Internet 1

Computer J.S.S 2 Third Term

Sub-theme: Basic knowledge of Information Technology

Week 3

Internet 1

Performance Objective:

Student should be able to:

1. Define the following:   (i) internet

(ii) World wide web (www)

(iii) Electronic mails (emails)

Content

The Internet: can be defined as a large system of connected computers around the world that allows people to share information and communicate with each other.

 

The Internet can also be defined as a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

 

World Wide Web (WWW): commonly known as the Web, is an information system where documents and other web resources are

identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs, such…