The Internet

The InternetBy: Chlsea MortensenTitle Page/slide1What does TCP/IP stand for and what does it do?TCP/IP stands for Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol, it is for communicating between computers on the internet.TCP/IP defines how electronic devices connect to the internet and how data should be transmitted through the internet between them.

What does TCP/IP stand for and what does it do?2What does IP address stand for and what is it?An IP address stands for Internet ProtocolAn IP address is a binary code that every computer gets when it goes on the internet.There are 4.3 billion possible combinations for IP address

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What is an ISP? ISP is short for Internet Service ProviderThere are different types of Internet Service Providers like:Verizon: DSL/Fiber OpticsHughestnet: SatelliteRoad Runner: Cable

What is an ISP? List 3 ISPs4What does DNS stand for and what is it?DNS stands for Domain Name System(Service, Server) DNS is a system that translates domain names into IP addresses for the computer to understand, where we understand domain names.

What does DNS stand for and what is it?5What does URL stand for and what is it?URL stands for Uniform Research LocaterA URL is an address, it can take you to your destination on the web. A URL is made up of two things:A Protocol Identifier: http://www.example.com/, http is your protocol identifier.Resource Name: http://www.example2.com/, example2.com is the resource name.

What does URL stand for and what is it?6What is a search engine?Search engines find all documents the have the keyword that you type in.A search engine is like Google, it takes the word that you type in a finds all websites with that keyword.Search engines dont need the internet to search through your computer for your specific document.

What is a search engine?7What is a cookie?Cookies are small files that websites put onto your computers hard disk drive when you first visit a site.Not all cookies are alright for your computer and may contain personal information.Cookies are meant to notify the site of your return, track which pages you like so they can give you less of what you dont care about and more of what you like.

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People who have internet access at homeIn Canada:There are 26, 960, 000 internet users as of March, 2011.In the USA:More then 80% of Americans have a computer in their homes but only 92% of them have access to the internet.In the World:As of July 2010, 5 billion people use the internet, either from their phones or computers.

How many people have internet access at home in Canada? The USA? The World?9Who invented/created the internet and for what purpose?More then one person helped create the internet that we know and love today, in the chart below is the peoples names, what part they were part of either the idea or the initial creation, what they did to help contribute to inventing the internet and the dates they did so.PARTSDATENAMEWHAT THEY DIDIDEAMay 31, 1961Leonard KleinrockPublished his first paper entitled Information Flow in Large Communications Nets that was the initial idea.1962J.C.R. LickliderFirst director of IPTO and gave his vision of galactic network.Robert TaylorHelped create the idea of the network in addition to Licklider and Kleinrocks ideas which later became the ARPLANET.INITIAL CREATIONSummer of 1968 December of 1968Elmer ShapiroHe chaired the first meeting of the Network Working Group(NWG) with the Stanford Researching Institute(SRI). In December, he released a report Study of Computer Networking Design Parameters which was based on the work done by Paul, Summer of 1968Steve Carr, Steve Crocker, Jeff Rulifson and Ron Stoughton Attendees of the meeting with the NWG and SRI, were they discussed solving issues related to getting hosts to communicate with each other.December of 1968Paul Baran, Thomas Marill, Lawrence Roberts, and Barry Wessler.They helped create the final version of the interface Message Processor(IMP) specifications. Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN)Awarded the contract to design and build the IMP sub network.The internet was created for the U.S. Department of Defense, so their researchers could share information with other researchers. Most of the people to use the internet were; Scientists and academics.

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