SHOLARS ROSARY SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL [2023-24]

SUBJECT: COMPUTER
CLASS X

CHAPTER 1
Network: It is defined as a group of computing devices linked together to share resources.

INTERNET
Network of Networks, Internet is defined as a global network of numerous computers and
computer networks to exchange information with each other.

WORKING OF INTERNET: -
Internet is a huge network of computers spread across the world to exchange information
with each other. The systems are not connected directly to each other but they are the part of
some smaller networks. Such smaller networks are further connected to form the large
network. These large networks are then connected with the backbone of Internet through
Gateway.

What do you mean by ‘Backbone’ and ‘Gateway’ of Internet?

Backbone: It is a central high speed interconnecting structure that allows two or more
networks to exchange information with each other.
Gateway: It is a special device that helps to connect two or more different or dissimilar
networks with the backbone of the Internet.
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNET
ADVANTAGES DISADAVNTAGES
Pool of information Being open, anyone can upload any
Widely used source of communication sorts of information which is often far
in the form chatting, email, video from authentic or even aggravating
conferencing etc. A major distraction for students in the
E commerce and E shopping available form of social media sites such as
One can download songs, movies, Facebook or Instagram or even
documents, presentations etc. YouTube.
Booking of shows, railway tickets, Cybercrime is on the rise across the
airplane tickets beforehand. globe that has gripped people of all
Online options for banking to prevent ages and from every walk of life.
standing in long queues. Money scams, identity theft are some
E – library provides wide access to examples.
worldwide books and often for free. Various cyberattacks are another
problem as well.

SOME OTHER TERMS RELATED TO INTERNET THAT STUDENTS

MUST KNOW
Sr. No INTERNET TERMS DEFINITION
1. Web Client It is a computer at the user end which sends the request to the
source computer called Server for the required information.
Note : It is using Browser Software Application to make the
request.

2. Web Server It is a powerful computer that fulfill the request made by the
clients. It hosts the large number of HTML documents.

3. ISP (Internet Service Internet Service Provider is a company that provides the
Internet Connections to its users.
Provider)
Examples: BSNL, MTNL, Jio etc.

4. Web Browsers It is a software used to view the webpages or websites. It

communicates with the Web Server using HTTP (Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol) to control the flow of Information on the
internet.
Examples: Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google
Chrome, Opera Mini
 5. Web Pages It is an electronic page. It is an individual document on the
web server.
It contains multimedia files.
Each webpage has its unique address on Web server
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It can have hyperlinks or hypertext on it. Clicking on
that text/ link redirects you to some other site or webpage.

6. Web Sites It is a collection of many related webpages. A website

contains only one type of information.

7. Home Page The very first page or the Index page which provides links to
other Pages is called a home page.

8. WWW It is widely used service on the Internet. It is a series of servers

connected together. These web servers store information
(World Wide Web )
which can be in the form of Multimedia files

PROTOCOLS
A set of rules used by the two systems (Client and Server) to control the data transfer flow on
the internet.
TCP/IP: Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol
TCP: Internet uses Packet switching technique to transfer the data.
TCP breaks the data or information into equal size packets at source computer and
reassemble the received packets on the destination computer into original information.

IP: Internet Protocol is responsible to assign the address of source and destination computer
to each packet and routing the data packets from source to destination computer across the
network.

HTTP: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (Application Protocol)

It is used for transferring multimedia files on WWW. All Web browsers used HTTP to
communicate with web servers over the Internet. It works in the combination with WWW to
access the hypertext documents.
HTTPS: S stands for Secure. HTTPS is often used to protect highly confidential online
transactions link online banking and online shopping. It is used for transferring information
with SSL(Secure Socket Layer) and many other techniques that encrypts an sends
information over a secure connection.

FTP: File Transfer Protocol is used on the Internet for transferring files to and from remote
host. It also works on client/ server principle. It is mainly used in uploading or downloading
files.

