1	Internet Basics A management-level overview of the Internet, its architecture, its capabilities, and its protocols.
2	What is the The Internet? A Technical Answer The Internet is a network of networks, reaching around the world, connecting computers of all shapes and sizes, all exchanging data through a standard called “TCP/IP”. The shape and content of the Internet change continually, as computers and networks are added and removed.
3	What is the The Internet? A Functional Answer A set of Protocols (applications), including: Electronic Mail Usenet Newsgroups File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Hypertext Transfer (The World Wide Web) Others
4	Connecting to the Internet
5	Communications Computers communicate on the Internet using a standard technique called TCP/IP.
6	How Data Gets Around The TCP/IP standard is used to move packets of data across the Internet. Each packet is: Broken down Transmitted Received Re-assembled
7	Client- Server Architecture
8	Electronic Mail E-mail is the exchange of free-form messages between users of computers connected to the Internet. Each user has an E-mail address. E-mail client programs usually include store, reply, forward, delete, and file- attachment capabilities.
9	Electronic Mail (cont.) E-mail is the Internet’s least common denominator, with over 40 million users having Internet E-mail access. Many E-mail servers are only occasionally connected to the Internet, in order to collect and send messages to and from the server’s local users.
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11	Usenet News Usenet is a very large, distributed bulletin board system, which is continuously transferred among Usenet sites across the Internet. Usenet content is comprised of a large number of articles, posted by users, and organized by topic into Newsgroups.
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13	File Transfer Protocol (FTP) FTP is the tool used for downloading (and occasionally uploading) files between computers on the Internet. FTP works with two types of files: ASCII Files (unformatted text). Binary Files (programs, formatted data, pictures, sound, video).
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15	The World Wide Web The Web is the collection of servers, documents, and links which are accessible to anyone with Internet access and a Web client browser. The Web uses the Hypertext Transfer Protocol to link Web pages from various computers together.
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17	“Surfing” the Web
18	How businesses use the Internet - 1
19	How businesses use the Internet - 2
20	How businesses use the Internet - 3
21	How businesses use the Internet - 4
22	How businesses use the Internet - 5
23	How businesses use the Internet - 6
24	Getting Started Review and understand the different types of Internet connections and services, and the advantages and costs of each. Evaluate your online business requirements and objectives, considering your target audience. Consider developing in phases.

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