Week 5 Flashcards
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What is copyright?
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Your rights to control your works of creative expression
2
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When do you get copy right over an image?
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Happens as soon as the pen leaves the paper!
3
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Does any action need to be taken to own the rights to work that was created by you?
A
If you created it, you OWN the copyright by default.
◦ You don’t have to do anything
4
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If you work for a company and you designed something while working for the company, then who does the copyright belong to?
A
The company
5
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What can you copyright?
A
Anything you created that is TANGIBLE (a tangible medium of expression)
Eg. drawing vs a song in your head
Photographs, drawings
Music (recording, written)
Sculptures
Non words nor name
Not ideas (patent)
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What is the reality of this myth: changing a design 20% means you can use it
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Reality: if you created it, once your pen is off the paper you own!
- You can agree with someone that they will pay you for your work (in reality this doesn’t always happen).
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What is a (computer) network?
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A group of interconnected computers (could be connected with wires,
wirelessly, satellites)
Like a family of computers that talk to eachother
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What are examples of networks?
A
Companies have their own network
Western has its own network
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Can you have different networks talk to eachother?
A
You can get one network to talk to another network and expand from there
10
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What are the different network layouts?
A
- Centralized
- Loop
- Web
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How does a centralized network layout work?
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If LA wants to talk to Seattle, it has to go through wires to Washington first (centralized computer) then to Seattle
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What are the pros of a centralized network layout (example 1 in lecture)?
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- Can put all your software on the centralized machine and share among all computers
- Simple layout/easy to understand
- If outer machine goes out, it doesn’t effect the other machines
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What are the cons of a centralized layout (example 1)?
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- If something happens to centralized machine, big problems happen=the other computers won’t be able to talk to anyone, become isolated
- Not reliable
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Are networks software or hardware?
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Hardware: the wires, the satellites that allow computers to talk to eachother
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How does a loop network layout work?
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- Everyones on same level
- Goes from one machine to next distributively in a route
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What are the pros of a loop network layout (example 2 in lecture)?
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- If 1 machine goes out, go the other way in the loop
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What are the cons of a loop layout (example 2)?
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- If 2 computers go down (not right next to eachother), it cuts connection off for some computers from others
18
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How does a web network layout work?
A
- Wires from everywhere to everywhere
- Computers can talk to multiple others directly
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IMPORTANT: What are the pros of a web network layout (example 3 in lecture)?
A
- Very reliable
- The network used now (came up with in 1969)
20
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What is the internet?
A
A global system of interconnected
computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide.
Essentially a network of networks
21
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Is the internet hardware or software?
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The Internet is hardware, not software! The World Wide Web is software that runs on the Internet!
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How does the internet work?
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Uses TCP/IP, a standard protocol (way of communicating)
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IMPORTANT: How did the TCP/IP protocol come to?
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Ideas behind this protocol were funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the
US Department of Defence (DoD) (around 1969).
Thus the Internet was originally called the ARPANET
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Why was the ARPANET created?
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Thought to be created by DoD to defend against nuclear attack but really it was because there was no good, high power computer for researchers from universities to use to access info and no way to get to them
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What is the idea of TCP/IP opposite to?
Opposite of your home telephone where you get a direct line that only you and the person you are talking to can use.
If line was cut, then connection was stopped
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Does TCP/IP have a direct line at the outset of the message?
No direct line at the outset of the
message! If a communication line is broken, another line is tried.
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What is PDP?
A type of machine that was used around the time the Arpanet was created
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What makes the internet a reliable network?
One connection can break, and it won't pull whole network down, all the other computers can still talk to eachother
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What type of communication is one like a direct line called?
Circuit switching
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What is an example of circuit switching?
Give a whole manuscript (not stapled together) to ONE person and tell you at the beginning to take the WHOLE manuscript and drive down to Toronto. AND I WILL STOP ALL TRAFFIC ON THESE ROADS WHILE YOU DO THIS. (only one using the roads, once delivered roads can return to normal) This is how a phone line works!
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Why is circuit switching not reliable?
If you get a break in the line, there's no other way to get there
Ex: if an issue happens in the roads to Toronto, no other way to deliver manuscript
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How does the Internet work using TCP/IP and give an example.
Breaks things on the internet into packets
Ex: webpage, email sent be broken into packetes
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What on the internet is broken into packets?
