section 2.1

Question 1

PSN?

Answer 1

PSN: Packet Switching Nodes-

mini computers running 1822 protocol, dedicated to packet switching. 56 KB lines

Question 2

IS?

Answer 2

IS: Information Services: information center, tech support group supports to the field and resource management services. 1st used 448kb circuits to connect 13 nodal switching systems.

Question 3

Mosaic?

Answer 3

1st graphics based browser

Question 4

when was hypertext was 1st specified?

Answer 4

1991 after Gopher distributed for free

Question 5

AUP?

Answer 5

AUP: Acceptable use policy: How NSFNET is used: should not be for commercial reasons. mostly used by internet service providers now though.

Question 6

CIX?

Answer 6

CIX: commercial internet exchange: a combination of PSinet, UUNET and CERFnet (146+) members that allow traffic from all other members over their network

Question 7

ANS?

Answer 7

ANS: advanced network services- non profit company backbone connectiosns T3 for NSFNET (increased commercial presence on the internet) *aquired in 95 by America online

Question 8

NAP’s?

Answer 8

NAP: Network Access Points: 4 data interchange points between service providers of backbons.

Question 9

Metropolitan area Ethernet?

Answer 9

MAE; Metropolitan area Ethernet- type of interchange for backbone connections similar to NAP- network access points.

Question 10

what is the: Internet 2 project?

Answer 10

a gov. funded project that has next generation internet experimentation, education, services offered and all 180 university members are part of the University Corporation for Advanced internet Development (UCAID)

Question 11

what is the OSI?

Answer 11

OSI: open systems interconnect model: a 7 layer set of functions for messages to travel over a network

Question 12

what are the (OSI) open systems interconnect model layers? top to bottom

Answer 12

application
presentation
session
transport
network
data link
physical

Question 13

IAB?

Answer 13

IAB: internet architecture board

Question 14

ISOC?

Answer 14

ISOC: internet society: mutual cooperation standardizing body for the internet community

Question 15

IETF?

Answer 15

IETF: internet engineering task force:

Question 16

IAB?

Answer 16

IAB: internet Architecture board: maintains a list of the RFC’s (request to comment) s that describe the protocol suite. each protocol RFC is assigned a state/ status.

Question 17

STD?

Answer 17

STD: Standards number given to protocols once they reach the standard state in the (IAB) internet Architect Board

Question 18

DWDM?

Answer 18

DWDM: Dense wave division multiplexing- technology used to increase bandwidth with communications