Internet Essentials
ITC1235 / 3 q.h.
Formerly IT 4238.
Covers tools, techniques, and technologies used to connect to the Internet, communicate electronically, and do business online. Given today’s vast databases and the access capabilities afforded by the Internet, understanding how to filter content properly is crucial to avoiding information overload. Topics include authoring, distributing, and browsing technologies; TCP/IP; client-server structures; Web/HTTP/HTML; Internet privacy and security, cookies, and viruses; information retrieval, World Wide Web (WWW), and file transfer protocol (FTP); and Internet transactions such as online banking, buying, and selling. The course is taught in state-of-the-art lab facilities. Offers students an opportunity to learn basic HTML programming.
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