Anything on the internet
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What is each page in the delivering manuscript example similar to?
A packet
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What is a packet?
A small group of bytes consisting of
a header (tells where it is going: destination and where it came from: source) and the body. (Often 64 bytes for header and 512 bytes for body)
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What is a protocol?
Rules for the format and transmission of data
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How would the manuscript be delivered if it used a connection method like the internet?
Break manuscript off into pages (packets) and deliver pages separately along different routes
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How does TCP deliver information?
TCP takes webpage, graphic, image, email, etc and breaks things into packets of EQUAL SIZE
Each have header with destination and origin and body (info that they're carrying)
TCP pushes packets into internet
Take different routes
All end up at same location (TCP is responsible for putting packets back into same order)
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Do packets arrive at final destination all at the same time?
No some may arrive quicker than others, that's why its the TCPs job to rearrange the data that arrives into the correct, original order
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Why might some packets take longer to arrive at destination?
- Some packets take longer time
- Hit broken computer
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Why might TCP request some packets to be resent?
Some packets that arrive might have garbage info on them (noise on the line, 0s 1s got mixed up), TCP recognizes something happened to the packet
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What does TCP do at the sending end?
- Take a large chunk of data (such as a webpage, email message, etc) and breaks it into small packets
- Sends the packets out onto the Internet
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What does TCP do at the receiving end?
- Detects lost packets, packets with errors because of network congestion, traffic load balancing, or other unpredictable network behaviour, and requests the packet to be resent from the source
- Rearranges and reassembles the packets back into the webpage, email message, etc on the receivers machine
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How large is one packet usually?
512 bytes
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What is the first step of sending out a message, for example a webpage using TCP?
TCP breaks webpage into packets of bytes
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What does TCP do after it breaks a message, ex. webpage, into packets?
TCP figures out IP address of where it wants to send the packets (destination)
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What is done by TCP after figuring out destination of packets for message (webpage)?
TCP figures out IP address of where the packet is coming from (source)
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How does TCP send packets on route after figuring out destination and source?
Sends off each packet to first machine (IP Address) on the route (DOES NOT PREPLAN ROUTE!)
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What happens when the packet arrives at first stop?
Packet stops at first machine, likely a router, then the router sends it to the next machine on the journey (IP Address) and so on until it gets to the final IP Address (destination)
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What is the first stop usually when messages are being sent with TCP?
A router most likely
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What is the method called that TCP uses to send information with packets through internet?
Packet switching
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How is packet switching different from circuit switching?
Don't get own private line, you use a bunch of different lines and hope that they're all working
If they're not though it doesn't matter because you can take diff routes
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How do packets know what route to take?
Because of the IP part of TCP/IP:
Similar to GPS, can detect traffic (broken line) and give routes to avoid it and give better routes to go through
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Why does each computer on the internet identify itself uniquely?
Nodes/routers/networks need to identify themselves that way packets know where to go next
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How do computers/nodes/routers identify themselves uniquely?
With IP address
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What is an IP address similar to?
Car's GPS
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How does IP work in guiding packets?
Picks a route for a packet, stopping at routers which pick the next best machine/network to send the package to.
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What does the IP do if a communication line is down or broken?
Sends the package back to TCP and TCP sends it again to try a different route.
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Why does each machine have it own unique address?
Needs to be able to identify all the machines on the Internet, uses IP address
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What is an IP address comparable to?
- Just like your home address
- Each machine has its own address, called an IP Address
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What is the format of an IP address?
- Consists of 4 numbers with dots between them.
- Each number ranges from 0 to 255
Ex: 129.100.23.247
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What is the issue we're running into with IP addresses?
Ppl have so many more things on the internet (phone, computers, iPad), so much on internet and so many ppl so we're running out of addresses
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What will IP address change to as a result of running out of IP addresses for people?
Change to 6 numbers instead of 4
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What is an example of an IP address?
Western has an IP address, once you get into Western in a classroom on their Wifi, each student gets their own mini IP address (within big one) for each machine until its turned off/disconnected from wifi then that IP address is given back to system for next student that turns on device so they can get get on wifi and get address
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Why are IP addresses NOT EXACTLY like home addresses?
IP addresses are NOT geographical so just think of this as an analogy not exactly done like this!
