Id Theft

The title of Chapter three in the text book Technology in Action, by Evans, Martin, and Poatsy, is Using the Internet: Making the Most of the Web's Resources. In this chapter the author covers every topic concerning the internet from the origin to what is to come in the future for the internet.

At first, military and Government officials developed the internet to use in case of war. As the years went on educators, as well as others (such as scientists) used the internet to exchange research. Even further down the timeline, just about anyone can access the internet for a variety of reasons including the exchange of research, but also for one's leisure, work, e-mails, and shopping. However, simply typing in the internet address is not exactly how the internet works. There are two classifications for a computer when it connects to the internet, the client or the server. The client is the computer that asks for information and the server is the computer that supplies the information to the client computer. In the process of a client accessing a server, the two computers exchange information via communication lines. Just like every house on a certain street has a specific address, each computer has a specific address known as an IP address. This IP address allows for the server to send the correct information to the correct computer. What would come next in the process of using the internet would be figuring out with method of connection to use. There is dial-up or broadband (i.e. cable, DSL, satellite. A dial-up connection uses the phone line in your house and a broadband connections use fiber-optic wires which make for a faster connection. Broadband is the elite way to connect to the internet and dial-up is becoming phased out more and more every day. Next, an internet service provider must be selected. The internet service provider, or ISP, is a company that connects individuals to the internet. In order to access websites and the internet, one must have a web browser. When using the web browser, the URL is what allows the user to access a specific web site. URL stands for uniform Resource Locator and consists of the protocol, the host, and the top level-domain. For example, for the web site http://www.google.com, the protocol is "http", and the host is "google", the top-level domain is ".com". The example given, google.com, is also an example of a search engine. A search engine allows someone to research