COMM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phishing, Open-Source Software, Stubhub
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Started out as a military communication device. Advanced research project (apa) creates the net . The net enables researchers to share computer processing. Email is invented in 1971 by engineer ray tomlinson. (login. name@host) becomes standard email address. Miniature circuits that process and store electronic signals. Thin glass bundles of fiber that transports information speedly via laser light. World wide web: text data-linking system that allowed computer-accessed info to associate or link to other info anywhere on the internet. Written code that creates web pages and links. Browsers: software packages that help users navigate the web. Users link through telephone and cable wires. Isp(internet service provider) connects millions of home users to the web system. Broadband connections can quickly download multimedia content. An image, text or sound converted into electronic signals represented as series of binary numbers which are then reassembled. Easiest way to communicate over the internet in real time.
