THE INTERNET

•The internet is a network of

computers linking many different
types of computers all over the world.
•It is a very large wide area
What is network(WAN) connecting
computers and networks around the
internet world.
•It makes it possible for millions of
users to connect to one another via
telephone lines, cable lines and
satellites.
 •Internet: network of computer
networks
A Brief
History: the •Started in 1969: Department of
Internet, Defense developed a project called
information Advanced Research Project Network
superhighwa (APRANET)To interconnect to its
y and World key research facilities in a manner
Wide Web such that no one location was critical
to the operation of the total network
 •Transmission Control Protocol
(TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP):
for dynamic rerouting
A Brief History: (simultaneous existence of
the Internet, multiple pathways)
information
superhighway •1980s: transition from large
and World central computers with many
Wide Web terminals to separated
workstations based largely on the
UNIX software developed by UC
Berkeley
 •National Science Foundation
created a private corporation
A Brief History:
the Internet, (Advanced Network and Servces) fo
information making supercomputers (NFSNET)
superhighway •Early 1990s: for transmitting
and World
Wide Web multimedia messages
 A new language for internet:
A Brief History:
the Internet, hypertext markup language
information (HTML) created at the European
superhighway Laboratory for Particle Physics
and World
Wide Web The first internet browser
(NCSA Mosaic) created at the
University of Illinois
 HARDWARE
Key
Ingredients to --Computer,monitor,
Connect to the
Internet modem
 SOFTWARE
--Internet browser (eg. Netscape Navigator and
Microsofts Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera)
Key *Allows the user to view the WWW sites or
Ingredients to pages because they interpret the HTML language
Connect to the and are able to insert the audio and graphics files
Internet into the appropriate places within a text
document to create a multimedia presentation
*Allows users to move from one site to
another, either by clicking on a highlighted
portion of the web or by entering the Uniform
Resource Locator (URL)
 •INTERNET SERVICE
Key PROVIDER(ISP)
Ingredients
to Connect to --Entity that owns the
the Internet computer to which you
dial in on a modem
 edu (educational)
.gov (government)
Internet Sites
.com (commercial)
and Domain .org (organizational)
Name
Modifiers .mil (military)
.biz (business)
 A.High Quality Sites
QUALITY B.Medium Quality
OF SITES Sites
C.Poor Quality Sites
 A.A. HIGH QUALITY sites:
coming from well-
recognized and reputable
sponsors
QUALITY Examples:
OF SITES Governmental agencies, news
services, academic institutions
and known health
organizations
  B. MEDIUM QUALITY sites: coming from site
providers who are not well-recognized but the
type of information appears to be from
reputable, known sources and the intent is to
better serve the health care community
Examples:
QUALITY •Information appears unbiased and is referenced
OF SITES to its source where appropriate
•Have section that explains who the site
providers, or content overseers and how they
qualify as experts in their field
•Addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and
professional affiliations are included
  POOR QUALITY sites: tend to be selling
products or ideas
Examples:
•Best indicators: catalogs and prices for the
QUALITY products and services on the web page
•The information is subject to bias because
OF SITES the site provider is influencing the user
•May be provided by one or few individuals
whose credentials do not qualify them for
medium quality status
 •If the information being sought by
the inquirer is NOT READILY
retrievable from a standard
Is an inquiry reference
answerable via •If the information sought is very
Internet? new or a breaking health-related
storyI
•If the information sought is of a
commercial, or layman, nature
 •Source of information
•Type of information
Points to
provided (referenced
Consider in scientific information,
Evaluating original material, or
Internet Sites
anecdotal opinion)
•Updating of the
information
 •It is more current, especially
for breaking information
•Keyword searching for
branded and commercial
Advantages of products usually yields positive
the internet results
•It is interactive; almost every
site offers the ability to ask
questions regarding the
content or format via email.
 •Older information is more
difficult to find in the internet
•Search speed is a problem
Disadvantages because the internet is subject
of the Internet to slow periods that often
occur during peak hours
•Reliability of the site provider
is not always ascertained.