Communication

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Chapter 4

• Communication

2
Facilities

• Electronic mail pine
• Electronic bulletin board bbs
• Browsing the web
• Refer to man rules and man policies on the rules
  and regulations

3
Email program

• Electronic mail private correspondences. The
  most widely used form of communication.
  Indispensable.
• Email programs available mailx, pine, elm.
• Follow the instructions given in chapter 4 of
  Preparatory Course for Programming.
• Check your emails regularly.

4
BBS

• Bulletin board system (BBS) public forum, group
  discussion.
• SoCs BBS bbs
• Follow the instructions given in chapter 4 of
  Preparatory Course for Programming.
• Check the academic folders regularly for messages
  from course lecturers and tutors.

5
Browsing the web

• HTML Hypertext Markup Language
• HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• URL Uniform Resource Locator
• Web browsers Netscape, Internet Explorer, lynx
  (text-based).
• Surfing the web follow the links, or use the
  search engines.

6
Homework

• Try out the facilities and explore.