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Eastern Mediterranean University


School of Computing and Technology
Department of Information Technology

ITEC229
Client-Side Internet and Web Programming

Introduction to Internet
and World Wide Web
CHAPTER 1

Prepared by: R. Kansoy

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Contents

1.1 What is Internet?


1.2 History and Development of the Internet
1.3 Internet Standards & Coordination
1.4 Anatomy of the Internet
1.5 Bacis Internet Protocols
1.6 Technologies/Tools of the Internet
1.7 World Wide Web

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1.1 What is Internet?

 The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a


worldwide system of computer networks - a network of
networks in which users at any one computer can, if they
have permission, get information from any other computer
(and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers).

 Originally the Internet served to interconnect laboratories


engaged in government research, and since 1994 it has
been expanded to serve millions of users and a multitude
of purposes in all parts of the world.

 In a matter of very few years, the Internet has


consolidated itself as a very powerful platform that has
changed the way we do business, and the way we
communicate.

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1.1 What is Internet?

 The Internet, as no other communication medium, has


given an International or, if you prefer, a "Globalized"
dimension to the world.

 Internet has become the Universal source of information


for millions of people, at home, at school, and at work.

 Internet is actually the most democratic of all the mass


media. With a very low investment, anyone can have a web
page in Internet.

 This way, almost any business can reach a very large


market, directly, fast and economically, no matter the size
or location of the business.

 With a very low investment, almost anybody that can read


and write can have access to the World Wide Web.

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1.2 History and Development of the Internet

 It was conceived by the Advanced Research Projects Agency


(ARPA) of the U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as
the ARPANet.

 The original aim was to create a network that would allow users of
a research computer at one university to be able to "talk to"
research computers at other universities.

 In time, ARPANET computers were installed at every university


in the United States that had defense related funding.

 Gradually, the Internet had gone from a military pipeline to a


communications tool for scientists.

 As more scholars came online, the administration of the system


transferred from ARPA to the National Science Foundation.

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1.2 History and Development of the Internet

Brief History of the Internet

 1960 - US government seeks nuclear war proof


communications, briefs project to APRA

 1968 - DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects


Agency) contracts with BBN (Bolt, Beranek &
Newman) to create ARPAnet

 1969 - Birth of Internet. Universities and researches


connected to ARPAnet.

 1970 - First five nodes:


 UCLA
 Stanford
 UC Santa Barbara
 University of Utah, and
 BBN

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1.2 History and Development of the Internet

 ARPANET

 Implemented in late 1960’s by ARPA (Advanced Research


Projects Agency of DOD)

 Networked computer systems of a dozen universities and


institutions with 56KB communications lines

 Grandparent of today’s Internet

 Intended to allow computers to be shared

 Became clear that key benefit was allowing fast communication


between researchers – electronic-mail (email)

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1.2 History and Development of the Internet

Brief History of the Internet


 1971 - Ray Tomlinson creates first network email application.
 E-mail - a program to send messages across a
distributed network.
 1972 – Telnet - Computers can connect more freely and easily
 1973 – FTP - computers send and receive data.
 1974 - TCP specification by Vint Cerf
 1977 - ARPAnet engineers realise the network is going to grow
beyond expectations
 1983 - ARPAnet switched NCP to TCP/IP
 1984 - Domain Name System (DNS) was introduced.
 1989 - Tim Berners-Lee proposes a new set of Internet protocols
 1991 - World-Wide Web - developed released by CERN; within the
UK academic network.
 1992/93 - Mosaic/Netscape - User Friendly Graphical Front
 1995 - US government releases Internet for commercial use

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1.3 Internet Standards & Coordination

 ICANN - The Internet Corporation for Assigned


Numbers & Names
 Non-profit organization
 Main function is to coordinate the assignment of:
• Internet domain names
• IP address numbers
• Protocol parameters
• Protocol port numbers.

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1.3 Internet Standards & Coordination

 Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

 http://www.ietf.org/
 Founded 1986
 Request For Comments (RFC) at
http://www.ietf.org/rfc.html

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1.3 Internet Standards & Coordination

 W3C – World Wide Web Consortium

 Develops recommendations and prototype


technologies related to the Web

 Produces specifications, called


Recommendations, in an effort to
standardize web technologies

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1.4 Anatomy of the Internet

 Internet Backbone
A high capacity communication link that carries data
gathered from smaller links that interconnect with it.

 NAP – Network
Access Point
Access points or
junctions to the
Internet Backbone
in major cities.

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1.4 Anatomy of the Internet

 Client/Server can describe a relationship between two


computer programs – the "client" and the "server".

 Client
 requests some type of service (such as a file or database
access) from the server.

 Server
 fulfills the request and transmits the results to the client
over a network
 The Internet Client/Server Model
 Client -- Web Browser
 Server -- Web Server

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1.4 Anatomy of the Internet

 Web Client
 Connected to the Internet when needed
 Usually runs web browser (client) software such as
Internet Explorer or Netscape
 Uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
 Connect to a web server using URL information
 Requests web pages from server
 Receives web pages and files from server
 Display the formatted information

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1.4 Anatomy of the Internet

 Web Server
 Continually connected to the Internet
 Runs web server software (such as Apache or Internet
Information Server)
 Uses HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
 Receives request for the web page
 Responds to request and transmits status code, web page, and
associated files

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1.5 Basic Internet Protocols

 Protocols : rules that describe the methods used for


clients and servers to communicate with each other
over a network.

 There is no single protocol that makes the Internet and


Web work. A number of protocols with specific
functions are needed.

