working of the internet.
- SERVERS ARE ELECTRONIC FILING CABINETS THAT STORE INFORMATION AND SEND IT WHEN REQUESTED.
- A CLIENT IS A COMPUTER THAT RECEIVES INFORMATION FROM A SERVER.
- WHEN TWO COMPUTERS ON THE INTERNET EXCHANGE INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH ON MORE OR LESS THE SAME BASIS, THEY ARE CALLED PEERS
- A STREET ROUTER IS LIKE A MAILBOX AT THE END OF YOUR STREET ITS YOUR ONLY PLACE ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB.
- IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE COMPUTERS AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL, YOU PROBABLY HAVE ONLY ONE ROUTER, ALL OF WHICH CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET.
WORKING:-
- TCP\IP, WHICH IS THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL\INTERNET PROTOCOL. IT IS THE BASIC CONTROL SYSTEM, OF THE INTERNET AND IT IS REALLY ONE OR TWO SYSTEMS, IN THE COMPUTER WORLD PROTOCOL IS THE STANDARD WAY OF DOING THINGS-AN TRIED AND TRUSTED METHOD THAT EVERYONE FOLLOWS TO SEE THINGS HAPPEN PROPERLY.
- INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) IS SIMPLY THE ADDRESS SYSTEM OF THE INTERNET.
- ALL MACHINES ON THE INTERNET- YOURS, MINE, AND EVERYONE ELSE'S-ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE INTERNET PROTOCOL(IP) ADDRESS, WHICH TAKES THE FORM OF A SERIES OF DIGITS SEPARATED BY DOTS OR COLUMNS.
- IF ALL MACHINES HAVE NUMERIC ADDRESSES, EACH MACHINE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW EACH OTHER MACHINE INTERACTS.
- WHEN IT COMES TO WEBSITES, WE USUALLY REFER TO THEM BY EASILY IDENTIFIABLE NAMES INSTEAD OF THEIR ORIGINAL IP ADDRESSES - AND THERE IS A RELATIVELY SIMPLE SYSTEM CALLED DNS (DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM) THAT STARTS THE COMPUTER. TO SEE THE IP ADDRESSES FOR ANY WEBSITE.
- ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE CONTROL SYSTEM DESCRIBES HOW DATA PACKETS MOVE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN A TRANSMISSIONS CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP A COMPUTER AND ANOTHER.
- IT IS A TCP THAT ARRANGES HOW TO GET DATA FROM SOURCES TO DESTINATION, SPLIT IT INTO PACKETS, TRANSMIT, BE ANGRY IF THEY ARE LOST, AND RECONNECT IN THE CORRECT ORDER AT THE OTHER END.
INTERNET APPLICATION.
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1. WORLD WIDE WEB(WWW):
IT IS A SUBSET OF THE INTERNET THAT PROVIDES TEXT, IMAGES, ANIMATION, VIDEO, SOUND, AND OTHER MULTIMEDIA IN A SINGLE INTERFACE. THE OPERATION OF THE WEB RELIES PRIMARILY ON HYPERTEXT BECAUSE IT IS A TOOL FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION.
IT IS THE PROCESS OF EXCHANGING MESSAGES ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH A COMMUNICATION THROUGH A COMMUNICATION NETWORK USING A COMPUTER. ELECTRONIC MAIL IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR INTERNET APPLICATIONS. JUST LIKE ORDINARY SNAIL MAIL EMAIL IS ASYNCHRONOUS - PEOPLE SEND AND READ MESSAGES WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT FOR THEM, WITHOUT HAVING TO COORDINATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES.
IN CONTRAST WITH SNAIL MAIL, ELECTRONIC MAIL IS FAST, EASY TO DISTRIBUTE, AND INEXPENSIVE. MOREOVER, MODERN ELECTRONIC MAIL MESSAGES CAN INCLUDE HYPERLINKS, HTML FORMATTED TEXT, IMAGES, SOUND, AND EVEN VIDEO
3. FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL(FTP):
IT IS A SYSTEM OF RULES AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOWS THE USER TO LOGIN INTO THE ANOTHER COMPUTER AND TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN HIS AND HER COMPUTER.
4. TELNET:
IT CONNECTS ONE MACHINE TO ANOTHER IN SUCH A WAY THAT ONE PERSON INTERACTS WITH ANOTHER MACHINE JUST AS ONE MACHINE IS USED LOCALLY.
CHAT PROGRAMS ALLOWS USERS ON THE INTERNET TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER BY TYPING IN REAL-TIME, INSTANT MESSAGE ALLOWS THE USER ON THE WEB TO CONTACT ANOTHER WEB IS CURRENTLY LOGGED IN AND TYPE THE CONVERSATION.