Ex: Western might share the 129 portion of IP address with Hong Kong campus
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How are IP addresses represented, with how many bits?
- Is always 32 bits
- IP address can be expressed as:
Dotted Quad 129.100.23.247 (most common)
Binary 10000001 01100100 00010111 11110111
Hexadecimal 81 64 17 F7
Decimal 2,170,820,599
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How many bits are newer IP addresses?
Newer ones are 128 bits (2128 different possible addresses): IPv6. We wont be looking at them!
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Initially what was the only way to identify computers on the Internet?
With IP addresses?
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What is the lowest and highest each number in an IP address can be?
0 to 255
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What are most IP addresses used for?
Not as many are used for webservers (hard to guess exact numbers and land on webserver) more likely to be a router
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What can you do if you're trying to get to a site and it's not working?
- Try pinging the IP address (check to see if you can get to it)
- Use command prompt
- Timed out: computer may be broken, something wrong "can't find what you're looking for"
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If pinging doesn't work, what other strategy can you use?
Trace route, tells you how many hops (routers), computers it took to get to final destination
- Tells you IP address of each machine it had to hit on its route to destination
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How can you figure out your IP address?
For website: you can use websites to find IP address of other websites
Currently using: some websites can tell you what IP address you're currently using and you're service provider
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How come you don’t just use IP
addresses in your web browser? What do you use in your web browser?
- Numbers are hard for us to remember!
- Humans get remember up to 7 things well and remember up to 9, after that it's difficult (which is why phone # are 7 digits)
- Be difficult to remember IP address
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When did IP Address become the standardized way to identify machines on the Internet?
1973
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What did the University of Wisconsin come up with in 1984?
With a name server, that maps a name to an IP address (that way you don't have to remember IP address)
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When was the Domain Name System (DNS) established?
1985 and the initial top level domain names are introduced (.com, .net, .org, etc)
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Up until 1990 who were the main users of the Internet?
Government and universities, from then on it moved beyond of the
world of the gov and unis and into the commercial society.
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Up until what year did you not have to pay for a domain name?
1995 (government and uni were deciding what domain names would be)
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In what years did you have to pay $100 US for a 2 year registration for a domain name, and to whom did you have to pay it to?
1995 to 1998 you paid the NSF (National Science Foundation)
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When did the assignment of domain names open up to private companies and why?
1998 to encourage competition (ex. GoDaddy)
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True or false: only some machines on internet get IP address
False: every machine on the internet gets an IP Address (that's how someone else can get packets from your website over to their machine)
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What does a DNS system stand for and what does it do?
(Domain Name System) maps the domain name to the correct IP address.
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In most cases what type of mapping is done between an IP Address and a Domain Name?
One to one mapping
Ex: 129.100.23.247 maps to www.csd.uwo.ca
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Can IP addresses map to more than one domain name?
Yes ex:
155.12.12.12 might map to www.chapters.ca and www.indigo.ca
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Can one domain name map to more than one IP Address?
Yes ex: 155.12.12.1 and 155.12.12.2 and … 155.12.12.77 might all be web server machines for www.msn.com (gets super busy and lots of traffic, one machine that has address isn't enough so they need multiple machines mapped to same domain name)
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What do domain names identify?
Machines on the Internet, ex. a web server machine.
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What is a web server?
Contains all the web pages for a company or individual
(can be machine that serves up webpages or the software)
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What are web pages?
Are stored on the web server
machine (sometimes the machine is called a host) in folders or directories(web site)
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What is a website really?
A folder stored on the webserever with webpages in it
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Web pages are just files, usually with the extension _______
.html
Ex: myhomepage.html or prices.htm
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Web Page
Web Site
Web Server
Match the top terms to the bottom terms
Machine/Host (usually called www)
File
Folder/directory
Web server = Machine/host (usually called www indicating which machine has the web server software)
Website = Folder/directory
Web page = File
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IMPORTANT: When and who was the URL established by?
By Tim Berners Lee in 1990
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What is a URL?
Points at a web page on the internet.
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What is an example of a URL and what are the different things it points at?
http://www.uwo.ca/its/courses/spring.html
http= Hypertext Transfer Protocol
www=World Wide Web
uwo.ca=domain name
/its=folder
/courses=folder
/spring.html=file
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What does the http mean in a URL?
