CP102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Webcast, Gmail, Hypertext Transfer Protocol
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Internet is the network of networks all encompassing. How the internet works: enter information, request is sent to the server, data flows and the server returns the requested data to your computer, web browser interprets data and displays it on your monitor. Social networking: some info should not be shared on social media, asynchrounous communication no waiting for acknowledgement from another computer, used for 2 way communication (e. g. Email: email has more privacy than social network but the info is not encrypted. Accessing and moving around the web: http = protocol, there is the domain name (majority of the text, stuff after slash path or subdirectory. E-mail: web based e-mail online based email platform, e. g. gmail, client based e-mail needs to be downloaded, e. g. outlook. Internet protocols: http modern uses, ftp (file transfer protocol) older method of transferring files from computer to computer, peer-to-peer (e. g. bittorrent) downloading something from another peer over the internet.
