Chapter 2: The Internet, The Web and Electronic Commerce

The Internet is the largest global network, connecting smaller networks worldwide

The World Wide Web or WWW was introduced in 1991 at CERN (Center for European Nuclear Research)

Common Internet Uses

Browsers

• Programs that provide access to Web resources
• Allow you to surf the Internet
• Popular Web browsers include:

Mozilla Firefox

Apple Safari

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Google Chrome

• Browsers interpret HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) commands 
• Display document as a Web Page

Blogs, Microblogs, and Wikis

• Web logs or blogs - postings that are date and time-stamped and then arranged with the most recent items shown first
• Example: Blogger and WordPress

• Microblogs - short status updates or sentences that answer the question            
• Example : Facebook and Twitter

• Wiki - a specially designed Web site that allows visitors to edit the contents

Search Tools

• Search engines 

• Metasearch engines 

• Specialized search engine 

• Content Evaluation 

Electronic Commerce (e-commerce)

• Business-to-consumer (B2C)

Online Banking - CIMB Clicks

Financial trading

Shopping - Malaysia Online Boutique

• Consumer-to-consumer (C2C)

Auction house sites

Person-to-person auction sites 

• Business-to-business (B2B)

     Web Utilities

• Plug-Ins

• Filters

• File Transfer Utilities

File transfer protocol (FTP & SFTP)

Web-based file transfer services

BitTorrent

• Internet Security Suites

posted by : Ash