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TMP 2654 /TME 2104
Web-based System Development

Introduction to
Internet and WWW
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Content
 What is a Computer?

 What is the Internet?

 What is the World Wide Web (WWW)?

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What is a Computer?
 Device
 Perform computation, yes/no decision fast
 Supercomputers

 Computer programs
 Set of instructions that tell the computer what to do

 Computer programmers
 People who construct computer programs

 Computer History Museum

TMP 2654 /TME 2104 Web-based System Development

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Early Computing
 Before 1960:
 Batch processing: 1 task at a time (submit a job on
punched cards & get paper printout the NEXT day!)
 Fills a room
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Personal Computing
 1970s:
 Standalone computer on your desk
 Boot from floppy disk with OS
 Store data on floppy disks
 Share work by sharing floppy disks
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Distributed Computing
 Network stand-alone units together to facilitate
sharing
 Work files
 Equipment such as printer

 Local Area Network (LAN)

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Client/Server Computing
 Server: provides a common data store for multiple
user
 File server, Application server, Web server, Database
server
 Client: uses data from the common store on the
server
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Cloud Computing
 “A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-
demand network access to a shared pool of
configurable computing resources (e.g., networks,
servers, storage, applications and services) that can
be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal
management effort or service provider interaction.”
-- NIST definition of cloud computing
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Cloud Computing
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What is the Internet?

 “The Internet is a global system of interconnected
computer networks that interchange data by packet
switching using the standardized Internet Protocol Suite
(TCP/IP)”
-- Wikipedia

 A network of networks

Video
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Who & What

 Who provide the structure?
 telco/satellite/commercial companies, government, etc

 Who control the Internet?

 Nobody, its public, cooperative and independent;
 Standards by w3c & Internet2

 What are ways to access the Internet?

 Dial-up, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Cable, Wireless, Satellite,
Cellular, etc
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What is the Web?

 "The World Wide Web (WWW, or simply Web) is an information
space in which the items of interest, referred to as resources, are
identified by global identifiers called Uniform Resource
Identifiers (URI).“

-- W3C's Architecture of the World Wide Web, Volume I

 Information space

Video
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What is a…
 Web Page
 Electronic document containing text, graphics, sound, video and
hyperlinks

 Web site
 Collection of web pages

 Web browser
 Program that allows you to view web pages

 Uniform Resource Locator (URL)

 Unique address
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You Should Know…

 Netiquette
“Code of good behaviour on the Internet”
-- TechTerm (https://techterms.com/definition/netiquette)

Golden rule:
Treat others as you would like them
to treat you
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The Internet & The Web

Q&A