The Internet and the World-Wide Web --

"Not just for Programmers any more..."



Dr. H.E. (Buster) Dunsmore
Department of Computer Science
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1398
dunsmore@cs.purdue.edu
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/bxd







What is the "Information Super-Highway" anyway???

A Typical Day a Few Years From Now...




Reading the local paper

Electronic Mail

E-mail from Mom

E-mail to Mom

Reading Magazines

Listening to a Radio Program

Checking a Traffic Map







Let us go back to Pre-Historic Times...

History of the Internet

From LANs to Networks of Networks

What is the Internet?

Growth of the Internet

Internet Protocols

Internet Domains

World-Wide Web

How did the Web get Created?

Hypertext

Hypertext Example

Hyperlinks

Hypermedia

Hypermedia Examples

Web browsers

Mosaic

Netscape

Microsoft's Internet Explorer

Potential Benefits of the Internet and World-Wide Web

More Potential Benefits

CompuServe, Prodigy, America Online, Microsoft Network, AT&T WorldNet

Relation to the Internet

Finding Useful Information on the Internet

Electronic Dictionaries and Magazines

US Government Resources

Robots, Crawlers, Worms, and Spiders

Search Engines

INDnet







Some Interesting Web Sites...

Purdue University

Math and Science

Business and Commerce

Education

Government

Government (More)

Arts and Entertainment

Arts and Entertainment (More)

Publish Magazine's Hot Links

Women in Science

RHIT 372 - International Travel Geography