- in 1993, the _________ only communicated 1% of the world's information
- By 2000, it was at 51%
- By 2007, it was more than 97% Answer - internet
- computer network created for Advanced Research Project Agency in the
1960s and 1970s as a means of communication between research laboratories
and universities
- the predecessor to the Internet
- goal of military was decentralization (communication wasn't reliant on one
central hub) Answer - ARPANET
created by Robert Metcalfe while working at Xerox Answer - ethernet
-french network
-telephone and low resolution screens that were cost effective Answer -
minitel
created after and on top of the internet Answer - web
what year did Sir Tim Berners-Lee create the World Wide Web? Answer - 1991
A device that transfers data from one network to another in an intelligent way
Answer - router
, A device that takes signals from a router and allows it to operate on telephone
lines Answer - modem
ISP (at&t) Answer - internet service provider
the __________ is an infrastructure, whereas the _______ is a service built on
top of that infrastructure Answer - internet; web
- aka TCP
- defines how applications can create channels of communication across a
network
- manages how a message is assembled into smaller packets before they are
transmitted over the internet Answer - Transmission Control Protocol
- aka IP
- defines how to address and route things Answer - internet protocol
a document which can be displayed on a website Answer - web page
a computer that hosts a website on the internet Answer - web server
collection of web pages which re grouped together and usually connected
together in various ways Answer - website
the three pillars on which the Web stands Answer - - URL, an address system
that keeps track of web documents
- HTTP, a transfer protocol to find documents when given their URLs
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