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| When was the internet created? for what purpose? by whom? |
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- 1969
- created for communication between researchers
- deparment of defense and government |
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| What is Dial Up? one advantage and one disadvantage |
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- converts the digital signals of the computer to the analog signals that travels over the phone line
- phone lines are already there
- slow |
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| What is DSL? one advantage and disadvantage |
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- uses a phone line
- shares the phone line
- must be within three miles of switching office |
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| What is cable? one advantage and disadvantage |
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- network interface cards that uses a USB port
- faster and cheaper than dial up
- works on cable line so it can get busy |
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| What is ISDN? one advantage and disadvantage |
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- integrated services digital network
- talk and surf on the web at the same time
- slow |
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| What is Satellite? one advantage and disadvantage |
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- uses a dish
- works in rural areas
- downloads quicky but sending requests go over phone line |
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| What is an ISP and what could one do for you? |
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- Internet Service Provider
- has the money to pay for the services and gives customers and a slice of the connection |
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| lets you navigate the internet through GUIS |
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| Explain the parts of a URL |
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- uniform resource locator
- Path -> "hot to get there://where to go/what to get |
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- works on keywords
- lists that found websites of your keyword
- software powered |
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- give outline
- sets up categories and let you trace your way into what you need to make the list smaller |
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| searches over other serach engines instead of websites |
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| stores personal information on your machine such as passowrds, settings |
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