INTERNET

1. History/Evolution of The Internet

1.1. ARPANET - 1969

1.2. CSNET - 1970

1.3. NSFNET - 1980

1.4. ASFNET - 1992

1.5. INTERNET - 1992

2. Basics of the World Wide Web

2.1. The World Wide Web, or Web, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents (Web pages)

2.2. A Web site is a collection of related Web pages and associated items

2.3. A web page is a single page in a website. It is of two types Static and Dynamic

2.4. A Web server is a computer that delivers requested Web pages to your computer. Exmaples Apache, JIgsaw

2.5. A Web page has a unique address called a URL or Web address

2.6. Web Client or Thin Client is the term used for the client computer that sends request to a web server for accessing web sites/pages.

2.7. A web browser is an application program installed at client’s computer that sends the request to a web server for viewing the web content such as Internet Explorer.

3. Internet Protocols

3.1. Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

3.2. Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS)

3.3. File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

4. Common Internet Services

4.1. E-mail

4.2. Blog

4.3. Newsgroup

4.4. Downloading and Uploading files using FTP

5. Governing bodies of the Internet

5.1. IAB (Internet Architecture Board)

5.2. IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)

5.3. Inter NIC (Internet Network Information Center)

5.4. ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

5.5. IRTF (Internet Research Task Force)

5.6. W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

6. INTERNATIONAL NETWORK