Net in the Library

What is Internet?

A worldwide collection of interconnected computer networks. The Internet backbone in the US is the National Science Foundation Network (N.S.F.Net). Basic Services in the Internet are: Electronic Mail(E-Mail), File Transfer(F.T.P.), and Login to remote computers(Telnet). The Net has open access- for a price- to those who want to join and do not have access through their academic, public or corporate institutions. Some Internet concepts:

Browser
An interactive program used to access and retrieve information from the WWW.

Client
Software which requests information or service from a server.

Home Page
Gives you information about the site and pointers to other links.

Server
Software which is used to deliver information to a client.

U.R.L.
Uniform Resource Locator. The address of a file on the W.W.W.

World Wide Web

Distributed multimedia hypertext (text, graphics, sound, video) document system. Highlighted words will link you to different documents, in a non sequencial manner, and with a consistent interface.

Some misconceptions

• The Internet is run by the government.
• The Internet is an Only English Network.
• The Internet is one large computer.
• Most of the Internet is made of pornography.
• E-Mail is free.
• It is a long distance call to get information from Australia.
• Other people can get into your hard drive.
• It is illegal to advertise in the Internet.
• The Internet is fast.
• The Internet is a one step operation.
• Everything is on the Internet.
• The most current information is in the Internet.
• You can find everything in one or two clicks.
• The best quality information is on the Internet.
• The information on the Internet is archived.
• The most recent titles are published on the Internet.
• If it is on the Internet it is free.

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