In class we discussed the beginning of the Internet which started from the need of operators to connect to their computers from remote locations. It was used most frequently by the military and college and universities. Below you will find a video which speaks about the beginnings of the internet:
A personal story: The internet was introduced to the public in the early 90's but at that time it was called the World Wide Web hence www. at the beginning of most sites. I remember being in a engineering program at Kettering University as I moved into my seventh grade year and this was my first introduction to World Wide Web. There weren't many sites at that time and the information was scarce but it was an interesting thing. I grew up in the age of the internet, so I got to see it in the beginning of its introduction to the public until what it has become today. No one even calls it the World Wide Web anymore even though that's what it started out as. Below you will find a video about how the internet actually works:
Within our last class session we also talked about DNS which means Domain Name Systems, and TCP/IP which means Transmission Control Protocol/ Internet Protocol. And below you will find videos on each topic to be an addition to what we have already heard in class.
I feel that we use the internet all the time but yet we don't understand much about it. But now our lives depend on the internet, so it's important that we take some time to do more research on this same thing we depend so much upon. Before this class session I never knew half of the information I knew now. Hopefully the information I have contained in this blog will give you more information on its creations and workings.
Good Post. Great way to start student posting for the semester. This is a good standard.
ReplyDeleteUntil I actually saw the video Dr. Sistrunk showed us in class regarding how the internet functions, I was clueless of the extensive process it entails for those images/text/videos to pop up on our screen Understanding the internet is essential as we continue into this "cyber-world" we are engulfed in now- without the proper education on the internet we will only know its uses for Facebook and Twitter.
ReplyDeleteThe wealth of knowledge available to us now is far greater than anyone expected when this innovation was presented in the early 90's which means we have made great leaps upon the creation of the World Wide Web, but the general public is still naive of the great capabilities of the internet as far as creating your own imagination. I found this post very informative.
This was a very written an well organized blog post. I like how it flowed as a good blog.
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