Lecture 8 : Internet The student will have a knowledge of the following: •History of the Internet •Internet Access •Common services provided by the Internet •Internet and Society By Mrs D.M.Narrainen‚ SBMF‚ UTM DEFINITIONS • Internet is based on a client-server model. • Client is the end user’s computer (with software) that sends requests to a server. • Server is a remote computer (with software) that handles requests from clients. 2 History of the Internet 1958: – The Advance
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Internet The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide. It is an international network of networks that consists of millions of private‚ public‚ academic‚ business‚ and government packet switched networks‚ linked by a broad array of electronic‚ wireless‚ and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services‚ such as the
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Internet Piracy has become a worldwide phenomenon. In the U.S. alone more than 100 songs are downloaded every minute. With this growing problem‚ 3 main groups suffer. The recording artist suffers financially‚ the RIAA (The Recording Association of America) also suffers financially and finally the downloader suffers if caught. This catch 22 tool has been a thorn in the side of technology since its introduction in 1999. Since then‚ downloading- or peer-2-peer sharing- has become one of the worst acts
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junk emails to people from your email address. You can notice easily if your Computer is infected throughout sending anonymous emails to friends‚ some programs crash suddenly and the PC will tilt‚ also if the computer fails to start or even more if there’s weird popups appear every time on your screen. Whenever you share documents with another computers throughout chatting rooms or from people that you don’t know‚ swapping files from an infected disks or surfing the internet into unsecured websites
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We are taught to believe that we “ought” to do things a certain way‚ considered the “right” way‚ but we never look at what we ought not to do because the society we live in considers them as morally wrong. Standards and principles are taught through social conditioning‚ thus which society one is born into will determine their standards and principles. We are not born with moral values or beliefs; we learn them through the environment that we grow up in. Here are three ways that morality is relative
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Are all forms of censorship are wrong? The aim of this research is to analyse the role of censorship in the modern world and answer the question whether or not are all forms of censorship wrong. Henry Reichmann (Censorship and selection: issues and answers for schools) defines censorship as “(…) the removal‚ suppresion‚ or restricted circulation of literary‚ artistic‚ or educational materials- of ideas‚ images‚ and information –on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable in
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Is abortion morally justifiable? The issue concerning abortion is considered to divide many individuals‚ it tends to be fought over the point in which a foetus (an unborn human baby more than eight weeks after conception) becomes an independent life that has its own values: before birth or after conception. “To my mind life begins at the moment of conception‚ and to suggest otherwise seems to me just the sort of casuistry which an anti-Papist might describe as fesuitical. (Incidentally‚ I am
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Internet and Computer Addiction Signs‚ Symptoms‚ and Treatment While time spent online can be hugely productive‚ compulsive Internet use can interfere with daily life‚ work‚ and relationships. When you feel more comfortable with your online friends than your real ones‚ or you can’t stop yourself from playing games‚ gambling‚ or compulsively surfing—even when it has negative consequences in your life—then you may be using the Internet too much. Learn about the signs and symptoms of Internet
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Do Artists Benefit from Online Music Sharing? Author(s): Ram D. Gopal‚ Sudip Bhattacharjee‚ G. Lawrence Sanders Source: The Journal of Business‚ Vol. 79‚ No. 3 (May 2006)‚ pp. 1503-1533 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/500683 . Accessed: 26/06/2011 07:17 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms
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