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Internet Fundamentals With NetScape

Course Outline

Lesson 1
History of the Internet
Internet Networks (aka protocols)
World Wide Web-WWW
Email
Usenet (aka discussion or news groups)
FTP-File Transfer Protocol (commonly used to transfer (upload)html documents
unto a webserver or to download applications and technical documents)
Lesson 2
Internet Terms
TCP/IP-Transfer Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(the base protocol (or digital language) on which the Internet is founded)
PPP-Point to Point Protocol (allows your computer to transfer info via a Modem)
Modem-a device that lets your computer talk with another computer via phone lines
ISP-Internet Service Provider
ie; AOL, Compuserve, Sirius, NetCom, ect.
Servers (Large computers that users (you and I) to connect to the internet)
Browsers (applications that let you use the internet)
URL (Uniform Resource Locater or Web Address)
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)-protocol used by WWW
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) programing language used to create Web pages

Lesson 3
Surfing The World Wide Web
using Netscape
Netscapes handbook and online tutorial
http://search.netscape.com/eng/mozilla/Gold/handbook/index.html
Findig info and using search engines
ie; altavista, infoseek, yahoo, ect.
some cool sites

Lesson 4
Configuring Netscapes Preference
Selecting a defult homepage
Creating Bookmarks to your favorite sites
Clearing the Disk Cache (Options-Network Preferences)
Helper Apllications and Plugins
Mail and News Prefernces for connecting to your ISP

Lesson 5
Using Email in Netscape (many people use Eudora or an email
application through their company)
sending and recieving email
Attaching Files
Creating folders
Using the Address Book

Lesson 6
Usenet newsgroups

Lesson 7
Creating your own HomePage
Netscapes Templates and Wizard
Editing and Publishig a HomePage

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