Naturally this is going to take more than one post, since I'll try to start from fairly non-technical concepts, and use analogies. Those of you who already know most of this may find the explanations not quite accurate, because I'll leave out a lot of the nitpicky details, especially at first. I don't have an outline in mind, so I can't say exactly how this is going to go, but here's a basic idea of what I'll try to cover:
- Internet 101
- What is a protocol?
- Before the Web was born
- HTTP vs. HTML
- Why are there different browsers?
- What's a URL and how do I read it?
- What is actually happening when I click that link?
- How does the page get to me?
- What if there's a problem?
- How forms work
- Secure connections (HTTPS)
- E-commerce and shopping carts
- Web video
- More security concerns
- What's "Web 2.0"?
Hmmm, OK, just off the top of my head I came up with a lot more than I thought I would. And there's a lot more where that came from! So we'll see how far I get, and how many entries it takes.
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