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The Internet. How it works How it began. What’s the difference?. Internet Physical connections World Wide Web One way of communicating information across those connection. The Internet- Some of the pieces:. Client DNS server IP Address Server Router. DNS server. Router. Router.
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The Internet How it works How it began
What’s the difference? • Internet • Physical connections • World Wide Web • One way of communicating information across those connection
The Internet- Some of the pieces: • Client • DNS server • IP Address • Server • Router
DNS server Router Router
URL • protocol://host.domain/dir1/dir2/filename.ext
So how did the internet get started? • DARPA, early 1960s • Arpanet, late 1960s
Arpanet to the Internet • TCP/IP • Growth of LANs • email • Personal Computers (PCs)
The World Wide Web • Tim Berners Lee • Hypertext Transfer Protocol
True or False? • What did Al Gore do? “As far back as the 1970s Congressman Gore promoted the idea of high speed telecommunications as an engine for both economic growth and the improvement of our educational system.” -Vint Cerf • High Performance Computing and Communications Act, 1991