Infrastructure

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Lecture 1-2

• Infrastructure Web BasicsTextbook
  ReadingProject 1 of BOOK 1 ISBN 0130928011
  McMahon, Essentials Windows XP Brief

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GUI vs. Character Cell Interfaces Windows
Explorer

• The Desktop and Windows Explorer

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Windows XP Basics
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Some Windows Terminology(within Windows Explorer)
Windows XP Basics
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Some Windows Terminology(within Windows
Explorer)

• Control Menu
• Menu Bar
• Toolbar
• Titlebar
• Close Button
• Maximize Button
• Minimize Button
• Window Sizing

Windows XP Basics
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Disk Drives(via Windows Explorer)

• Local Drives
• A
• C
• Mapped Drives
• M
• Q

Windows XP Basics
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My Documents
Windows XP Basics
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Folders Files (Directories)(via Windows
Explorer)

• Folders
• Views
• My Documents (with a New Folder demo)(My
  Computer/C/Documents and Settings/account/My
  Documents)
• Files (with a New File demo.txt)
• File Names Extensions
• Viewing Both Names Extensions

Windows XP Basics
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More on Files Folders(Via Windows Explorer)

• Moving (right clicking)
• Copying
• Renaming
• Address Bar

Windows XP Basics
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Files Folders(Via Command Prompt Character
Cell)

• A, C, M, , dir, dir ., cd .., cd folder

Windows XP Basics
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What should you do? (Related to Project 1 of
BOOK 1 ISBN 0130928011 McMahon, Essentials
Windows XP Brief)

• Learn by doing the hands-on lessons and the Skill
  Drill, Challenge, and Discovery Zone exercises at
  the end of the project.
• Read the project summary.
• Review the key terms.
• Take the Multiple Choice test at the end of the
  project.

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Files Folders(Via Internet Explorer)

• As Local and Mapped Drives
• A, C
• M, Q
• As Web Addresses (Mapped Drives)
• www.txstate.edu/account/
• www.txstate.edu/cs/course/

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Terminology

• Terminology
• Internet
• Web
• Server/Client
• Browsers (GUI vs. Character Cell)

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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The Internet Explorer Window

• Main Window for Internet Explorer (IE)
• Menu Bar
• Standard Toolbar
• Status Bar
• Other Bars (View/Toolbarsgt)
• Moving to another Site (Using Hyperlinks)

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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URL (Universal Resource Locator)
e.g. http//www.txstate.edu/cs/course/1308/sawey/i
ndex.htm
Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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Types of Hyperlinks

• Text Hyperlink
• Image Hyperlink
• Image Map Hyperlink

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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Protocols

• http
• telnet
• ftp
• mailto
• gopher
• file
• news

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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Some Web Display Formats

• Tables (Rows, Columns, Cells)
• Frames (Panes)
• Images
• Forms (and CGI)

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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Searching for Information

• Google
• Dogpile
• NorthernLight
• Comparisons and Amplification

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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A Few More Terms

• Web Guides
• Web Portals
• Meta-Search Engines

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols
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Miscellaneous

• Local (Texas State) Resources
• Computer and Internet Help
• Downloading Software
• Other Software Resources
• TILT (Texas Information Literacy Tutorial)

Browsing the Web Internet Protocols