CGS1100: Introduction to Computers

Dr. Martin Hepp, mhepp@computer.org

 

Reading Assignment for Unit 9A: The Internet

 

Read the following web pages. If you encounter difficulties, focus on the basic principles (some pages go too much into details). The potential quiz covers the respective fundamentals.

 

  1. The History of the Internet

a)      http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html

b)      http://w3.aces.uiuc.edu/AIM/scale/nethistory.html

 

  1. World Wide Web

a)      http://www.mit.edu/people/rei/wwwintro.html

 

  1. E-mail Tutorial: POP3, SMTP, IMAP

a)      http://www.mcfedries.com/ramblings/email-primer.asp

 

  1. Search Engines, Spiders, and Catalogs

a)      The Basics of Google Search: http://www.google.com/help/basics.html

b)      How Internet Search Engines Work: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/search-engine.htm/printable

 

In addition to that, you could also use www.google.com to find additional pages.