CIS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Optical Fiber, Web Entertainment, Message Transfer Agent

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1000
• Professor: Jing Yu Zhu

Document Summary

Apranet began because the usa thought a soviet attack on their telephone system would bring down their communication lines. World wide web: 1989: tim berners-lee developed the web as a means of researchers having access to research documents. In conjunction with robert caillau, berners-lee he had developed the structure of the first basic web browser: 1993: national centre for supercomputing applications released mosaic. The web 2. 0: shift from static web pages to web based applications that focused on user interaction. Internet communication: most common methods of communication over the internet are: Remote information retrieval: ftp. , gopher, or world wide web. Most transmit text, sound, images, or computer programs. Instant messaging enables real time communication over internet: must be online at same time, some allow you to send messages to offline users, small group communications usually (friends or small business team) Includes skype, viber, and chat social networking sites like facebook.