Intranet, Extranet and WWW


Lesson Plan: Unit - 03 Internet



Subject: BELE2CFA: Computer Fundamentals And Applications
Topic of Study: Intranet, Extranet and WWW
Grade/Level: Bachelor of SCIENCE
Objective: To explore the working of Intranet, Extranet and WWW
Time Allotment: 30 Minutes

29.0 Intranet and Extranet
  • Intranets can be defined as private networks, accessible by an organization’s staff, only.
    • for Example: Employees of University
  • It is used for internal communications.
  • It provide high speed.
  • It is own, control and manage by same organization.

  • An extranet can be defined as private or public networks, with permits controlled access to authorized external users.
    • for Example: Students, Parents, Teachers (Internal members) and Vendors, Suppliers (External members) of University.
  • It is used for checking result, attendance, tender status and order with email.
  • It is provide medium speed compare to intranet.
  • It is own, control and manage by same or multiple organizations.

29.1 World Wide Web
  • English scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented World Wide Web in 1989.
  • It is also called as Web.
  • In WWW, all the resources are identify by URL.
  • In short, it is also called as W3.
  • This kinds of resource are interlinked through hyperlink.

  • HTTP: 
    • HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. 
    • Allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the web.
  • HTML:
    • HTML stands for HyperText Markup Language. 
    • The markup (formatting) language for the web.
      • Hyper Text  is a linked word within text used to jump other text or document.
  • URI or URL: 
    • Uniform Resource Identifier. 
    • A kind of “address” that is unique and used to identify to each resource on the web. 
    • It is also commonly called a URL.
  • Web Browser:
    • It is an web application software to browse the internet resources.
    • To access resources of web from internet, we need to browser.
    • Example:
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