I guess i'm really behind schedule. Week 4's starting and this is my first post for COM125. No matter, let's get this show started!
If my memory fails me not, we learnt about the following few items on the list:
1. History of The Internet
2. Web 1.0/2.0
3. Networks
4. (*#$%#$ (???)
** A problem has been detected and Lester has been shut down to prevent further damage to his brain. **
Just kidding. Now, to start off...
1. History of The Internet
The launch of Sputnik by then-USSR in 1958 led to the formation of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the United States of America. DARPA eventually became the Internet as we know and love this day. As the name suggests, the Internet was initally a project of defense for the Americans. The father of the Internet was J.C.R. Licklider, whose ingenious idea of packet switching laid the foundation for ARPANET. The idea behind the ARPANET was to create a universal network.Yada yada yada... Let's use a history timeline to better illustrate the growth of the Internet.
Well of course, this timeline isn't exhaustive, so let me illustrate further with a video I found on the Internet! (Wow.)
Next!
2. Web 1.0/2.0
Well of course, none of those above would be possible without web browsers. Web browsers allow us to access information available on the Internet, in the form of text, sound, pictures, and even videos. Cool, huh.
What in the world is Web 2.0? Well, what better way to illustrate than a video, right.... (Not again!)
And finally....
3. Networks
As the name suggests, a network is an interconnected system of computers. Having the good fortune of taking part in setting up a network for my dad's office, I have observed that networks an be used to maximise efficiency. For example, a single printer can be shared amongst 4 or even more PCs. Of course, this maximizes cost efficiency, but it can be quite troublesome if the
printer were to break down as well. No more printing for you, buddy!
I guess this concludes my first ever post on oh-touch-my.blogspot.com ! Stay tuned for anoter academic update! (sigh.)