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (http):
Rules on data is exchanged between
servers and browsers. Other examples: ftp://, news://
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What does the www mean in a URL?
World Wide Web: Indicates we are referring to the World Wide Web
Which computer in the domain is web server computer
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What does the uwo.ca mean in the URL?
Domain Name: The name of the site, points to the web server machine
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What does /its mean in the URL?
Folder: its is a folder on the web server machine
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What does /courses mean in the URL?
Folder: courses is a folder inside the its folder
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What does spring.html mean in the URL?
File: spring.html is a webpage file (ends with extension)
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Which protocol displays webpages? What is another example of a protocol?
http
ftp://
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What does DNS stand for?
Domain Name Systems
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What is the purpose of a DNS?
Maps the domain name to the IP Address
Like a big phone book of Domain Names and IP Addresses
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What is an example of a domain name and what are the different parts of it?
http://www.csd.uwo.ca
www = world wide web
.csd = third level domain also a sub domain
.uwo = second level domain
.ca = top level domain (TLD)
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What does the www mean in a domain name?
World Wide Web: Not a part of the
domain name, usually it is just the
machine/host name that is the webserver
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What does the .csd mean in a domain name?
Third Level Domain: Also a Sub domain, csd is a subdomain of the domain uwo.ca
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What does the .uwo mean in a domain name?
Second Level Domain
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What does the .ca mean in a domain name?
Top Level Domain (TLD) Rules exist for what you can pick, only certain combinations of letters have been established as allowable top level domains
Have to be approved by group of people who set standards for domain names
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What are 3 things to note about Domain Name in the example of http://www.csd.uwo.ca?
1. the domain is uwo.ca
2. csd is a sub domain of uwo.ca
3. www is not part of the actual domain name, but it will be stored in the DNS
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How many domain names were there originally and how many are there now?
Originally there were only 6 (.com, .org, .net ....) now there are hundreds even thousands
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What are sub domains used for?
To organize your web server (just like
folders and directories organize your
computer)
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Give examples of sub domains.
Example:
◦ http://www.uwo.ca
◦ http://www.csd.uwo.ca
◦ http://www.brescia.uwo.ca
*csd is a sub domain of uwo.ca
*brescia is also a sub domain of uwo.ca
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You are able to pick your own domain names, but what are the rules that have to be followed (in terms of name length)?
- Each item between a dot is called a level.
- You can have a maximum of 127 levels
- Each level can be up to 63 characters long
- The entire domain name (including sub domains) can not be more than 255 characters.
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If you are able to have a maximum of 127 levels, up to how many sub domains can you have?
The top level domain is 1 level and the second level is 1 level, which leaves room for 125 sub domains).
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http://www.abc.def.hij.com
What is the above domain name?
hij.com
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How many sub domains does the above domain name have?
2: abc.def because www is not part of domain name
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What are formatting rules that domain names must follow?
- Must use one of the approved TLDs (.org, .com, etc).
- Each level must consist of letters, digits and hyphens.
- Each level cannot start with a hyphen or end with a hyphen.
- Each level must not contain a space.
- Domain names are case-insensitive
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Do these domain names represent the same domain?
dogsrus.com
DogsRUs.com
Yes because it's case insensitive (case doesn't matter)
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Even though domain names aren't case sensitive, what is?
Urls
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Why is it important to note that domain names are case insensitive?
Can look like its spelling out something inappropriate, use hyphens in that case to clarify name
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Are the following domain names valid or invalid?
A we are the world.org
B We-Are-The-World.org
C We_Are_The_World.org
D WeAre99%OfTheWorld.org
E We.Are.The.World.org
F -weare.theworld-.org
G Wearetheworld.werock
A: invalid (has spaces)
B: valid
C: invalid (underscores)
D: invalid (%)
E: valid
F: invalid (starts ends with -)
G: unsure? (don't know if TLD is valid or not)
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How do we know if a TLD is valid or not?
An International Internet committee has established the allowable top level domains:
.com
.org
.net
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What TLD was the 3rd most used and what does it say about forward thinking countries in 2007?
DE: Germany
Ahead of curve in getting on internet and registering TLD
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Where can you find the top level domain names that are assigned by the international organization?
https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
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Can people restrict top level domain names?
