3.4+Internet

=Strand 3: IT Systems= The student who is compling each set of notes is listed below the topic

3.4 Internet
THe internet and World Wide Web are omnipresent in contemporary society. This topic introduces ITGS students to the technology that enables access to the internet. The manu uses, problems, advantage, disadvantage will be discussed along with all the hardware that makes the internet so vital to the world's ecomony.

It Concepts to be addressed in this topic

Fundamentals

 * **Topic** || **Student in charge** ||
 * WWW, URL, internet, intranet, extranet || Terence ||
 * Internet protocols: for example. HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, TCP/IP || Terence ||
 * IP address || kyle Peverelle ||
 * Modem, browser, ISP, bandwidth, download, upload, streaming audio/video, compression, decompression, cache ||  ||
 * @Domain names, domain name system (DNS) || Trilok Patel ||
 * Features of a website for example, hyperlinks, navigation, metatags, tags forms || Aqueel ||
 * Features of a browser: for example: bookmarks, visited links, tabs || Andrea ||
 * Web based languages: for example, hypertext markup language (HTML), Java Script || Henry ||
 * Adding Functionality to a browser (for example Plug ins) || EJ ||
 * Data driven website: for example, active server page extended (ASPX) personal home page ||  ||
 * Site management: for example, web hosting, uploading || Kyle Peverelle ||
 * Other site use: for example, bounce rate, click throught rate (CTR), avatar, profile ||  ||

Tools

 * **Topic** || **Student in charge** ||
 * Search Engines, web crawlers/spider, search directories, search techniques, filtering, keyword density, keyword prominance, ranking of sites ||  ||
 * Social networking: for example, newsgroups, message boards, chat rooms, forums, instant messaging ||  ||
 * Email email server list server || Chesi ||
 * Web 2.0, Web3.0 and beyond, collaborative online tools, for example, wikis, blogs, micro-blogs, RDF (resource description framework) site summary feeds, RSS (really simple syndication) feeds, mashups, forums, social bookmarking, online collaborative applications, podcasts, photocasts, vidcasts, oscial netowrking sites, templates, tagging, viral marketing, webcasts, widgets, virtual worlds and learning environments ||  ||
 * Web databases, encyclopedias || Andrea ||

Services

 * **Topic** || **Student in Charge** ||