Internet Scavenger Hunt Flashcards
Arpanet
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. First computer network
Nsfnet
The National Science Foundation Network. Used a 56 kbps and commercialization started on 1992
CERN
European Center of Nuclear Research. Three major developments came from this (HTTP, HTML, Web Browsers)
Protocols
Let’s computers communicate over the internet
Packets
Pieces of data divided up for transit
IP Address
Internet protocol address. A unique number assigned to every computer connected to the internet
What is Network
Two or more computers that are connected for the purpose of sharing resources
HTML
HyperText Markup Language
WWW vs. Internet
www has a collection of interconnected documents and internet has interconnected computer networks. WWW is available because of the internet. Internet started with the Arpanet. WWW is information while internet is hardware
What is an ISP
Internet Service Provider.
Web 1.0
The computer is allowed to talk to you but you can’t respond
Web 2.0
The computer can talk to you and you can talk back
Web 3.0
The real time 3D
Types of search engines
Searches based on keyboard like Google and Bing and searches that are based on social aspects like social media