1. Creation of the Internet
1.1. Created in late 1960's
1.2. Made as a communication initiative
1.3. Created by the Department of Defense
1.4. Began as a experimental network named ARPANET
1.5. Transmission control protocol/ internet protocol (TCP-IP)
1.5.1. Created by Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn in 1983
1.5.2. Helps standardize how computers communicated with one another
1.5.3. Helped create the term the Internet
1.6. World Wide Web
1.6.1. Created as a system to browse the internet using hypertext markup language (HTML)
2. Navigating the Internet
2.1. Web Browser
2.1.1. A software program that displays internet data graphically with a point-and-click interface
2.1.2. Examples: internet explorer, google chrome, mozilla firefox, apple, safari
2.2. Every page has a unique address called a uniform resource locator(URL)
2.3. Web pages use a standardized format called a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)
2.4. URLs are comprised of 3 components
2.4.1. protocol
2.4.2. domain name
2.4.3. document path
3. Connecting to the Internet
3.1. Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
3.1.1. Commercial resellers that connect homes and institutions to the internet
3.2. Started as dial-up
3.2.1. Modem would have to dial into a server
3.3. Internet is available through internet connection now
3.4. Wireless providers are now becoming ISPs with the popularity of smart phones
3.5. Phone companies that offer 4G speeds can run at 10-20 Mbit/s and they are constantly improving
3.6. Cable companies have to have to try to compete
3.6.1. most have invested in fiber-optic backbones
3.6.2. better connection to the internet
4. Searching the Internet
4.1. Must go to a web portal if one wants to search the web
4.1.1. Examples: Google, Yahoo, Bing
4.2. Delivery Timeline
4.3. Requirements
5. Internet Multimedia, Web Services, & Cloud Computing
5.1. Image formats are used in a variety of forms all throughout the internet
5.1.1. Examples: Primarily JPEG, PNG, and GIF
5.2. Could computing
5.2.1. most significant development in the internet today
5.2.2. provides users with highly interactive multimedia