Internet Basics 


How to Connect:
a.  Local Lan whose server is an Internet host.

b.  Dial into an Internet host using SLIP or PPP protocol.

c.  Dial into an on-line service provider.


Services Available:
a.	E-mail (electronic mail exchange)
b.	Telnet  (Terminal connection to a host)
c.	FTP (File transfer)
d.	Gopher (Menu driven text type information provider
e.	WWW (World Wide Web) (Hypertext links to access information including graphics, sound and video as well as text)

Terminology:
* Protocol
* TCP/IP
* IP address
* Client-Server
* HTML
* URL


Software:

Client : 
WWW : Internet Assistant (wrdia20z.exe), Netscape Navigator (N32e20.exe), Mosaic, Cello

Gopher: Internet Assistant, Netscape Navigator, Wingopher

FTP : Internet Asistant, Netscape Navigator, Ws-FTP (Ws-ftp32.zip)

Telnet : QVTNet (qvtnet40.zip)

Server :folkwb95.zip, W4serv21.zip, 32wfd210.zip

Where to find:
ftp://ftp.metu.edu.tr/pub/cica
http://genc.ceng.metu.edu.tr/Public
http://www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~genc/Public




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