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Islam and Internet
ALAM Maritime
MISC Malaysia
What is Internet
American People
Rotterdam
50 States
Provinces of Canada
Palm Tree
TCP IP
Concept of Network
Specialized Servers
Workstaion Vs Server
Quraan in English
Dr Israr Ahmad
Poetry
Introducing NT
NT Protocols
Win NT Services
The Islands
Cool Links
Islamabad
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| INTERNET |
| A Brief Overview |
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| 'Internet' is an inter-connected global network of computers based upon the TCP/IP protocol suite. TCP/IP was originally developed by the US Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency to facilitate the inter-connection of military networks and was provided free to universities. The obvious utility of worldwide digital network connectivity and the availablity of free complex networking software developed at universities doing military research attracted other universities, research institutions, private organizations, businesses, and finally the individual home user. The Internet is now available to all current commercial computing platforms. Please see the following components of Internet: FTP: (File Transfer Protocol) A simple Internet protocol that transfers complete files from an FTP server to a client running the FTP client. WWW: (World Wide Web) A collection of Internet Servers providing hypertext-fotmatted documents for Internet clients running Web browsers. The World Wide Web provided the first easy-to-use graphical interface for the Internet and is largely responsible for the Internet's explosive growth. HTTP: (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) 'Hyper Text Transfer Protocol' is an Internet Protocol that transfers HTML documents over the Internet and responds to context changes that happens when a user clicks on a hypertext link. URL: (Uniform Resource Locator) An Internet standard naming convention for identifying resources available via various TCP/IP application protocols. For example: http://www.microsoft.com ' is the URL for Microsoft's World Wide Web server site, while : ftp://gateway.dec.com ' is a popular FTP site. A URL allows easy hypertext references to a particular resource from within a document or mail message. TCP/IP: (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) A suite of Internet protocols upon which the global Internet is based. TCP/IP is a general term that can refer either to the TCP and IP protocols used together or to the complete set of Internet protocols. TCP/IP is the default protocol for Windows NT. Telnet: A terminal application that allows a user to log into a multiuser UNIX computer from any computer connected to the Internet. PROTOCOL: An established communication method that the parties involved understand. Protocols provide a context in which to interpret communicated information. Computer protocols are rules used by communicating devices and software services to format data in a way that all participants understand. ADAPTER: A device that allows two or more incompatible devices to be connected together so that they can transfer data. Any hardware device that allows communications to occur through physically dissimilar systems. This term usually refers to peripheral cards permanently mounted inside computers that provide an interface from the computer's bus to another media such as a hard disk or a network. SERVER: A computer dedicated to servicing requests for resources from other computers on a network. Servers typically run network operating systems such as Windows NT Server or NetWare. Dedicated computer which provides a function to a network, such as storing images, or printing data. |
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