UNDERSTANDING

THE WORLD
WIDE WEB
OBJECTIVES
appreciate the benefits
provided by the
interconnection of
computers;
take good care of every
creation God gave
a steward of Gods
beautiful creation.
How computers play
an important role in
daily life?
 What internet
invention could
you not live
without?
 Why is World Wide
Web called Web for
short?
Video clip: The invention
of the World Wide Web
 WORLD WIDE WEB
World Wide Web also known as the
Web, it is a system that lets you
access information over the medium
of the Internet. The Web uses the
HTTP protocol, only one of the
languages spoken over the Internet,
to transmit data. The Web also
utilizes browsers, such as
Internet Explorer or Firefox, to access
Web documents called Web pages
that are linked to each other via
 Why are browsers
important?
A browser is an application program
that provides a way to look at and
interact with all the information on
the World Wide Web.
How can we access the
massive information stored
on the World Wide Web?

UniformResourceLocato
r (URL) is the
globaladdressof
documentsand
otherresourceson
theWorld Wide Web.
1 2 3 4
1 - Protocol name (http or ftp)
a secure technology developed to
keep sensitive transactions and
information safe online.
2 Domain Name
3 Directories
4 Filename
 What is a search engine?
A search engine is aprogramthat
searches documents for
specifiedkeywordsand returns a list
of the documents where the
keywords were found.
Hyperlink a highlighted or
underlined feature on a web that,
when clicked, will take you to
another web page.
WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME?
Adomain nameis an identification
label that defines a realm of
administrative autonomy, authority,
or control in theInternet.

TWO TYPES OF DOMAINS

Generic top-level domains
Country code top-level
domains
 Generic Top-level
Generic Top-level Domains
Domains
.aero - air-transport
industry
air related entities

http://www.dubaiairshow
.aero
com - commercial
www.yahoo.com
.coop - cooperatives
http://www.nic.coop/
.edu - education
www.spud.edu
 .gov- government
.int - international organizations
.mil - US military
Mobi - mobile devices
Net - network
.org - organization
Country code top-level
domains

.au Australia

.ao Angola

.bh Bahrain

.jp Japan
How can you be
steward of Gods
beautiful
creation?
 ASSIGNMENT

Give at least 2 URL for

each general top-level
domain.
Give at least 10
geographical domains
and its corresponding
URL.