UNIX and the Internet for Beginners

Tracy Bradley Maples, Ph.D.

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Important Note: These notes are from 1997 when I last taught this course. At that time the course was called CECS 126. With the rate the Internet is advancing, these notes are, of course, dramatically out of date.

 

UNIT 1 (Midterm 1)

1. Chapter 1 --Introduction
2. Chapter 2 -- E-mail Basics
3. Chapter 2 -- Pine
4. UNIX Introduction/The UNIX File System
   

UNIT 2 (Midterm 2)

The World Wide Web (Overview)

1. Chapter 11 -- Web Overview
2. Netscape Navigator Handbook
3. Web Searching

Telnet

1. Chapter 3 -- Telnet Basics
2. From heart, type: man telnet

FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

1. Chapter 4 -- FTP Basics
2. From heart, type: man ftp

Usenet Newsgroups

1. Chapter 6 -- Usenet Basics
2. From heart, type: man tin

UNIT 3 (Primary Focus of Final)

Learning HTML

1. Beginners Guide to HTML
2. HTML Tutorial Overview

Creating Web Pages

1. Sample HTML Template
2. Changing UNIX File Permissions
3. Scanning Images in ECS 403

Web Page Design and Graphics

1. Images and Samples
2. RGB Hex Triple Color Chart
3. GIF Animation on the WWW

On-Line Security, Ethical and Legal Issues

1. Internet Security Issues
2. CSULB Computing Resources Policy
3. Legal and Ethical Issues