Yes
Ex: Apple is the only ones that will allow anyone to use .apple as TLD they get to decide who uses it
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Why was .ru second most popular in 2019?
Hacking websites, lots of them ran out of Russia and used .ru as TLD
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What were the 7 original TLDs?
.com (commerce)
.org (organization)
.net (orgs that do networking like telecommunication companies)
.int (international orgs like NATO)
.edu (education)
.gov (government)
.mil (military)
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What types of TLDs appeared after the 6 originals and what is a main characteristic of them?
Country ones appeared (all 2 letters)
.ca, .ae, .uk, .de
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What came after country TLDs appeared?
Then geographical ones:
.asia, .berlin, .vegas
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What are the types of TLDs that have now appeared after geographical ones?
Brand ones:
.Bloomberg, .Barclays, .youtube
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What type of TLDs has ICANN now approved?
adult, .apartments, .flowers
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Do all TLDs cost the same?
No, there is a list of the most expensive domain names
1) voice.com ($30 million)
2) 360.com ($17 million)
3) sex.com ($13 million)
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What is the company/org that approves TLD names?
ICANN
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Why should you care about domain names?
Let’s assume you are about to start a new business:
Do you need a website?
◦ YES, YES, YES
Essential for competition!
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Why are domain names essential for competition?
Nowadays your customers don’t just want a website from you, THEY EXPECT A WEBSITE (with an easy to remember domain name)
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What is an example of a successful businesses take full advantage of the Internet?
Google
As of 2007, Google passes Microsoft as the most visited website in the world.
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Name some other sites that have now passed Microsoft (for most visited website in world).
1. Google
2. YouTube
3. Tmall
4. Facebook
5. Baidu
Microsoft is at 26
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What are things you need to start thinking about when starting a business?
- Perhaps you will need flyers/advertisements
- You may need business cards
- You might design a logo in Photoshop
- You SHOULD have a website
- You will legally need a company name
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Why is the company name important in terms of your website?
Company name will make difference in domain name that you pick
- If possible pick company name that also makes for nice, catchy domain name
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What are 11 suggestions when picking a domain name?
1. Keywords, Keywords, Keywords
2. Be Memorable
3. Avoid Hyphens
4. .Com First
5. Keep it Short
6. Kill Procrastination
7. Get Creative
8. Know the Rules
9. Testing, Testing, 123
10. Learn from Monopoly
11. Which Online Realtor to Use?
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Why are keywords important when picking a domain name?
Ex. if website is about purchasing dolls, try to get word "dolls" somehow in domain name if you can
(don't try and stuff too many keywords in domain name making it no longer memorable)
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Why is being memorable important when picking a domain name?
Your domain name should be descriptive, memorable, and easy to spell and pronounce. Ex: www.myspace.com
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Why should you avoid hyphens when picking a domain name?
Most people won’t remember the hyphen. However, if you want to get www.joshfuller.com and it is taken, only then should you try www.josh-fuller.com.
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Why is it important to try purchasing a .com first when picking a domain name?
Buy a .com (.ca in Canada) extension because it’s the default extension in most people’s mind. Many times a .com extension is going to be taken so you will need to try .net, .biz, .org, etc. Always try to get .com first.
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Why should you try and keep it short when picking a domain name?
People need to be able to remember it, and type it. Focus on the shortest name that your customers and visitors will associate with your website. Ex: www.pcworld.com, is much more effective than www.powercomputingworld.com
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Why should you kill procrastination when picking a domain name?
Don't put off trying to register because someone else might grab it while you're waiting around to get business up and going and you may lose your chance at getting good domain name
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Why should you get creative when picking a domain name?
If your first choice is gone, maybe you can add e in front ex: www.esurfing.com or use 4 instead of "for", add web or net in front or end of name
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Why is it important to know the rules when picking a domain name?
Remember that domain names can only use letters, numbers, and dashes. Spaces and symbols are not allowed. Also, domain names are not case sensitive. Can't create domain name if you don't follow rules
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Why is it important to test when picking a domain name?
Try telling your friends of domain name you're thinking of and ask them a couple days later to see if they remember it
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How can you learn from Monopoly when picking a domain name?
Try and grab domain names that are similar ex: www.utube.com, instead of www.youtube, can get accidental traffic from people misspelling popular domain names
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Why is important which online realtor you choose when picking a domain name?
