ONLINE INFORMATION SYSTEM
This thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment for the degree
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
LIM, MICHELLE ANNE L.
TUBALLAS, PIBE ROSE T.
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
Background of the Study
Have you ever come to think that not so long ago, the letters WWW and words like Internet and Google were as foreign as what “sundo’t kulangot” is to most people? But their popularity, ever since they landed in the Philippines has increased gradually. With the advent of new technology computer and communication has become two powerful offspring of the information age. From them aroused a torrent of technological change. Today, another popular way of communicating aside from a personal conversation, phone conversation and text messaging is with the use of computers. Computers range in size and capability. At one end of the scale are supercomputers, very large computers with thousands of linked microprocessors that perform extremely complex calculations. There are various kinds of personal computers; it includes desktops, laptops, handheld computers, and Tablet PCs. This way of communicating using these kinds of computer is what happens when people go-online on the internet.
The internet as we know it really, is not very old. The forerunner of the internet, ARPANET, was created in the 1960’s for military and scientific use. Its main purpose was to maintain communication in case a nuclear war or natural disaster knocked out critical pieces of their communication systems. At that time, only researchers and other specialized users could access the network. Later, several technological breakthroughs made the internet accessible to business, educational institutions, and the average household.The researchers proposed a website for Eladio T. Balite Memorial School of Fisheries Website. The said school is located in the Municipality of Bobon, Northern Samar, formerly Bobon School of