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Introduction to Humanities Computing

Explore the evolution of the Internet and ways to connect, from physical media to protocols like TCP/IP. Learn about applications like FTP, Archie, and Gopher, as well as newsgroups and discussion lists.

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Introduction to Humanities Computing

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  1. Introduction to Humanities Computing Spring 1999 Lecture Five

  2. Bandwidth Vocabulary • Physical media • copper wire (POTS), coaxial cable, wireless, optical fiber • Protocols • TCP/IP, ATM • Network connection • modem, Ethernet, T1, ISDN

  3. Ways to connect • Direct connection • Gateway Service • SLIP (serial line interface protocol) or PPP (point to point protocol) • Dial up terminal connection • terminal emulation - applications reside on the host

  4. Internet evolution - some dates • Ethernet - Bob Metcalfe - 1973 • ARPANET splits off MILNET - 1983 • 113 nodes, 45 go to ARPANET • TCP/IP - 1978, ARPANET switches in 1983 • ARPANET replaced by NSF backbone - 1985 • Domain Name System - 1984 • 1996 - First Virtual Cookie Sent Over Net

  5. Internet : more than the WWW • FTP sites • Retrieve computer programs, files (images, text, sound, etc.) from archive sites • Archie permits you to search • Gopher • Veronica permits you to search

  6. Internet Subscription-based services • USENET • Network of Newsgroups • Newsreader software • muss%trn • Discussion Lists • Multiple recipients of e-mail • Automatic list manager software • e.g. majordomo, listserv, mailserv

  7. Discussion lists You can search for LISTSERV lists through the "CataList" interface at http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html

  8. Keywords for further exploration • Firewall • Newsgroups • Avatar • How is an avatar different from an alias? • FAQs • MIME • Host/client

  9. Pause to consider... … Digital Decay ... What is it? Does it matter? http://www.colleges.org/ecite.html

  10. End Our emphasis so far on computer-mediated communication has been on contemporary users creating and exchanging programs and files... …but we can build digital archives from materials of the past

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