Chapter 1
Internet & Web Basics
Key Concepts
Copyright © 2013
Terry Ann Morris, Ed.D.
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Learning Outcomes
Describe the evolution of the Internet and the Web
Explain the need for web standards
Describe universal design
Identify benefits of accessible web design
Identify reliable resources of information on the Web
Identify ethical use of the Web
Describe the purpose of web browsers and web servers
Identify Internet protocols
Define URIs and domain names
Describe XHTML and HTML
Create your first web page
Use the body, head, title and meta elements
Name, save, and test a web page
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The Evolution of the Internet
Internet
Interconnected network of computer networks
ARPAnet
○ Advanced Research Project Agency
○ 1969 – four computers connected
NSFnet
○ National Science Foundation
Use of the Internet was originally limited to
government, research and academic use
1991 Commercial ban lifted
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Growth of the Internet
Figure 1.1 Growth of Internet Usage
Statistics from www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2001 - 2012,
Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide .
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Reasons for
Internet Growth in the 1990s
Removal of the ban on commercial activity
Development of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-
Lee at CERN
Development of Mosaic, the first graphics-based web
browser at NCSA
Convergence of technologies:
Affordable personal computers with GUI Operating Systems
Affordable Internet service providers
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The World Wide Web
The graphical user interface to information
stored on some of the computers
connected to the Internet.
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Web Standards
and the W3C Consortium
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
WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative
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Web Accessibility
“The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by
everyone regardless of disability is an essential
aspect.” – Tim Berners-Lee
Accessible Websites
provide accommodations that help individuals
to individuals with visual, auditory, physical,
and neurological disabilities overcome barriers
WAI – Web Accessibility Initiative
Develops accessibility recommendations
WCAG 2.0
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/
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Web Accessibility
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
Requires that government agencies must give
individuals with disabilities access to information
technology that is comparable to the access
available to others
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Universal Design
“The design of products and
environments to be usable by all people,
to the greatest extent possible, without
the need for adaptation or specialized
design.”
– The Center for Universal Design
http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/about_ud/about_ud.htm
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Information on the Web
Reliability and information
Evaluate the credibility of the site
Ethical use of information
Copyright and the Web
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Network Overview
Network
two or more computers connected together for the
purpose of communicating and sharing resources
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The Client/Server Model
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
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The Client/Server Model
The Internet
Client/Server Model
Client: Web Browser
Server: Web Server
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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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Common Internet Protocols
Official Communication Protocol: TCP/IP
Specialized Protocols:
File Transfer: FTP
E-mail: SMTP, POP3, IMAP
Websites: HTTP
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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.
Webservers send HTTP responses back to the web
browsers.
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IP Address
Each device connected to the Internet has a
unique numeric IP address.
These addresses consist of a set of four groups
of numbers, called octets.
74.125.73.106 will get you Google!
An IP address may correspond to a domain
name.
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Domain Name
Locates an organization or other entity on the
Internet
Domain Name System
◦ Divides the Internet into logical groups and
understandable names
◦ Associates unique computer IP Addresses with the
text-based domain names you type into a web
browser
◦ Browser: http://google.com
◦ IP Address: 74.125.73.106
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URI
Uniform Resource Indicator
URL
Uniform
Resource
Locator
Represents
the address
of a resource
on the Internet.
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TLD
Top-Level Domain Name
A top-level domain (TLD) identifies the right-
most part of the domain name.
Some generic TLDs:
.com, .org, .net, .mil, .gov, .edu, .int, .aero,
.asia, .cat, .jobs, .name, .biz, .museum, .info,
.coop, .pro, .travel
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County Code
TLDs
Two character codes originally intended to indicate
the geographical location (country) of the web site.
In practice, it is fairly easy to obtain a domain
name with a country code TLD that is not local to
the registrant.
Examples:
.tv, .ws, .au, .jp, .uk
See http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm
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Domain Name System
The Domain Name System (DNS) associates
Domain Names with IP addresses.
Domain Name
IP Address DNS
Web Browser Web
requests web page Use TPC/IP
to send HTTP Request Server
Use TCP/IP
to send HTTP Responses
with web page files & images
Web Browser
displays web page
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Markup Languages
SGML – Standard Generalized Markup
Language
› A standard for specifying a markup language or
tag set
HTML – Hypertext Markup Language
› The set of markup symbols or codes placed in a
file intended for display on a web browser.
Element or tag – individual markup code
Attribute – modifies the purpose of a tag
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Markup Languages (2)
XML – eXtensible Markup Language
A text-based language designed to describe, deliver,
and exchange structured information.
It is not intended to replace HTML –
it is intended to extend the power of HTML by
separating data from presentation.
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Markup Languages (3)
XHTML – eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language
Developed by the W3C as the reformulation of HTML 4.0
as an application of XML.
It combines the formatting strengths of HTML 4.0 and the
data structure and extensibility strengths of XML.
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Markup Languages (4)
HTML 5
› The next version of HTML 4 and XHTML 1
Currently in draft status
Incorporates features of both HTML and XHTML
Adds new elements
Eliminates some elements
Intended to be backward compatible
› http://www.w3.org/html/
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Your First HTML5 Web Page:
index.html
<!DOCTYPE html">
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
... body text and more HTML tags go here ...
</body>
</html>
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Under the Hood of
a Web Page
DTD – describes the markup language syntax
HTML element– contains the web page document
Head element – contains the head section
The head section contains information that describes the
web page document
Title element– Text displays in title bar of window
Meta element – describes the character encoding
Body element – contains the body section
The body section contains the text and elements that
display in the browser viewport.
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Summary
This chapter provided a brief overview of
Internet, Web, and introductory networking
concepts along with your very first web
page.
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Parts of a URL
The port specifies the port number that the
server is listening to for requests.
Port number is optional
If not given, the default of port 80 is used.
