Internet Technology and Web Design (‘O’ Level)
1. Introduction to Internet
- Introduction of Internet
- Growth of Internet
- Owners of the Internet
- Anatomy of Internet
- ARPANET and Internet
- History of the World Wide Web
- basic Internet Terminology
- Net etiquette
- Internet Applications
- Commerce on the Internet
- Governance on the Internet
- Impact of Internet on Society – Crime on/through the Internet.
2. TCP/IP – Internet Technology and Protocol
- Packet switching technology
- Internet Protocols: TCP/IP
- Router
- Internet Addressing Scheme: Machine Addressing (IP address)
- E-mail Addresses
- Resources Addresses
3. Internet Connectivity
- Connectivity types: level one, level two and level three connectivity
- Setting up a connection:
- hardware requirement
- selection of a modem
- software requirement
- modem configuration
- Internet accounts by ISP: Telephone line options, Protocol options, Service options
- Telephone line options – Dialup connections through the telephone system
- dedicated connections through the telephone system
- ISDN
- Protocol options – Shell, SLIP, PPP
- Service options – E-mail, WWW, News Firewall etc.
4. Internet Networks
- Network definition
- Common terminologies:
- LAN, WAN
- Node
- Host
- Workstation
- bandwidth
- Interoperability
- Network administrator
- network security
- Network Components: Severs, Clients, Communication Media
- Types of network: Peer to Peer, Clients Server
- Addressing in Internet: DNS
- Domain Name and their organization
- understanding the Internet Protocol Address
- Network topologies: Bust, star and ring
- Ethernet
- FDDI
- ATM
- Intranet
5. Services on Internet (Definition and Functions)
6. Electronic Mail
- Email Networks and Servers
- Email protocols –SMTP, POP3, IMAp4, MIME6
- Structure of an Email – Email Address, Email Header, Body and Attachments
- Email Clients: Netscape mail Clients,
- Outlook Express, Web based E-mail.
- Email encryption- Address Book, Signature File.
7. Current Trends on Internet
- Languages
- Internet Phone
- Internet Video
- collaborative computing
- e-commerce.
8. Web Publishing and Browsing
- Overview
- SGML
- Web hosting
- HTML
- CGL
- Documents Interchange Standards
- Components of Web Publishing
- Document management
- Web Page Design Consideration and Principles
- Search engine
- Meta Search Engines
- WWW
- Browser
- HTTP
- Publishing Tools
9. HTML Programming Basics
10. Interactivity Tools
- ASP
- VB Script
- JAVA Script
- JAVA and Front Page
- Flash
11. Internet Security Management Concepts, Information Privacy and Copyright Issues
- Overview of Internet Security
- Firewalls
- Internet Security
- Management Concepts and Information Privacy and Copyright Issues
- basics of asymmetric cryptograms.