Internet

By Sydelle Dsa Class : 6B

What Is the Internet?

A network of networks, joining many government, university and private computers together and providing an infrastructure for the use of E-mail, bulletin boards, file archives, hypertext documents, databases and other computational resources The vast collection of computer networks which form and act as a single huge network for transport of data and messages across distances which can be anywhere from the same office to anywhere in the world.

Brief History of the Internet

1968 - DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) 1970 - First five nodes:
UCLA Stanford UC Santa Barbara U of Utah, and BBN

1974 - TCP specification by Vint Cerf 1984 On January 1, the Internet with its 1000 hosts converts en masse to using TCP/IP for its messaging

The Creation of the Internet

The creation of the Internet solved the following challenges:
Basically inventing digital networking as we know it Survivability of an infrastructure to send / receive high-speed electronic messages Reliability of computer messaging

Copyright 2002, William F. Slater, III, Chicago, IL, USA

Internet Growth Trends

1977: 111 hosts on Internet 1981: 213 hosts 1983: 562 hosts 1984: 1,000 hosts 1986: 5,000 hosts 1987: 10,000 hosts 1989: 100,000 hosts 1992: 1,000,000 hosts 2001: 150 175 million hosts 2002: over 200 million hosts By 2010, about 80% of the planet will be on the Internet

An Internet service provider (abbr. ISP, also called Internet access provider or IAP) is a business or organization that provides to consumers access to the Internet and related services. In the past, most ISPs were run by the phone companies. Now, ISPs can be started by just about any individual or group with sufficient money and expertise. In addition to Internet access via various technologies such as dialup and DSL, they may provide a combination of services including domain name registration and hosting, web hosting etc

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One of the greatest things about the Internet is that nobody really owns it. It is a global collection of networks, both big and small. These networks connect together in many different ways to form the single entity that we know as the Internet. In fact, the very name comes from this idea of interconnected networks. Every computer that is connected to the Internet is part of a network, even the one in your home. For example, you may use a modem and dial a local number to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). At work, you may be part of a local area network (LAN), but you most likely still connect to the Internet using an ISP that your company has contracted with. When you connect to your ISP, you become part of their network. The ISP may then connect to a larger network and become part of their network. The Internet is simply a network of networks.

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BENEFITS OF THE INTERNET

The internet can provide children and adults alike with a world of exciting opportunities. It offers: Educational games and programs Research information for school projects and business The opportunity to communicate with people from all around the world The opportunity to share resources and ideas with people that have the same interests shopping around the world without leaving your computer. The internet uses multimedia and interactivity extensively. Using multimedia means that you can access not only written words, but also pictures, music and sound effects. Interactivity means that the user can choose what they want to see just by the click of a mouse. The computer asks users questions which they can then answer

E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the

buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.

ON-LINE DANGERS FOR CHILDREN

There are no regulations or controls on the material that is placed on the internet. While there are over 3 million perfectly safe childrens sites on the net, children can unexpectedly come across material of violent nature, language that is rude and the advertising of childrens products. Quite innocently they can bring up sites that do not relate to the topic they are looking for, or someone can send them images or messages that are not appropriate. cont

Therefore there are many things on-line that are not suitable for children or that are cause for concern. The main dangers to children are that they may: Access inappropriate information Inadvertently form friendships with strangers Be subjected to advertising pressures Risk their personal health through excessive use Endanger their privacy by revealing person details about themselves, such as their name and address.

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Access inappropriate information The search engines on the internet provide access to many sites on a given topic. Even when children are searching for ordinary everyday topics, it is possible that they might come across sites with information and/or images that could be harmful to them.

Violent and disturbing images This could include such things as crash scenes and even mortuary sites. Research has shown that violence in any form of screen media, that is, films, videos, television, computer games and the internet, can have a negative effect on children, particularly young children
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Making purchases or gambling online Children can easily come across sites which encourage Them to purchase goods on-line on-line gambling. A credit card number is all it takes for someone to play. Using 1900 numbers. Children can inadvertently accumulate very large telephone bills in a short space of time by accessing Internet Dialer numbers that transfer them to an overseas phone line. Incorrect and inaccurate information Children may believe that everything they see on the internet is factual. In fact, any person can put any information they like up on the internet and there is no guarantee that the information is accurate.
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Inadvertently form friendships with strangers

It is possible that children will come into contact with people who are pretending to be children but have other motives. There is a real danger that children may: Provide personal details to strangers Arrange to meet friends they have made on the internet without really knowing who they are be harassed by email.

Risk their personal health through excessive use The internet can become addictive. It is important that children do not use the internet to the exclusion of other developmentally appropriate tasks including, the need to be cont physically active.