Test 2: Chapter 6 Flashcards
1958
US Department of Defense developed Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
DARPA
Tasked with developing advanced communications capabilities
1969
DARPA launches Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPANET
the first national computer network
1971
email invented
1991
world wide web invented - The first global publishing platform on the Internet
1992
Graphical web browsers start being developed - Mosaic, Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome
2014
3 billion Internet users worldwide
Bandwith
The carrying capacity and speed of telecommunication networks that determine how much information can be sent and how fast it can travel over the networks.
Broadband
A network connection that enables a large amount of bandwidth to be transmitted, which allows for more information to be sent in a shorter period of time.
top 10 internet languages
English Chinese Spanish Japanese Portuguese German Arabic French Russian Korean
gamification
Use of game-like mechanics and thinking in a non-game setting, earning points or rewards
Techniques seen in many fields, including marketing, customer service, and education
augmented reality
Overlays digitized information onto what we see in the real world, adding information that would not otherwise be visible to us or including additional information about what we are viewing