Lecture 1

Question 1

Computer networks

Answer 1

A collection of autonomous computers

Has many uses

Implications

• Technical
• Managerial
• Legal
• Social

Question 2

Network neutrality

Answer 2

Providers are neutral in assignment of bandwidth

Question 3

Other social issues

Answer 3

• Content ownership
• Anonymity and censorship
• Privacy, e.g., Web tracking and profiling; terrorist
• Jurisdiction: gambling, porn, political speech
  
  • lines of morality
• Theft,e.g., botnets and phishing
• Incorrect (medical) information and fake news
• Facebook & Twitter adn Russian and the Iranian regime trolls

Question 4

Types of computer networks

Answer 4

• Personal Area Network
  
  • Bluetooth
• Local Area Network
  
  • Room
  • Building
  • Campus
• Metropolitan Area Network
  
  • Houses
  • Businesses
• Wide Area Network
  
  • Branch connections