Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Darpa, Internet Service Provider, Network Congestion

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Laura Reid

Document Summary

Lecture 5: the internet and world wide web. What you need to know when working in the world of website development: choose a domain name, order web hosting, meet with client, create a website. Group of millions of computers around the world that are connected to one another. Network: a group of interconnected computers (could be connected with wires, wirelessly, satellites) A global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized. Internet protocol suite (tcp/ip) to serve billions of users worldwide. Rules for the format and transmission of data. The advanced research projects agency (arpa) of the us department of defence (dod) (around 1969) funded the ideas behind this protocol. Thus the internet was originally called the arpanet. The world wide web is software that runs on the internet! Imagine that i had a written a manuscript, printed it but i had not stapled it together.