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1.5 Basic Internet Protocols

 FTP (File Transfer Protocol)


 A set of rules that allow files to be exchanged between computers on the
Internet.
 Web developers commonly use FTP to transfer web page files from their
computers to web servers.
 FTP is also used to download programs and files from other servers to
individual computers.

 E-mail Protocols
 Sending E-mail
• SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

 Receiving E-mail
• POP (POP3) Post Office Protocol
• IMAP Internet Mail Access Protocol

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1.5 Basic Internet Protocols

 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol


TCP/IP

 TCP/IP has been adopted as the official communication


protocol of the Internet.
 TCP and IP have different functions that work together to
ensure reliable communication over the Internet.

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1.5 Basic Internet Protocols

 Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)


 Purpose is to ensure the integrity of communication
 Breaks files and messages into individual units called
packets

 Internet Protocol (IP)


 A set of rules that controls how data is sent between
computers on the Internet.
 IP routes a packet to the correct destination address.
 The packet gets successively forwarded to the next closest
router (a hardware device designed to move network
traffic) until it reaches its destination.

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1.5 Basic Internet Protocols

 HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol


 A set of rules for exchanging files such as text, graphic images, sound,
video, and other multimedia files on the Web.

HTTP Request

HTTP Response

 Web browsers send HTTP requests for web pages and their associated
files.
 Web servers send HTTP responses back to the web browsers.

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1.6 Technologies/Tools of the Internet

 World Wide Web: a branch of the Internet that provides


access to hyperlinked information.

 E-mail: electronic message containing information sent


from one computer to another over networks.

 Listservs/mailing lists: a facility that allows


participation in ongoing discussions via e-mail.

 Usenet Newsgroups and discussion groups: world-


wide distributed system of online discussion groups in
which people continuously participate. Newsgroups allow
people with a common interest to subscribe to one or
more groups for posting, reading and replying to
electronic mail.

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1.6 Technologies/Tools of the Internet

 Internet Relay Chat and web chatting: having a


conversation with many people on a variety of topics in real
time. All the parties to the conversation are participating
simultaneously regardless of the time zone they are in.

 Channels: Channels on the web are a pre-selected


information source that can send information to your
computer automatically according to a predetermined
schedule.

 FTP: File Transfer Protocol allows you to copy files from one
computer connected to the Internet to another computer
connected to the Internet. It allows you to download
information, upload web pages and transfer information
between computers.

 Telnet: The Telnet protocol is an application that allows a


remote connection to another computer.

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1.6 Technologies/Tools of the Internet

 Intranet: are private networks that help an organization to


share information between departments, units and regions
across a network

 Internet Phone: allows one to put a number of calls on the


same line without sacrificing sound quality.

 Video Conferencing: allows you to chat with one or more


people in real time and/or to see live images as you speak
or type.

 Blogs: Blogs or web logs are personal web pages that


contain personal thoughts and links to other sites that are of
particular interest to a blog owner.

 Wikis: Wikis are collaborative websites where the


community participate in writing a publication, like an
encyclopaedia or a general purpose website.

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1.7 World Wide Web (WWW)

 Development of the Web


 1989-1991: Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee at
European Physics Laboratory (CERN).

 1993: Marc Andreesen and others at NCSA create


Mosaic, a Web browser with a graphical user interface
Bill that could run on Windows, Macintosh, or Unix
Clinton
computer.

”When I took office,  1994: Andreesen and Jim Clark found Netscape, and
only high energy create first commercial Web browser, Netscape
physicists
had ever heard of Navigator.
what is called the
World Wide  August 1995: Microsoft introduces its version of Web
Web... Now even my browser, Internet Explorer.
cat has it's own
page.”

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1.7 World Wide Web (WWW)

 What is WWW?
 is a way of accessing information over the medium of the
Internet.
 is one of the major services of the internet who hosts
information of almost about anything one might like to
search for.
 computer network consisting of a collection of Internet
sites that offer text and graphics and sound, video and
animation resources through the hypertext transfer
protocol.

 The Web uses the HTTP protocol, only one of the languages
spoken over the Internet, to transmit data. Web services,
which use HTTP to allow applications to communicate in
order to exchange business logic, use the Web to share
information.
 The Web also utilizes browsers, such as Internet
Explorer or Firefox, to access Web documents called Web
pages that are linked to each other via hyperlinks.
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 Web Browsers

 a programme used to locate, display, browse and view


information on a website.

 when you request a web page by entering the URL in


the location field of the browser, the browser contacts
the web server and asks for a copy of the page. The
browser displays the page when it arrives.

 a browser can be text based in which case you would


only be able to view web pages in text mode or could
have a graphical user interface in which case you would
be able to view the web page in graphical mode.

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 Web Addresses

 Each Web page has a unique address called the


Uniform Resource Locator (URL).

 The URL tells the computer how and where to


look for a document.

 Example: http://www.cnn.com/world/index.html

 The hypertext links are attached to Web


addresses.

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 Web Pages

 A Web page is a file on the Web.

 A Web site is a collection of Web pages maintained


by a college, government agency, company or
individual.

 A Web page is created by using a computer


language called Hypertext Markup Language
(HTML).

 HTML is a set of codes used to format Web pages


and create links.

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 Hypertext

 Web pages are hypertext documents.

 A hypertext document is one that contains


highlighted text or links that connect to other pages
on the Web.
 By clicking on the hypertext link you can
go to another Web page on the same
computer, or a Web page on a computer
across the world.

 The Web uses a protocol called Hypertext


Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to transfer
documents containing hypertext.

 HTTP's job is similar to that of TCP/IP.


HTTP and TCP/IP, both protocols, or
standards, tell computers how to
communicate with each other.
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Introduction to Internet and


World Wide Web

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