Introduction to the
Internet
... for Family Historians
by Eddie Spackman
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Introduction to the
Internet
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by Eddie Spackman |
Background Information
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The content of 3 handouts available at the BerksFHS talk can be viewed from the following links:
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| ARPANET | Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork |
| CD | Compact Disk |
| GENUKI | Genealogy UK and Ireland (a web-site) |
| GOONS | Guild of One Name Surname Studies |
| HDD | Hard-disk drive |
| HTML | Hyper-text Markup Language |
| IE | Internet Explorer |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider Company that provides a connection to the internet |
| JANET | Joint Academic Network |
| MSIE | Microsoft Internet Explorer |
| MSOE | Microsoft Outlook Express |
| OE | Outlook Express |
| PC | Personal Computer nowadays implies IBM compatible |
| PRO | Public Record Office |
| RAM | Random-access memory |
| ROM | Read-only memory |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator or address of a Web Page.
It is in the following format: |
| Web | Another name for the Internet |
| WP | Word processor e.g. MS Word, Lotus WordPro, WordPerfect, WordPad etc. |
| WWW | World Wide Web - Another name for the Internet Sometimes referred to as the 'World Wide Wait'! |
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| Server | Computer where information is held |
| Client | Computer where information is to be viewed |
| Protocol | Method of connecting the Server to the Client |
| Intranet | A network restricted to a limited group of computers |
| Internet | The network available to the world |
| Browser | Application used to view information from the Internet/Intranet |
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| TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol |
Electronic Protocol used by the Internet |
| HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol |
Protocol that allows the transfer of text across the web |
| FTP File Transfer Protocol |
Protocol for the transfer of files across the web |
Some Email/Internet message Acronyms
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These are a few of the abbreviations used in Emails:
| AAA | Any advice appreciated |
| AVHBI | A very happy bunny indeed |
| DQM | Don’t quote me |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Question |
| TIA | Thanks in advance |
| SKS | Some Kind Soul |
| :-) | Happy |
| :-( | Sad |
For more on these and Netiquette in general
have a look at:
http://rs6000.adm.fau.edu/rinaldi/netiquette.html
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| prepared by Eddie Spackman |
written 2nd
February 2000 |