JOU 330: Evolution of the Internet

Internet

Large network of computers with appropriate applications and software available to people

Communication Infrastructure

Allows any pair of the participating computers to communicate quickly, cheaply, and effectively in a way that enables those computers to provide appropriate services to their users

What does ARPANET stand for?

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network

TCP

Transmission Control Protocol

IP

Internet Protocol

What do TCP and IP do?

Allows packets of digital information to traverse multiple networks on their way to their final destination.

LAN

Local Area Network

What is LAN?

Network that connects computers in a physically contained area and spans a relatively small space; also provides services to a small amount of people

WAN

Wide Area Network

What is WAN?

A network that connects many different LANs and other networks; it is much bigger than LAN and services more people

World Wide Web (WWW)

Global information medium where users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet.

What was the first graphical browster?

Mosaic, created in 1993

DNS

Development of the Domain Naming System

Top-Level Domains

Generic/Country code, plus a special top-level domain (ex: .arpa) for Internet infrastructure

Country Code Domains

.uk, .de, .jp

Generic Code Domains

.com, .edu, .gov

Are the Web and the Internet the same thing?

NO!