Advanced Computer and Internet Series -

Other Internet Tools

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Course Outline:
  1. Overview of the various Internet Tools and their variations
    1. HTTP (Websites)
      1. Regular Websites
      2. Search Engines, Directories, Portals, and Meta Engines
        1. Yahoo, Go, Lycos, Excite, etc
        2. Google
        3. Metacrawler
      3. Combo pages
    2. Email
      1. Email
        1. Web-based
          1. Hotmail
          2. Yahoo
          3. msn
        2. Provider based (pop, unix, imap)
          1. Outlook and Outlook Express
          2. Eudora
          3. PINE and ELM
      2. Email groups (www.egroups.com)
      3. Mailing Lists
        1. Regular Mailing Lists
        2. LISTSERVs
    3. FTP (uploading and downloading)
      1. Web-based download
      2. Client based (ws_ftp, cute ftp, gozilla)
      3. Napster, WinAMP, etc
    4. USENET (discussion boards/NEWS groups)
      1. Web-based (www.dejanews.com)
      2. Provider based (outlook or outlook express)
    5. IRC (chat)
      1. Chat (IRC)
      2. Buddy Lists
      3. Messengers
      4. ICQ
      5. Netmeeting
      6. Video Conferencing
  2. Entering the Internet "Culture" so you can get what you want

Type

Definition

Examples

RFC’s

"Request for Comments"

Creator wants input from you

FAQ’s

"Frequently Asked Questions"

Common Questions

Flame

Attacking someone online

Spam, Repeating over & over

Netiquette

The online rules of the road

ALL CAPS is shouting.

SIG

Special footer

Name--e-mail--website--quotes

Smilies

Emoticons

:), :(, ;), >;-}

Abbreviations

Shortcuts for emotions

LOL, ROFL, AFK, BRB, etc.

Clients/Servers

Clients (you) Servers (them)

chat

Client Software

What you need to do the tools

MIRC, ICQ, Napster

ISP settings

Provider servers – get them!!!

See ISP

Applets, Extensions, and Add-ons

Adds power to I.E. and Netscape!

Java, QuickTime, updates

Places to go and people to see

    1. www.cnet.com must have site
    2. www.zdnet.com must have site
    3. www.100hot.com must have site
    4. www.expedia.com join this one and explore
    5. www.ebay.com join this one and sell something
    6. www.pricewatch.com check this one out
    7. www.priceline.com check this one out