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Access the internet

© S. Wilkins 6 February, 2006

Access The Internet - Activities
ICAITU005C

Activity 1 - Research Activity

  1. What is the Internet?
  2. What is the WWW?
  3. Briefly outline how a modem works.
  4. What is a packet and what does it contain?
  5. Name two types of browser software.
  6. Identify the following parts of the URL http://www.tafensw.edu.au/courses.htm
    1. protocol
    2. host name
    3. filename
  7. List three advantages of the Internet.
  8. Define the term ‘firewall’.
  9. Why are most downloadable files on the Internet compressed?
  10. List three disadvantages of the Internet.
  11. What is a search engine?
  12. What is the difference between a newsgroup and a mailing list?
  13. Why would you sometimes use a Search Engine and other times use an FTP or Archie server?
  14. What is a plug-in?
  15. What is a browser and what does it do?
  16. What is a cookie?
  17. Name five examples of search engines.
  18. What needs to be placed around text to instruct a search engine to treat the text as a phrase?
  19. What can you use to create a list of frequently visited web sites?
  20. What is included in the header of an e-mail?

Activity 2 - Sending Email

Compose and send an e-mail message to one of the students in your class. Send carbon copies to two other students and your IT teacher. Be sure to use professional language explaining what the email is about.

The subject for you e-mail should be about one of your favourite web sites. Include a link to the web site in your email.

Create a signature, either text or graphics or both, and add your signature to your message prior to sending.

Activity 3 - Email address book

Practice adding names to your e-mail address book. Collect e-mail addresses from several classmates or friends. Add their nicknames and addresses to your address list.

Activity 4 - Search Engine

Complete ALL of Practical Exercise 6 on the NSW HSC Online website.

Activity 5 - Newsgroups

  1. Go to the Deja News web page http://www.dejanews.com
  2. Click the New Users icon and read the information on how to use Deja News.
  3. What software do you need to be able to access USENET?
  4. What is Netiquette and what are some of the main rules for electronic communication?
  5. Use the Find box to locate newsgroups that talk about Windows 2000 Server.
  6. Use the Find box to locate newsgroups that talk about a topic of your choice.
  7. Practice posting a news article by locating the alt.test newsgroup. Post the article with the subject of TEST. Check your e-mail to see which computers have responded to you posting, you should receive several messages from servers acknowledging receipt.

Activity 6 - "Warriors of the Internet" video

Answer the following questions in relation to the movie “Warriors Of the Internet”. The movie can be found in the Information Technology folder on the 'O' drive.

  1. What process does a packet of data go through before being sent out on to the Internet?
  2. What do they mean by “accidents can happen” in data transfer?
  3. What does the ROUTER do?
  4. Explain the purpose of data travelling through a proxy (ie; proxy server).
  5. Are packets the same size? Why?
  6. a) Who determines if a URL is “acceptable” WHEN READ BY THE proxy server
  7. Give an example of what may be unacceptable & explain why?
  8. What 2 purposes does a FIREWALL serve?
  9. Describe BANDWIDTH.
  10. Explain briefly the relationship between switches & routers on the Internet.
  11. Name 4 links (“paths”) packets of data take to travel from one computer to another.
  12. Describe in the processes packets go through on arriving to their “destination”.