INTERNET SERVICE ITU APA ?

INTERNET SERVICES

1. World Wide Web (www)

•         The World Wide Web (WWW), or Web, consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents.

•         Each electronic document on the Web is called a Web page which can contain text, graphics, animation, audio, and video.

•         Web pages usually have built-in connections to other documents.

•         Some web pages are static (fixed); others are dynamic (changing).

•         Visitors to a static web page see all  the same content.

•         Visitors to a dynamic web page, can customize some or all of the viewed content such as desired stock quotes, weather for a region or ticket availability for flights.

•         A Web site is a collection of related Web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored on a Web server.

•         Web server is a computer that delivers requested Web pages to your computer.

•         Web 2.0 refer to Web sites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to modify Web site content and have application software built into the site for visitors to use.

2. e-mail

WHATIS e-mail ?

•      Short for electronic mail

•      The transmission of messages and files via a computer network

-- Consist of simple text or can contain attachments, such as documents, graphics, or audio/video clips

--Some Web sites — such as Google and Yahoo!—provide free e-mail services.

•      One of the original services on the Internet.

•      An e-mail address is a unique name that consists of a user name and domain name that identifies the user.

•      Basic form of an email address is:

                        username@hostname.subdomain.domain

           Example:       

amir@gmail.com

hanizan@kmph.matrik.edu.my     

•      A user name is a unique combination of characters, such as letters of the alphabet and/or numbers, that identifies a specific user.

•      User name must be different from the other user names in the same domain.

Example how to create an account in Gmail :

3. Instant messaging (im)

What is instant messaging (IM)?

A real-time Internet communications service that notifies you when one or more people are online and allows you to exchange messages or files or join a private chat room with them.

•      Real time means that you and the people with whom you are conversing are online at the same time.

Some IM services support voice and video conversations

•         For IM to work, both parties must be online at the same time.

•         Popular IM software includes:

-- AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)

--Google Talk

--MySpace IM

--Windows Live Messenger

--  Yahoo! Messenger

4. Voice over internet protocol (voip)

What is VoIP?

Voice over Internet Protocol, a technology for making telephone calls over the Internet in which speech sounds are converted into binary data.

•      VoIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.

•      Also called Internet Telephony.

•      To connect a calling party to one or more local or long distance called parties.

•         To place an Internet telephone call, you need:

q  a high-speed Internet connection (such as DSL or Cable Modem),

q  Internet telephone service,

q  a microphone or telephone

q  internet telephone software or VoIP router.

•         VoIP services are also available on some mobile services that have wireless Internet service.

5. Message board

What is message boards?

•      Type of discussion group.

•      Many web sites use message boards because they are easier to use.

•      Also known as discussion group, discussion forum and online forum.

•      A general term for any online "bulletin board" where you can leave and expect to see responses to messages you have left.

•      A popular Web-based type of discussion group that does not require a newsreader

6. File transfer protocol

•         FTP is one method, users have to transfer webpages files from their local machine to the server.

•         An FTP server is a computer that allows users to upload and/or download file using FTP.

•         An FTP site is a collection of file including text, graphics, audio clips, video clips and program files that reside on an FTP server.

•         Some FTP sites restrict file transfers to those who have authorized accounts on the FTP server

•         FTP is one method, users have to transfer webpages files from their local machine to the server.

•         An FTP server is a computer that allows users to upload and/or download file using FTP.

•         An FTP site is a collection of file including text, graphics, audio clips, video clips and program files that reside on an FTP server.

•         Some FTP sites restrict file transfers to those who have authorized accounts on the FTP server

•         Some examples of FTP programs are Smarter FTP, WS_FTP and Internet Explorer.

•         Web developing programs like Dreamweaver can also be used to establish an FTP connection to a server.

•         From FileZilla:

       -FileZilla is an FTP program for file uploading and downloading to and from your FTP site, server, or host.

      -The program lets you transfer files and navigate among folders, Web sites, and your computer.

      -This software enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously.