CSC 101 Introduction to Computers Fall 2004 Lecture Week Six Browser Software and the Internet

Course Home Page Syllabus Assignments - Tuesday Class Assignments - Mon-Wed Class

Internet Browser Software Software Programs Internet Explorer Netscape - http://www.netscape.com Opera - http://www.opera.com Firefox - http://www.mozilla.org Main Functions of the Browser Retrieve and Display Internet-based Information Interact with Services Download and Upload Files Web Sites Pages and Frames Hits Applets/ActiveX Controls Etc. Favorites/Bookmarks Plugins Streaming Audio/Video Internet Resource and Applications Browsing/Searching for Information http://www.google.com http://www.metacrawler.com http://www.dogpile.com FAQ - Frequently Asked Question Mailing Lists Listserv Yahoo groups - http://groups.yahoo.com/ The Usenet/News groups Google Groups - http://www.google.com/grphp?hl=en&tab=wg&ie=UTF-8 Weblog/Blogosphere What is a blog - http://www.blogger.com/start IRC - Internet Relay Chat What is IRC - http://www.mirc.com/irc.html IM - Instant Messaging Net Phone Webcasting Netiquette - http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html Emoticons/Internet Acronyms Acronyms - http://www.muller-godschalk.com/acronyms.html Basic Smileys - http://www.muller-godschalk.com/basic.html High Tech Emoticons - http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/emoticons.html Internet Issues Hacking/Cracking How should hacking be prosecuted Pornography Library censorship of internet pornography Simulated child pornography Parental responsibility Gambling Should it be controlled/banned Spam Can it be controlled Spam blockers Scams and Urban Legends Break the Chain - http://www.breakthechain.org/ Snopes.com - http://snopes.com/

Computers; Information Technology in Perspective - Chapter 3, Sections 2-4 - pgs. 123 - 152

Links for Further Study

Learn the Net - Netiquette - http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/09netiqt.htm

Recommended Smileys and Emoticons - http://www.windweaver.com/emoticon.htm

Fight Spam on the Internet - http://spam.abuse.net/

Top Ten Internet Frauds - http://www.nclnet.org/top10net.htm

Last Updated: 10/13/04