Internet; Internet Glossary - Nokia 9000 User Manual

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Chapter 7 - Internet
The Internet applications are used to access
computerised information services. Internet ac-
cess requires that you have obtained an Internet
Access Point from an Internet service provider
(contact your dealer for details) and configured
the Internet settings correctly. Your service pro-
vider will give you instructions on how to config-
ure the Internet settings. Follow the instructions
carefully.
The connection to the Internet is established via
a data call. This requires that data calls are sup-
ported by the network you are using and that this
service is activated for your SIM card. Contact
your home service provider for details.
The Internet applications are:
• Mail — An electronic text mail application
which lets you send and receive text
messages all over the world using the Internet
network.
• World Wide Web (WWW) — A hypertext-
based system for finding and accessing
resources on the Internet network.
• Telnet — Allows your communicator to
connect to computers which provide terminal
services through the Internet network.
• Terminal — Allows your communicator to
connect to computers, like mainframe

Internet glossary

Domain name and Host name
Terms "domain name" and "host name" are
sometimes, slightly inaccurately, used as syn-
onyms. In a fully qualified domain name (e.g.,
www.club.nokia.com ), the first part of the
name is the name of the host and the follow-

7. Internet

computers, which provide direct dial-in
terminal services. Both the Telnet and
Terminal application emulate the VT100
terminal.
The Internet applications are started by pressing
the Internet application button, selecting an ap-
plication in the Internet main view and pressing
Select. If an Internet application is already ac-
tive, you must close it before you can start an-
other.
Note: Depending on the network configuration
and load, establishing an Internet connection
may take up to one minute (or even longer).
When you want to disconnect from the host,
press Hang up. If a connection is idle for longer
than the factory set time-out period (12 min-
utes), the connection is terminated automatical-
ly. The time-out period applies to connections
made with all Internet applications. In addition,
the World Wide Web application has its own au-
todisconnect period, see "World Wide Web:
WWW settings". Disconnecting is indicated by a
note and the data call indicator disappears.
When the Internet applications main view re-
turns to the display, the communicator is no
longer connected to the Internet.
ing parts are names of domains the host be-
longs to. Each host name corresponds to a
certain IP address (see below). Host names are
used because they are easier to remember
than IP addresses.
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