Problem #1 - Internet Timeline Quiz ------------------------------------ 1. ARPANET, NSFNET, PERL, InterNIC 2. USSR's launch of Sputnik 3. TELENET 4. Mosaic 5. Vinton G. Cerf Problem #2 - My Hotmail address is ------------------------------------ 1. ID Name : whowellb@hotmail.com 2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here} Problem #3 - My AOL IM name is -------------------------------- 1. IM Name : WndHowell 2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here} Problem #4 - Learn to prune roses at ------------------------------------- 1. http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC1173.htm Problem #5 - Today's horoscope is at ------------------------------------- 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/horoscopes/ Problem #6 - Today's history is at ------------------------------------ 1. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/today.html Problem #7 - WS_FTP can be downloaded from ------------------------------------------- 1. ftp://ftp.yodasvault.com/pub/ Problem #8 - Learn More About WS_FTP at ---------------------------------------- 1. http://saturn.med.nyu.edu/it/help/ftp/wsftp.html or http://tutorial.ftpplanet.com/LE/ Problem #9 - Acrobat can be downloaded from -------------------------------------------- 1. ftp://ftp.yodasvault.com/pub/ Problem #10 - Acquire free Web space ------------------------------------ 1. ID Name : whowellb 2. Password : XXXXXX {Do not record your password here} Problem #11 - My free Web site is at ------------------------------------ 1. Homework: 4 URLs and interesting facts -------------------------------------- 1a. URL = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_backbone 1b. Fact = Since the decommissioning of the NSFNet in 1995, the internet consists of various commercial ISPs connected by Peering points. 2a. URL = http://www.webster.edu/~hcohen/week5/reganw5.html 2b. Fact = An extranet is a private network between 2 or more organizations. These networks support things like data transfer, e-mail, websites. Virtual Private Networks are a low cost alternative to those who don't have the money for a Private network. It's much easier to add and delete members on a Virtual network. 3a. URL = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML 3b. Fact = XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It's purpose is to share structured data across different information systems through the Internet. It is a fee free open standard and is recommended by the World Wide Web Consortium. 4a. URL = http://2wire.com/bandwidth/meter.php?kbps=3355.4 4b. Connection Speed = 2.06 Mbps 4c. URL = http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ 4d. Connection Speed = 2.7 Mps **************** OTHER CLASS NOTES ******************* If you want to add other notes you can enter them here. You can put as many lines of text here as you wish. You can delete these three lines of text if you like. |