SSH: Secure Shell Protocol also referred to as CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

Secure Socket Shell(SSH) is a method for secure Uploading: Transferring files
remote login from one compute to another. It from a client to web server
provides several alternative options for strong Downloading: Transferring files
authentication and it protects the from web server to the client
communication’s security and integrity with
strong encryption.
SFTP: Secure FTP is a secure version of FTP. It is the part of SSH protocol. Both the
command and the data are encrypted in order to prevent password and other sensitive
information to leak while
transferring over the internet. REMOTE LOGIN
SCP: Secure Copy Protocol Also called Remote access. It is the ability to get
Helps in transferring access to a computer or a network from a different
computer files securely from computer. The main use of remote login is to

a local host to a remote host. enable access to files stored on a remote server.
It works on the secure shell This is done by any File Transfer Protocol
protocol (SSH) technique. It
supports encryption and authentication features. According to recent developers, the SCP is
outdated and inflexible.
SMTP : Simple Mail Transfer Protocol : E-mail is one of the most valuable services on the
Internet today. Most of the Internet Systems use simple mail transfer protocol as a method
to transfer mail from one user to another. SMTP is a push protocol and is used to send the
mail. The SMTP clients Server has two parts :
1. User agent which prepares the message to be sent
2. Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) which actually sends the message.

POP3 :- Post Office Protocol 3 is an application layer used by e-mail clients to retrieve e-
mail form a mail Server. It is a pull protocol.
IMAP (internet Message Access Protocol) is also an pull protocol used to retrieve the mail
form the mail server
BLOG
A blog is a kind of online journal that allows user to share their ideas, views or opinions with
the readers who may post their comments on these entries. Blog is the short form of Weblog.
A person who maintain the blog is known as BLOGGER and the process of maintaining and
updating the blog is called BLOGGING.
CONS (Disadvantages):
1. It is time consuming.
2, Technical issues can be frustrating
3. Haters everywhere
4. It takes time to make money.
PROS (Advantages)
1. You can manage your online identity and build interest
2. You will learn new things.
NEWSGROUPS
Newsgroups are the public forum or discussion board or e-groups. It allows the people of
similar interest to communicate with each other online so that they can share ideas and
information with each other. This is like the bulletin board where one can post messages and
all can see that messages. Newsgroups are organized for subject like Science, games,
Computer, Art, Dance, Recreation etc.
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Every webpage, site, document or program on the internet has a unique address which is used
to locate them on the Internet. This address is known as URL.
URL has 3 parts
Protocol. Address. Path
1 2 3

1. Type of Server or Protocol

2. Address of web server
3. Location or path.
WEB ADDRESS (DOMAIN NAME) :
The unique address that is used to identify a website on the web server. The web address is
also known as Domain Name or Letter Addressing System.
Web Address has 2 parts: Domain Name and Extension

For example: amazon.com

Domain extension is used to recognize the type of site. For example :
.com : commercial
.co : company
.org : non- profit making Organisation
.edu/.ac: Educational/ academic website
.mil: Military site
.gov : Government site
Some domain extension can be country specific, which is made up of two charecters:-
.ae United Arab Emirates
.au Australia
.ca Canada
.cn China
.de Germany
.uk United Kingdom
.jp Japan
.lk Sri Lanka
.pk Pakistan
.ru Russia
.us United States

IP ADDRESS:-

The domain Name System(DNS) is a character based naming system which is easy to
remember for the user but when these domain names are used as URL to open a specific
website in a web browser, these are translated into their corresponding IP addresses.
The unique IP address consists of 4 sets numbers form 0 to 255 and are separated by three
dots(.) or period. For example, the IP address of the website www.grambooks.com is
203.122.59.92.
This IP addressing system is also known as Number Addressing System.

Who Controls the Internet?

Internet is managed by some volunteer organizations who work for the development, research
and management of internet. The various activities performed by these different organizations
are described here:--

Internet Society:-
founded in 1992, which has many volunteer organizations and thousands of individuals
working for the global corporation on internet technology and to serve as global cleaning
house for information exchange through internet.
Internet Architecture Board (IAB)
It is responsible to see the development of internet standards and to technically manage the
working of internet.
Internet Engineering Task Force(IETF)
It is to look after the technical problems related to internet. It is also responsible for the
development of new standards and technology for Internet.
Internet Research Task Force (IRTF)
It is responsible for making programs on protocols, applications, architectures and
technologies.
Internet Corporation for Assigning Names and Numbers(ICANN)
It is responsible for the coordination and registration of the new websites on the internet. It
identifies the systems uniquely to avoid the repetition and clashes between their IP addresses.

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