| QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
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What is
Internet?
The Internet is a vast network of
networks that connects millions of people worldwide. Communication between people and computers is essential in today's business world. |
Who is called the
"Father of the Internet"?
Vinton Cerf of The Inter-Networking Group became known as the "Father of the
Internet" in 1972. |
What year was the term
"Internet" first used?
The term "Internet was first used in 1982. |
What was the first Graphical
User Interface released for the Internet?
The first World Wide Web Browser was called Mosaic. It was first introduced in
1993. |
What is an Internet Service
Provider?
A company that provides user level access to the Internet and its services. |
What is an acronym?
An acronym is an abbreviation of a longer word. |
What are FAQ's?
Frequently Asked Questions used to take the form of manuals for the user to read. |
What is a newbie?
A person that is new to the Internet. |
What is a URL?
It is the text address of a location that you want to access on the WWW. It
stands for Uniform Resource Locator. |
What is a home page?
A home page is a document (index.html) on the World Wide Web placed there by a
user of the Internet. |
What are Plug-ins?
Plug-ins are applications associated with a specific platform and browser such as Windows 2000 and Netscape Navigator. The primary goal of plug-in is to provide efficient integration of multimedia formats with the browser and PC. This integration avoids the need for the user to download multimedia files and play them back later with a separate application. Plug-ins allow multimedia data types to execute directly from a browser. |
What do you call a phrase of
text on a home page that takes you to another location on the World Wide Web?
The most common term is simply "Link." Hypertext Links are connected to
URL's that will take you to another home page on the World Wide Web. They are also called
Jump Points. |
What does e-mail stand for?
Electronic Mail. |
What is an SMTP server?
A Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is the method by which mail is transferred from
machine to machine until it reaches it destination. |
What is POP account?
A Post Office Protocol is how and where mail is held on the mail server of your
ISP until it is delivered to your own machine. |
What are newsgroups used
for?
Discussion on specific topics. |
How many newsgroups are
there on the Internet?
There are over 50,000 newsgroups. |
What is netiquette?
Socially accepted practices on the Internet and in newsgroups. |
What does mean to
"flame" someone?
To put them down or otherwise chastise them for their inappropriate action on the
Internet. |
What do the initials for the
acronym FTP stand for?
File Transfer Protocol. FTP is used to transfer files between local and
remote computers while connected online. |
| What is the prefix for accessing FTP
sites on the URL line of a World Wide Web Browser? The prefix in the URL is
ftp:// |
What does the term FTP client mean?
An FTP client is a software package used for downloading and uploading files. |
What is the user ID for most connections
to an FTP site?
Most user ID's for Remote access are "anonymous". |
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Name different types of
Internet connections.
Some types of Internet connections are: online services, a PPP connection,
digital connections and ISDN connections.
One way to connect to the Internet is through existing online services, such as America
Online, CompuServe and Prodigy. This type of connection is relatively inexpensive, and
requires a modem on your computer. some online services provide full access to the
Internet as well as to their own features.
If you choose to connect through an online service, here are some questions you might want
to ask:
* What kind of delay can I expect during peak traffic times?
* Is there any information on the Internet I cannot access through your service?Dial in Direct - PPP Connections
A PPP connection means your modem connects through the provider onto the
Internet.
The TCP/IP software will reside on your machine.
Digital Connections
Another type of Internet connection is through a digital line. This type of connection use different hardware.
This hardware can process date faster than
a modem. Digital connections begin at 64K (64,000 characters per second). This digital
connection speed is called ISDN (Integrated Services Digital
Network).
Faster digital connections, such as T1 (1.5 Mb/s) and T3
(45 Mb/s) lines, are also available.
ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line)
- 12 times faster than a standard ISDN line.
The telecommunications industry refers to data transfer in bits
while the computer industry more commonly uses bytes. There are eight bits in a byte. So a
28,8 kilobit per second modem moves at most 3.6
kilobytes of data per second (28.8 divided by 8). Kilobits are abbreviated kb.
Kilobytes are abbreviated KB.
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Internet Protocols
Protocols are the rules that describe how clients and servers communicate
across a network. |
| TCP/IP |
protocol stack
used to communicate with the Internet |
| Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) |
HTTP is used to transfer Web pages from a Web server to a
Web client, which is commonly called a browser. |
| File Transfer Protocol (FTP) |
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| Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
(SMTP) |
outgoing mail server |
| Post Office Protocol (POP) or Internet Messaging Access
Protocol (IMAP) |
incoming mail server |
| Telnet |
used with shell (text only) accounts |
| Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) |
Usenet (USEr
NETwork) - Internet Newsgroups |
| Domain Name System (DNS) |
to identify the server |
