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OBJECTIVES
• What is an Internet Service Provider?
• Identify Web Development Tools
• Display and Test a Web Page before “Going Live”
• Putting a Website Online
• MIME Types and Browser Usage
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WHAT IS AN INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDER?
• A business or organization that provides Internet
connections by enabling data transmission between
computers
• In populated areas, data transmission takes place through
physical cables.
• Customers who reside/work in remote locations may be
served using wireless transmission
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WIRED INTERNET SERVICE
• Dial-up
• Cable modem
• Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)
• Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
• Fiber To The Premises (FTTP)
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WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICE
• WiFi
• Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
• Global System for Mobile (GSM)
• Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)
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WHAT IS MIME?
• MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an internet
standard that is used to describe the contents of various
files.
• The MIME type for HTML is: text/html
• MIME types are defined in HTML by the type attribute on
links, objects, and script and style tags.
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ISDN: a set of communication standards that are used for simultaneous digital transmission of voice, video, data, and other network servicesADSL: utilizes frequencies that are not used by a voice telephone call and which enables faster data transmission over copper wiresFTTP: generalization of several possible configurations that use optical fiber deployment instead of metal wire for a broadband network architecture
CDMA: technology that allows several users to share bandwidth of different frequencies (multiplexing)GSM: most popular standard for mobile telephone systems in the worldWiMAX: telecoms protocol that provides both fixed and fully mobile Internet access