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Internet English

Internet English. by Nicole Huang AFL@NFU.2006. Minimum Requirements to Access the Internet. Pentium Processor 128/256 MB of RAM 10 GB of free drive space (10-40GB) Modem Connections. Modem Connections. Dial-up Connections: Modem: internal: cheaper

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Internet English

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  1. Internet English by Nicole Huang AFL@NFU.2006

  2. Minimum Requirements to Access the Internet • Pentium Processor • 128/256 MB of RAM • 10 GB of free drive space (10-40GB) • Modem Connections

  3. Modem Connections • Dial-up Connections: Modem: internal: cheaper external: more expensive • High Speed Connection: Cable Modem Digital Subscriber Line: ADSL T1 Connecting to the Internet http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/connect.html

  4. What’s Cookie? • Cookies are files that stores information about where you go and who you visit on the World Wide Web. (The website you visited would ask your browser to save a small lump of information in your own computer) • Track how often you visit a site • Save your login name and password • Store your billing address and credit card number • Save a user profile so that the site can present information customized to your needs.

  5. Where to find Cookie? • Internet Explore • Tool • Option • General • Setting • View files (then delete files ??)

  6. What’s URL? • What are in URL? • A colon and two slashes (://) • The host name of the computer on which the information is stored • The path to the file • E.g. www.csmu.edu.tw • How the web works? http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/webworks.html

  7. Read URL Address Uniform Resource Locator • http://www.nfu.edu.tw/Internet/~phuang.html • http - hypertext transfer protocol • www – World Wide Web • nfu – the second-level domain name • edu. - the top-level domain name • tw – place • Internet –the directory name • ~phuang – the file name • html – the file type

  8. Domain Names • Popular Domain • .edu : • .com : • .gov : • .mil : • .net : • .org : • How the web works? • http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/webworks.html

  9. Search Engine / Directories • Search Engine (search tools; Web crawlers) : created by electronic spiders/ robots software ex: Google • Directories: created by human editors ex: Yahoo! (includes travel; email; stock quotes; news; online bargain….) **not search for all the web, only certain database

  10. Hands-on Practice • Please go to the following websites and write a short list of their similarities and differences. (whether they are directory or search engine?) Lycos: http://lycos.com Escite: http://excite.com Ixquick: http://www.ixquick.com • Please use the following keywords to search the results from the above 3 websites and describe the findings. keyword: 1. Internet English (without quotation mark) 2. “Internet English” (with quotation mark) • Please post your report on your own blog. And visit two of your classmates blog and leave comment. ( whose students number are under you: example 1, visit 2 & 3)

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