Common one is www.GoDaddy.com
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How do you find out if the Domain
Name you want is available?
Find out from a website that lets you
purchase domain names such as:
◦ www.godaddy.com
◦ www.mydomain.com
◦ https://www.101domain.com/
◦ www.register.com
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How do websites that let you purchase domain names work?
Pay per year, must reregister every year or every few years
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What do you have to do after you've picked a domain name, registered it and paid for it?
Find a company that will hold/host your website (keep the files that make up your website) OR perhaps you can set up your own webserver in at your company or home?
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What are 4 reasons to NOT host your own website?
1. Expensive
2. Continual Connection
3. Technical
4. Support
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How is hosting your own website expensive?
Server and server software (web
server, mail server, firewall, virus protection etc.) can be expensive
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Why is continual connection a reason not host your own website?
The server needs a 24/7 high speed connection to the internet, which is relatively costly.
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What are technical reasons not host your own website?
Setting up all the configurations
including mail server, FTP server and DNS server can be complicated.
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Why is support a reason to not host you own website?
Server maintenance requires 24 hour
support, special skills and knowledge.
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Has it gotten easier to run and host your own server?
Yes easier now than it was 10 years ago, but still you'd generally want to pay somebody else
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What do you look for when finding someone else to host your website for you?
ISP --> Internet Service Provider
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What does ISP stand for?
Internet service provider
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What is an ISP?
- A company that provides access to the Internet (most already use in their homes)
- Maintains one or more machines that are permanently connected to the Internet
(SFTP to them, move webpages up to them and all customers are able to see your webpages)
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How do ISPs offer connections?
- Offers connections via telephone lines, cable, satellite dishes.
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What do ISPs provide users with?
◦ User account for accessing the Internet
◦ Email access (usually 5 or 6)
◦ Web Space to host/hold your website
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What are examples of ISPs?
◦ Rogers
◦ Bell
◦ Execulink
◦ Western (at least while you are a student here)
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What are 10 things to look for in an ISP?
1. Diskspace
2. Bandwidth
3. Web Site Speed
4. Database/Programming Language Support
5. Technical Support
6. UpTime
7. FTP Access
8. Web Statistics Summary
9. Scripts availability
10. Web Provider
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and diskspace?
Always get more, Standard 5 GB – 10 GB
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and bandwidth?
Bandwidth is the amount of traffic that is allowed to occur between your web site and the rest of the internet in a given time period (static pages go with low; need for downloads go with high)
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and website speed?
Web site speed is a given… slow.. Poor service (ask for some websites and try it out yourself)
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and database/programming language support?
Needs for dynamic website – interact with customers. Perl, Java, PHP etc…
Ex: want to subtract 5 from database after selling 5 books, will they support that
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and technical support?
Test by sending them an e-mail and see response time, Contact names, e-mails, phone numbers, hotlines
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and UpTime?
Look for 99% plus guaranteed, backup generator?
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and FTP Access ?
Unlimited and unrestricted FTP access for easy maintenance
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and web statistics summary?
Traffic on your website- Easy access to your information… control
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and scripts availability?
Counters, forms support.
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What should you consider when looking at an ISP and web provider?
Reliability? How long? Popular?
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What is stage 1 of building your website after choosing domain name?
Stage 1: Planning and Design
- Define the Business Requirements
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How can you define business requirements when meeting with the client?
Meet with the client:
- Be prepared
- Ask questions
- LISTEN TO THE ANSWERS
- Learn as much as you can about their business
- Ask for all the reports they generate, the forms they fill in, their printed brochures, etc…
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What questions should you ask your client (when building a website)?
- Who will their primary audience be?
- What is the company’s image?
- Do they have a company logo (this will help you with colours and a theme)? How about some other graphics/images?
- Will the company’s focus change over the next year or so?
- What content will be on the page? This might help you figure out how to organize the material!
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What are questions you should ask yourself when designing a website?
- Think of some of your favourite websites, what is it about those websites that you like?
- Think of some websites you avoid, why do you avoid them?
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What is the best thing you can do when designing a new website?
- Look at other websites!
- Look at the competitors website
What are some of the great ideas they have?
-Look at websites that you think are:
Beautiful
Easy to use
Effective in getting the message across
Using a great colour scheme
Hideous
Hard to use
Annoying
