Computer Science 1L : Networks
This page contains notes for the 2003
Computer Science IL Networks course. This course consists of Seven lectures and two practical sessions. Questions relating to this course will appear in both the 29 September Test, and the Test on the 20th of October Barry Irwin can be contacted via Email (
) or in Rm 27 Hamilton Building
This course aims to provide you with skills in the following areas
- Understand the Development of the Internet
- How to access the Internet
- Understand how Information travel across the Internet
- How the Internet is constructed
- Gain an understanding of basic Internet Terminology
- Be able to construct your own webpage
- Understand how a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) describes information
- Common Net Etiquette
- How to use the following tools
- E-Mail
- FTP
- Web Browser
- Newsgroups
- Search Engines
- Other communications tools
Other Notes
Course evaluation
Please complete the
Course Evaluation.
2003-09-26 Update
Site has been updated to include information for the following week's practicals on HTML design., Previous weeks slides are available.
2003-09-18 Slides Available
Slides are available for the three Lectures covered this week. Also a reminder that next Wednesday is a public Holiday. As a result the wednesday practical session will be run on Monday Night.
2003-09-15 Course Started
The Course has started, lecture slide for this week will be made available after the Wednesday lecture
Slides from lectures will be made available after the lectures have been given. Note that simply downloading these is not a substitute for attending lectures, as the slides only provide a skeleton for the work covered. Slides for completed sections will be made available before the final Module Test. Slides should be used in conjunction with the prescribed textbook.
All PDF files provided below are in handout format.
Lecture slides Handout format
Lecture slides Full Colour Slides
You are also referred tot he printed Course notes, and chapter 2 of the Textbook.
There will be two practicals for this course. Practical work sheets and
solutions will be published here as they are completed.
- Practical 1 - Mining the Internet
- Solutions
- Practical 2 - Making your own Web Page
- Solutions
September 29th Class Test
The test will be held as per the details contained in the Computer Science 2003 Handbook. For the networks section, the Test will cover the following topics:
- History of the Internet
- Internet connectivity - Including proxy servers, firewalls, and routers
- Domain Name System (DNS)
- Use of Internet Search Engine
- Knowledge of URL's, protocols and IP addresses
The following sections will be covered in the next test
- HTML Code
- Net Etiquette and Emoticons
- All the areas covered in the first test.
October 20th Class Test
The test will be held as per the details contained in the Computer Science 2003 Handbook. For the networks section, the Test will focus on the following topics:
- HTML Code
- Net Etiquette and Emoticons
- All the areas covered in the first test.
These are links to some other Network Resources, many of which have been discussed in lectures.
Internet Timeline
Network Resources
Guides to the Internet
Search Engines
HTML Development guides
What your page should NOT look like
Network Etiquette and communications
Last updated: 2003/09/28