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History of the world wide web

 1990, Tim Berners-Lee of CERN( European Organization

for Nuclear Research) developed the World Wide Web.
 He wrote a program that allowed formatted pages to be
linked using keywords (hyperlinks).
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 Came up an with the idea to storing HTML pages on the
internet.

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

• 1994, Tim Berners- Lee founded World Wide Web

Consortium (W3C)
• to developing nonproprietary, interoperable
technologies for the World Wide Web.
• Is also a standardization organization.

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World Wide Web VS Internet

• Many people use the terms World Wide Web and

internet interchangeably
• world wide web actually is a service of the
internet.
• Internet was developed in the late 1960s while
world wide web emerged in the early 1990s.

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The World Wide Web

 The World Wide Web, or Web, consists of a worldwide

collection of electronic documents (Web pages)

 Web page can contain text, graphic, animation, audio,

and video.
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 Web pages usually have build in connections to other
documents.

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• 2 types of web page

a) Static (fixed)
•) Visitors all see the same content
a) Dynamic (changing)
•) Visitors can customize some or all of the viewed
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• A Web site is a collection of related Web pages

and associated items such as a documents and
pictures, stored on a web server.
• A Web server is a computer that delivers
requested Web pages to your computer.
• The same web server can store multiple web sites.
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Web 2.0 refers to Web sites that provide a means
for users to interact.
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• A Web browser, or browser, allows users to

access Web pages and Web 2.0 programs

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• A home page is the first page that a Web site displays

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• Microbrowser, which
is browser designed
for small screen and
limited computing
power.
• Some Web pages are
designed specifically
for microbrowsers
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• Downloading is the process of receiving

information.
• While a browser downloads a web page,
typically display an logo or icon in the
browser window.
• Time required to download a web page
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• A Web page has a unique address called a

Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Web address

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• To save time, users can create bookmarks for

their frequently visited web pages.
• A bookmarks or favorite is a saved web address
that you access by clicking its name in a list.

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• When enter web address in a browser, you

 request or pull, information from a web server. Some web

servers also can push content to your computer.

• Example: some web servers provide the capability

of displaying current sporting events score or
weather reports on your computer screen.

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Hyperlink

• A link (hyperlink) is a built in connection to

another related web page or part of the web
page.
• Hypertext refers to links in text-based documents
• Hypermedia combines text-based links with
graphic, audio, video links.

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• Tabbed browsing allows you to open and view multiple

Web pages in a single Web browser window

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• Two types of search tools are search engines and

subject directories

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• A search engine is helpful in locating items such

as:

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• There are thirteen types of Web sites

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1. Portal
•. Often offer free services such as search engines,
news, sport and weather.
•. Have online community, website that joins a
specific group of people with similar interests or
relationships.
•. Example: Alta Vista, MSN, Yahoo, iGoogle.
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2. News
•. Contain newsworthy material.
•. Example: Newspaper, television, radio stations.

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3. Informational
•. Contain factual information.
•. Example: published research findings
4. Business/Marketing
•. Contains content that promotes or sells products
or services.
•. Allow to purchase products or service online
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5. Blog
•. Short for weblog, is an informal web site
consisting of articles, posts, in diary or journal
format.
•. Reflect interest, opinion, and personalities of the
author, called the blogger or vlogger(for vlog
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6. Wiki
•. allows users to create, add, modify, delete web
site content.
•. Collect recent edits on a web page so that
someone can review them for accuracy.
•. Difference between wiki and blog is that users
cannot modify original blog posts by the blogger
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7. Online social network (social networking web

site)
•. Encourages members to share their interests,
ideas, stories, photo, music.
•. Include chat rooms, newsgroup.
•. Media sharing web site is a specific type of
online social network that enables members to
share media such as photos, music and videos.
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8. Educational
•. Offers exciting, challenging avenues for formal
and informal teaching and learning.
•. Example: You can learn how airplanes fly or how
to cook a meal
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• Information
presented on the
Web must be
evaluated for
accuracy
• No one oversees the
content of Web
pages
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• Multimedia refers to any application that

combines text with:

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• A graphic is a digital
representation of
nontext information
• Graphic formats
include BMP, GIF,
JPEG, PNG, and TIFF

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• A thumbnail is a
small version of a
larger graphic.
• Click a thumbnail to
display a larger
image

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• Animation is the appearance of motion created

by displaying a series of still images in sequence.
• Such as Adobe Flash

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• Audio includes music, speech, or any other sound

– Compressed to reduce file size. E.g.: mp3 reduce one-tenth its
original file.
• You listen to audio on your computer using a player.
Example: Windows Media Player
• Streaming is the process of transferring data in a
continuous and even flow.
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• Video consists of images displayed in motion

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• Virtual reality (VR) is the use of computers to

simulate a real or imagined environment that
appears as a three-dimensional space
Example: might show a
house for sale. Potential
buyers walk through
rooms in the VR house by
moving an input device
forward, backward or to
the side.

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• A plug-in, or add on is a program that extends the

capability of a Web browser

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• Web publishing is the development and

maintenance of Web pages

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1. Plan a web site

•. Identify the purpose and characteristics of people
whom you want to visit.
2. Analyze and design a Web site
•. Design the layout of the elements such as links,
text, graphics, video
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4. Deploy a web site

•. Transfer the web pages from your computer to a
web server.
•. Web hosting service, which provide storage
space on a web server for a reasonable monthly
fee.
5. Maintain a web site
•. Visit the web site regularly to ensure the web site
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