Week 7- Using the WWW

Be careful when using the internet because there are lots of bogus sites on there.
Internet vs. Web
The internet is the world’s largest computer network. The World Wide Web is like a catalogue that sits within the internet. On the net you find computers on the web you find documents, sound, information etc.
The Web
-is an abstract space of information
-could not be with out the net
-made the net useful
The web was developed by Tim Berners in 1989 so that he could access library information from different computers. He developed a more formal one in 1990. The web is a network of computers using Transmition Control Protocol/Internet Protocol the visible part of the internet uses HTTP and HTTML to display or exchange data between computers. HTML is a written language that allows you to create web information.

WWW Protocols
-TCP/IP- Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
-HTTP- Hypertext Transfer Protocol, specifies how they transfer information between places.
-DNS- Domain Name System, allows IP address’s to be associated with web address’s .mil .com .org .net are top level domains it is useful to know what the domain of a web address means because then you know why this site exists and if it useful to you i.e. .au .nz .de are associated with countries.

Web browsers
Web browsers are programs that allow you to search for things on the web. Some examples of these are Safari, Mozilla, Netscape and the internet.

You can tell the following site www.haggishunt.scotsman.com is a fake because it is supposed to be a joke a haggis is not a real creature they have just made it look like it is. They have attempted to make look like a real creature by having a race to try and catch a haggis (which is a type of food) and if you win you can get prizes. There is a haggis shop which has t-shirts with haggis on them. A clue is how the site describes a haggis ‘Any apparent difference in length could be due to the haggis’s habit of standing in a bog to confuse predators’.

The following site www.molossia.org is a fake because Molossia is not a real state or nation. There are only a total of four people in this pretend nation which is what makes it obvious it is only meant t be a joke.