Session six will introduce the historical
beginnings of the Internet. You will understand the
uses of Gopher and related text-based access methods
and identify some of the tasks the Internet can perform.
Be able to realize how the human need to communicate
helped motivate the development of the World Wide
Web and the concepts of hypertext and hypermedia and
their uses in a multimedia environment such as the
Internet. Also, recognize the separate parts of URLs
and what each represents and the minimum hardware
and software components needed to access the Internet.
Be able to comprehend how search engines enable convenient
access to the information available on the Internet
and those issues involved with downloading software
from the Internet or putting together your own Internet
page. Finally, understand the issues, concepts, and
uses of e-commerce and of accessing the Internet as
a business tool.
The
following are the activities for this Week. It is important
to emphasize that each assignment is designed to be performed
in one day, and maximum two if pertinent.
