LECTURE 07
WWW &
ECOMMERCE
Mr. Mubashir Ali
Lecturer(Dept. of Computer Science) [email protected]
The World Wide Web
•The World Wide Web, or Web, consists of a
worldwide collection of electronic documents
(Web pages)
•A Web siteis a collection of related Web pages
and associated items
•A Web serveris a computer that delivers
requested Web pages to your computer
•Web 2.0refers to Web sites that provide a means
for users to interact
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The World Wide Web
•A Web browser, or browser, allows users to
access Web pages and Web 2.0 programs
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Internet
Explorer
FirefoxOpera
Safari
Google
Chrome
The World Wide Web
•A home page is the first
page that a Web site
displays
•Web pages provide linksto
other related Web pages
–Surfing the Web
•Downloadingis the
process of receiving
information
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Figure 2-7
•Some Web pages are
designed specifically for
microbrowsers
Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click iPhone
below Chapter 2
The World Wide Web
•A Web page has a unique address called a URLor
Web address
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Figure 2-8
The World Wide Web
•Tabbed browsingallows you to open and view multiple
Web pages in a single Web browser window
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Figure 2-9
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click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Tabbed Browsing
below Chapter 2
The World Wide Web
•Two types of search tools are search engines and
subject directories
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Search
engine
Finds information
related to a
specific topic
Subject
directory
Classifies Web
pages in an
organized set of
categories
The World Wide Web
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Figure 2-10
The World Wide Web
•A search engine is helpful in locating items such
as:
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Images Videos Audio News
Maps
People or
Businesses
Blogs
The World Wide Web
•There are thirteen types of Web sites
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Figure 2-15
Portal News Informational Business/Marketing
Blog Wiki Online Social
Network
Educational
The World Wide Web
Entertainment Advocacy Web
Application
Content
Aggregator
Personal
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The World Wide Web
•Multimediarefers to any application that
combines text with:
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The World Wide Web
•A graphicis a digital
representation of
nontextinformation
•Graphic formats include
BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG,
and TIFF
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Figure 2-17
The World Wide Web
•Animationis the appearance of motion created
by displaying a series of still images in sequence
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The World Wide Web
•Audioincludes music, speech, or any other sound
–Compressed to reduce file size
•You listen to audio on your computer using a player
•Streamingis the process of transferring data in a
continuous and even flow
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Figure 2-20
The World Wide Web
•Videoconsists of full-motion images that are
played back at various speeds
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Figure 2-22
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click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click YouTube
below Chapter 2
The World Wide Web
•Virtual reality(VR) is the use of computers to
simulate a real or imagined environment that
appears as a three-dimensional space
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Figure 2-23
The World Wide Web
•A plug-inis a program that extends the capability
of a Web browser
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Figure 2-24
The World Wide Web
•Web publishingis the development and
maintenance of Web pages
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Plan a
Web site
Analyze
and
design a
Web site
Create a
Web site
Deploy a
Web site
Maintain
a Web
site
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click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Web Page Authoring
Software below Chapter 2
E-Commerce
•E-commerceis a business transaction that occurs
over an electronic network
–M-commerceidentifies e-commerce that takes place
using mobile devices
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E-Commerce
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E-commerce
Business-
to-
consumer
(B2C)
Consumer-
to-
consumer
(C2C)
Business-
to-
business
(B2B)
E-Commerce
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Figure 2-25
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click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Google Checkout
Software below Chapter 2
Other Internet Services
•E-mailis the
transmission of
messages and files via a
computer network
•An e-mail program
allows you to create,
send, receive, forward,
store, print, and delete
e-mail messages
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Other Internet Services
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Other Internet Services
•A mailing listis a group of e-mail names and addresses
given a single name
–Subscribingadds your e-mail name and address
–Unsubscribingremoves your name
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then click E-Mail below
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Other Internet Services
•Instant messaging (IM) is a real-timeInternet
communications service
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Other Internet Services
•A chatis a real-time
typed conversation that
takes place on a
computer
•A chat roomis a
location on an Internet
server that permits
users to chat with each
other
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click Chapter 2, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Chat Rooms
below Chapter 2
Other Internet Services
•VoIP(Voice over IP)
enables users to speak
to other users over the
Internet
–Also called Internet
telephony
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Other Internet Services
•A newsgroupis an
online area in which
users have written
discussions about a
particular subject
–Typically requires a
newsreader
•A message boardis a
Web-based type of
discussion group
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Other Internet Services
•FTP(File Transfer Protocol) is an Internet standard
that permits file uploadingand downloading with
other computers on the Internet
•Many operating systems include FTP capabilities
•An FTP server is a computer that allows users to
upload and/or download files using FTP
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Link from left navigation,
then click FTP
below Chapter 2
Netiquette
•Netiquetteis the code of acceptable Internet
behavior
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Summary
History and structure of
the Internet
World Wide Web
Browsing, navigating,
searching, Web
publishing, and
e-commerce
Other Internet services:
e-mail, instant
messaging, chat rooms,
VoIP, newsgroups and
message boards, and FTP
Rules of netiquette
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