Web Design - Unit 1: The History of the Internet
*Define the following pieces of a URL =* /Computers/
Directory Path
*Define the following pieces of an email address =* Yahoo
Domain
*Define the following pieces of an email address =* .com
Domain Extention
*Define the following pieces of a URL =* /class.html
File Name
Web pages are transmitted to your computer via a special communication protocol or set of rules called Hypertext Transfer Protocol, or ______.
HTTP
A web page that is like a table of contents.
Home Page
The first page on a website is called a ______.
Home Page
The first page, usually a table of contents, is called a ___ ___.
Home Page
*Define the following pieces of a URL =* www.businesseducation.org
Server Name
A collection of Web pages on a Web server is often called a Web ______.
Site
Who created the Internet?
The founder of the Internet is Charles Herzfeld
What is Shouting?
When you TYPE IN ALL CAPS.
What is Flaming?
When you say something rude in a message.
What is a Spam?
When you send unsolicited bulk through people through e-mail.
Consists of individual web pages which are linked to other web pages.
World Wide Web
People use either online services such as American Online, or an ______ ______ ______ to connect to the Internet.
World Wide Web
What organization sets the standards for the Internet?
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
A Boolean search does not include ______.
\ (Backslash)
What is Boolean searching?
______ ______ is a type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators (or modifiers) such as AND, NOT, and OR to further produce more relevant results.
When your mouse pointer is over a hyperlink link, what does it look like?
A hand with a pointer finger.
An example of a search engine is ______.
Alta Vista
*Define the following pieces of an email address =* @
At
Modem speed.
Baud Rate
Software to be used to view web pages.
Browser
You also need a Web ______ program, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer, that provides you to quick and easy access to all the Internet resources.
Browser
Art and cultural sites.
arts
Commercial.
com
Educational institutions.
edu
Who created the World Wide Web?
CERN
Using ___ ___ narrows your search. It requires words to be searched as a phrase in the exact order that you type them within the quotation. Helpful for searching multiple-word terms, places, or a person's name.
*Boolean Operators:* "Quotation Marks"
______ allows you to combine any of the Boolean operators together in combination. Use NOT and OR together to limit your search. Use AND and OR together to expand your search.
*Boolean Operators:* (Parentheses)
Using ______ narrows your search. It retrieves documents that contain both the search of the terms of the keywords that you specify. The more times you connect with ______, the fewer search results you will find.
*Boolean Operators:* AND
Using ______ narrows your search. It retrieves documents that do not contain a search term in your search. Use ______ to exclude a term from your search to find a fewer results.
*Boolean Operators:* NOT
Using ______ broadens your search. It retrieves documents that contain either of the search terms or keywords you specify, but not necessarily both. The more terms you connect with ______ the more search results you will find. Use it to search for similar items.
*Boolean Operators:* OR
A commercial website.
.com
Which domain extension represents for a profit business?
.com
Which domain extension represents an education faculty?
.edu
Web pages contain text, graphics, video, audio, and ___ ___. When clicked, they display other areas of the same Web page, load other Web pages at the same Web site, or load a Web page from a different Web site.
Hyperlink Links
One can create Web pages by using ______ ______ ______, or HTML, which structures a document by defining the parts of a Web page and codes the HTML tags.
Hyperlink Markup Language
Http stands for ______.
Hyperlink Transfer Portal
A vast collection of of computers connected to communicate with each other.
Internet
Today, millions of people use the ______; a worldwide collection of computer networks that allows users to view artwork, to keep up with current events, send electronic mail, and conduct research.
Internet
What is Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge?
Internet Browser
The Internet has subsets, including newsgroups, mailing lists, and the ______ ______ ______.
Internet Service Provider
What does ISP stand for?
Internet Service Provider
To find meaningful information on the Web is ______.
Limited to your ability to enter correct search criteria.
Text that is connected to other web pages.
Links
The internet was first created for ______.
Military use.
To connect to the Internet, you need physical communication medium, such as a ______ or a network cable, and a communication program called TCP/IP, that enables your computer to communication with computers on the Internet.
Modem
Used to transfer information between computers and phone lines.
Modem
People either use either ______ ______ such as American Online, or an World Wide Web to connect to the Internet.
Online Services
The internet has subsets, including newsgroups, mailing lists, and the Internet Service Provider. It is a network of special computers, called Web Servers, that store files called Web ______.
Pages
*Define the following pieces of a URL =* http://
Transfer Protocol
What is Internet Address known as?
URL
A special location code, called a ______ ______ ______, or URL, identifies Web pages on the World Wide Web. Some are short and simple; however, some are long and complex.
Uniform Resource Locator
A web address.
Uniform Resource Locator
*Define the following pieces of an email address =* Johndoe
Username
A collection of related web pages.
Website
Company or firm.
firm
Government organizations.
gov
Illinois.
il
Information services.
info
Military organizations.
mil
Network organizations.
net
Personal web pages.
nom
Organizations that don't fit in any of the other categories, usually non-profit.
org
Recreational and entertainment sites.
rec
Businesses selling goods.
store
United Kingdom.
uk
United States.
us