6.12. Knowledge Check

Knowledge Check 1

Text Description
This activity contains a set of flashcards, which are described below.
Activity Description or Instruction: Write down the technical term or device name for the following.
  1. Card Text: A network of network is called
  2. Card Text: A protocol that enables the transfer of files between computers on the internet.
  3. Card Text: A Network device that can determine the best path for forwarding the data packets.
  4. Card Text: A self-contained network that spans a small area such as single building, floor, or a room
  5. Card Text: A user-friendly name, convenient for remembering a website (2 words).

Solution:

  1. internet
  2. FTP
  3. router
  4. LAN
  5. domain name

Knowledge Check 2

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Text Description
 
History of the Internet
Important dates to consider as the internet came of age.

1943: The First Electronic Computer

Funded by the US Army, the ENIAC was developed at the University of Pennsylvania.


1962: First Written Ideas Computer Networks

The first recorded description of the social interactions that could be enabled through networking was a series of memos written by J.C.R. Licklider of MIT.


1966: ARPANET Founded

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, a computer network to share data across long distances.


1969: ARPANET Hosts

The first 4 hosts conencted to ARPANET.


1973: Early Global Network

Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) connect to ARPANET. The term Internet is born.


1974: The First ISP

The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.


1976: First Email from the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II send her first email. https://www.wired.com/2012/12/queen-and-the-internet/


1978: The First Spam

The fist spam is sent out as email from Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).


1979: USENET

News and discussion hosted by groups on USENET.


1982: TCP/IP Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), as the protocol suite emerge as the protocols for ARPANET. TCP/IP remains the standard protocol for the Internet.


1983: DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) establishes the familiar .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int system for naming top level domains (TLDs).


1987: GIF Images

Compuserve developeres release the GIF image format.


1990: HTML

Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML at CERN.


1990: Web Browsers

Tim Berners-Lee develops the first web browser, WorldWideWeb


1991: World Wide Web for the Public

CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the world


1991: First Audio and Video Online

1993: Mosaic 1.0

Marc Andreessen created Mosaic, the first graphical browser.


1994: Netscape Navagator

Netscape develops and releases its Navagator browser.


1994: SSL

Netscape introduces SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)


1994: Yahoo!

Yahoo! opens its doors.


1995: Apache is released

Open-source web server software is released. It is still in use today.


1995: JavaScript is Released

JavaScript is released by developers at Netscape. It has done much to enable interactivity on the web.


1995: Amazon

Opening as an online bookstore and surviving the first tech bubble, we all know how things have changed since then.


1996: The Internet Archive

The internet Archive was implemented as a way to store the entire internet forever.


1996: The Opera web browser is released.

1996: Macromedia releases Flash 1.0

1996: Hotmail

Launched in 1996, Hotmail was the big-time email provider. It was bought by Microsoft in 1997.


1997: RSS Released

Starting as the scriptingNews format, Netscape eventually developed RSS .9


1997: IPv6 Introduced

2004: Gmail

Gmail opens for business.


2004: Wikipedia

Launches as a .com and switches to .org


2005: Youtube

Youtube launches and a year later is bought by Google.


2016: First Online Presidential Debate

Hosted by Youtube for Clinton and Trump.

Solution:

Text Description
 
History of the Internet
Important dates to consider as the internet came of age.

1943: The First Electronic Computer

Funded by the US Army, the ENIAC was developed at the University of Pennsylvania.


1962: First Written Ideas Computer Networks

The first recorded description of the social interactions that could be enabled through networking was a series of memos written by J.C.R. Licklider of MIT.


1966: ARPANET Founded

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, a computer network to share data across long distances.


1969: ARPANET Hosts

The first 4 hosts conencted to ARPANET.


1973: Early Global Network

Global networking becomes a reality as the University College of London (England) and Royal Radar Establishment (Norway) connect to ARPANET. The term Internet is born.


1974: The First ISP

The first Internet Service Provider (ISP) is born with the introduction of a commercial version of ARPANET, known as Telenet.


1976: First Email from the Queen

Queen Elizabeth II send her first email. https://www.wired.com/2012/12/queen-and-the-internet/


1978: The First Spam

The fist spam is sent out as email from Gary Thuerk of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC).


1979: USENET

News and discussion hosted by groups on USENET.


1982: TCP/IP Protocol

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and Internet Protocol (IP), as the protocol suite emerge as the protocols for ARPANET. TCP/IP remains the standard protocol for the Internet.


1983: DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) establishes the familiar .edu, .gov, .com, .mil, .org, .net, and .int system for naming top level domains (TLDs).


1987: GIF Images

Compuserve developeres release the GIF image format.


1990: HTML

Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML at CERN.


1990: Web Browsers

Tim Berners-Lee develops the first web browser, WorldWideWeb


1991: World Wide Web for the Public

CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the world


1991: First Audio and Video Online

1993: Mosaic 1.0

Marc Andreessen created Mosaic, the first graphical browser.


1994: Netscape Navagator

Netscape develops and releases its Navagator browser.


1994: SSL

Netscape introduces SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)


1994: Yahoo!

Yahoo! opens its doors.


1995: Apache is released

Open-source web server software is released. It is still in use today.


1995: JavaScript is Released

JavaScript is released by developers at Netscape. It has done much to enable interactivity on the web.


1995: Amazon

Opening as an online bookstore and surviving the first tech bubble, we all know how things have changed since then.


1996: The Internet Archive

The internet Archive was implemented as a way to store the entire internet forever.


1996: The Opera web browser is released.

1996: Macromedia releases Flash 1.0

1996: Hotmail

Launched in 1996, Hotmail was the big-time email provider. It was bought by Microsoft in 1997.


1997: RSS Released

Starting as the scriptingNews format, Netscape eventually developed RSS .9


1997: IPv6 Introduced

2004: Gmail

Gmail opens for business.


2004: Wikipedia

Launches as a .com and switches to .org


2005: Youtube

Youtube launches and a year later is bought by Google.


2016: First Online Presidential Debate

Hosted by Youtube for Clinton and Trump.

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