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Top Ten Favorite Websites
  1. Computer hardware tutorial. (n.d.). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/computerhardware/

    2. This site posted by Olga Golikova in week 3 of the class, gives 20 tutorials in the computer hardware category. The basics of computer hardware are very well explained on this site and it is a very good resource people who are new to computer hardware.

  2. Brain, Marshall. (n.d). How domain name servers work. Retrieve on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/dns.htm

    3. This site was posted by Annemarie Hornby in week 4, and gave detailed description and information about how domain name servers work, IP Addresses, Domain names, creating domain name and lots of other information about servers. This site can be an excellent resource for people who want to understand how the domain name server works.

  3. Data storage reference guide workbook. (n.d). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://webobjects.cdw.com/webobjects/docs/PDFs/workbook.pdf

    4. This site posted by Kristine Jones in week four of the class gives information about storage requirements. It explains how to identify the right storage structure, Survey and analyze storage landscape and cost. It also gives information about how to assess storage management and requirements. The worksheets provided to assess the above data is very useful.

  4. Computer peripherals. (n.d). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1789F.pdf

    5. This site was posted by Jennifer Cooper in week 5. This site on computer peripherals gives description about various peripherals like keyboard, mouse etc in a computer device. This site is very good for at a glance information about computer peripherals.

  5. Tynan, Daniel. (2001). Analysis: 20 factors that will change PCs in 2002. Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/12/25/pc.changes.idg/index.html

    6. This site posted by Kristine Jones in week 5. gives information about digital tools that will change and make a difference by 2002- 2003. The article also gives information about the structure and dimensions that Desktop and Notebook PCs will acquire by the year 2004.

     

  6. Gelernter, David. (2003). Future of operating systems: simplicity. Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/story/0,10801,77335,%2000.html

    7. This site also posted by Kristine Jones in week 5 is an article written by David Gelernter, a Yale computer scientist. The author talks about how current operating systems are built and how future operating systems should be. He talks about how computers, operating systems and user interface will be in future.

  7. James Bond meets the 7 layers of the OSI model. (1997). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.pe.net/%7Erlewis/Resources/james.html

    8. This site posted by Kathryn Cody in week 6 was an interesting read. It gave the seven layers of the OSI model and the function of each of those layers. The Analogy between a James Bond act and the functions of the seven layers of the OSI model is well described and the analogy makes for easy understanding of the OSI model.

  8. The 7 layers of the OSI model. (n.d). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/OSI_Layers.asp

    9. This site posted by Bill Booz in week 6 explained what an OSI model is and gave a detailed description about each of its steps. It also gave the meaning of some other relevant words like Media Access Control, Syntax etc. which were used in explaining the 7 layers of the OSI model.

  9. Firewall White Paper - OSI & TCP/IP Network Models. (1998). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.firewall-software.com/firewall_faqs/firewall_network_models.html

    10. This site posted by Pauravi Desai in week 6 gives detailed explanation about different kinds of firewalls and how they work and also how the network firewall interact with the OSI and TCP/IP network models.

  10. Introduction to the ISO- OSI model. (n.d). Retrieved on October 16, 2003 from the World Wide Web: https://secure.linuxports.com/howto/intro_to_networking/c4412.htm

This site posted by Jack Hyman in week 6 gave information about the International standards organization which created the OSI model and also gave the top- down explanation of the OSI model. The diagrams drawn to explain every level made for easy understanding of the various functions.