Higher Info Systems. R
evisions
Timetable
.
Yellow booklet “Unit 3c: The Internet”
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Date
Chapter
Task
:
Read through chapter
identified
making key notes from the materials in
relevant section of your revision jotter. Copy and learn the summary items in
re
vision jotter, including statements from Glossary for terminology given.
06
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Oct
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11
Chapter 1:
Pg 1
How the
Internet works
After studying this topic, you should be able to:
describe the structure and topology of the Internet
explain what is meant by I
nternet hosting
explain how packet switching works
describe the role of routers and routing tables
explain the purpose of TCP/IP and IP addresses
explain how gateway addresses and sub
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net masks work
explain the structure of a URL
13
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Oct
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11
20
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Oct
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11
Co
mplete end of topic test Pg 20
27
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Oct
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11
Chapter 2:
Pg 21
Internet
Organisations
After studying this topic, you should be able to:
describe the purpose of the following protocols
o
http
o
ftp
o
pop / smtp
o
TCP/IP
o
Telnet
describe the function of the fol
lowing organisations
o
IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force)
o
IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
o
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
o
Nominet
describe the main features and purposes (as they relate to the
Internet) of
o
the Data Protection Act (DPA)
o
the Com
puter Misuse Act (CMA)
explain the need for international agreements and policing of the
Internet
03
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Nov
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11
10
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Nov
-
11
Complete end of topic test Pg 40
17
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Nov
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11
Chapter 3:
Pg 41
Internet
resources and
services
After studying this topic, you
should be able to:
describe the main services provided over the Internet
o
web pages
o
e
-
mail
o
conferencing and newsgroups
o
file transfer
o
chat / instant messaging
describe a range of features and uses of Internet resources,
including
o
academic web pages
o
commerci
al web pages
o
personal web pages
evaluate web resources in terms of
o
accuracy
o
bias
o
credibility
24
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Nov
-
11
01
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Dec
-
11
Complete end of topic test Pg 64
08
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Dec
-
11
Chapter 4
:
Pg 65
Basic web
page
construction
After studying this topic, you should be
able to:
describe the structure of a web page
explain how a web page can be constructed using
o
a web authoring package
o
direct HTML coding
use the following HTML tags to construct basic web pages
o
head
and body
o
meta
o
table, tr, td
o
h1_ to h6, font
o
p_ and br
15
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Dec
-
11
05
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Jan
-
12
Complete end of topic test Pg 93
12
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Jan
-
12
Chapter 5
Pg
95
Advanced
HTML
techniques
After studying this topic, you should be able to:
describe some functions of browsers
o
HTML interpretation
o
client
-
side scripting
describe and exem
plify hyperlinks using
o
absolute page addressing
o
relative page addressing
o
graphical hyperlinks
o
anchors
o
mailto: links
o
submission forms
describe and exemplify the use of client
-
side scripting for
o
alerts
o
form validation
19
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Jan
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12
26
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Jan
-
12
Complete end of
topic test Pg 115
02
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Feb
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12
Chapter 6
Pg
117
Website
Development
After studying this topic, you should be able to:
describe and identify website design issues, including
o
page structure and layout
o
uniformity of presentation
o
download efficiency
o
browser
compatibility issues
use a cascading stylesheet to format a web page
describe and exemplify a multi
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paged website
09
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Feb
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12
16
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Feb
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12
Complete end of topic test Pg 132
23
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Feb
-
12
Chapter 7
Pg
133
Internet
developments
After studying this topic, you
should be able to:
describe contemporary technical Internet developments including
o
web based databases
o
dynamic page design
describe the use of server
-
side scripting and php
describe security and privacy issues relating to
o
encryption, PGP and RSA
o
public an
d private keys, and key distribution
o
secure sockets
o
proxy servers
o
firewalls
o
cookies
o
site usage tracking
01
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Mar
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12
08
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Mar
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12
Complete end of topic test Pg 156
15
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Mar
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12
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