CNIT 131 Internet Basics & Beginning HTML

1. Explain the historical development of the Internet
2. Compare the physical methods of connection to the Internet as well as the methods of interconnection between networks
3. Evaluate these connection methods with regard to capacity and flexibility
4. Explain the packet transfer protocol suite: TCP/IP
5. Use Internet electronic mail with other users on the Internet
6. Contrast the use of pine, web-based clients, and POP3 clients
7. Use automated mailing lists
8. Use a newsreader program to read news and use conferences
9. Compare synchronous communication programs such as IRC, ICQ, Instant Messenger and Web chats
10. Use Telnet to connect to other computers, examine their file structure, find/download data and run programs remotely
11. Investigate Internet connections and other users using software such as finger, traceroute, and ping
12. Describe the concepts of hypertext
13. Compare the use of graphical and text-based browsers to access hypertext information on the WWW
14. Evaluate the various tools available to search the Web: search engines, directories, meta-search engines, and portals
15. Create a simple Web Site, upload it on the server (with an understanding of permissions) and maintain it
16. Assess the methods of Web page creation and maintenance with various editing tools: text editors and simple HTML editors (e.g. Netscape Composer and Microsoft FrontPage Express)
17. Debate the legal, ethical, and security considerations of Internet use

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