The Internet, The Web and Electronic Commerce PDF

The Internet, the WEB AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE COMPETENCIES Discuss the origins of the Internet and the Web. Describe how to access the Web using providers and browsers. Discuss Internet communications, including e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, blogs, microblogs, Webca...

The Internet, the WEB AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE COMPETENCIES Discuss the origins of the Internet and the Web. Describe how to access the Web using providers and browsers. Discuss Internet communications, including e-mail, instant messaging, social networking, blogs, microblogs, Webcasts, podcasts, and wikis. Describe search tools, including search engines, Web Directories, metasearch engines, and specialized search engines. COMPETENCIES Evaluate the accuracy of information on the Web. Discuss electronic commerce, including B2C, C2C, B2B, and security issues. Describe cloud computing, including the three-way interaction of clients, Internet, and service providers. Describe Web utilities including plug-ins, filters, file transfer utilities, and Internet security suites. INTERNET Superhighway because it connects millions of people across the globe. It moves ideas, data, and information through networks. INTERNET Provides intuitive multimedia interface Hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), electronic mail, internet telephone, and file sharing. THE INTERNET Largest global network, connecting smaller networks worldwide AND THE WEB Internet -1969 WWW or the World Wide Web - 1991 at CERN ARPANET Served as a backbone for the interconnection. Was the first wide-area packet- switched network COMMON INTENET USES COMMUNICATING ONLINE SHOPPING SEARCHING ENTERTAINMENT EDUCATION  ACCESS Commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP)  BROWSER Programs that provide access to Web resources  URL Uniform Resource Locator PARTS OF URL THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!