Sunday 11 September 2016

1. The Internet is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of business, government agencies, educational institutions and individuals.
2. Differentiate the following:
  • DSL - Digital Subscriber Line is a type of technology that connects the user to high-speed Internet bandwidth connections across a telephone network. It uses the same lines as your regular telephone service.
  • FTTP - Fiber to the Premises also called Fiber to the Home (FTTH) is a pure fiber-optic cable connection running from an Internet Service Provider (ISP) directly to the user's home or business. Fiber optic cables are made of one or more optical fibers, which are designed to carry light.
  • Fixed Wireless - is the operation of wireless devices or systems used to connect two fixed locations (eg : building to building or tower to building) with a radio or other wireless link, such as a laser bridge. Mostly fixed wireless is part of a wireless LAN infrastructure.
  • Cellular radio network - or called as mobile network is a communication network where the last link is wireless. The network is distributed over land areas called cells, each served by at least one fixed-location transceiver, known as a cell site or base station.
  • Wi-Fi - a facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the Internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.
  • Satellite internet service - is the ability to transmit and receive data from a relatively small satellite dish on Earth and communicate with an orbiting geostationary satellite 22,300 miles above Earth's equator.
3. Types of Internet Access Provider :
  • Cable
  • Fiber optic service
  • DSL
  • Satellite
4. Google Search - commonly referred to as Google Web Search or simply Google, is a web search engine developed by Google. It is the most-used search engine on the World Wide Web, handling more than three billion searches each day. Yahoo! A Web directory developed in the early 1990s by Stanford graduate students David Filo and Jerry Yang. Yahoo! has expanded into a full features Web portal, including a search engine, chat groups, instant messaging (IM), and e-mail.

5. What are three types of e-commerce:
  • Business-to-consumer (B2C) is business or transactions conducted directly between a company and consumers who are the end-users of its products or services.
  • Consumer-toconsummer (C2C) is a business model that facilitates an environment, usually online, where customers can trade with each other.
  • Business-tobusiness (B2B) refers to a situation where on business makes a commercial transaction with another..
6.Static Web Pages - display the exact same information whenever anyone visits it. Do not have to be simple plain text. They can feature detailed multimedia design and even videos.
Dynamic Web Pages - are capable of producing different content for different visitors from the same source code file. The website can display different content based on what operating system or browser the visitor is using, whether she is using a PC or a mobile device, or even the source that referred the visitor.

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