, Walt Disney
Company and Kraft Brands .
