COM 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Optical Fiber Cable, Ray Tomlinson, Internet Service Provider
16 Jan 2016
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Chapter 2 the internet, digital media, and media convergence. The development of the internet and the web. Originally a military- gov project, internet called arpanet (ended with soviet union) Military and academic researchers to communicate on network system. Wired network system packet switching- broke down messages to more easily route them. Nobody owns the system outright or has power to kick each other off. Email 1971- ray tomlinson primarily universities/labs. Introduction of microprocessors in 1971 mini circuits that process/store electron. Fiber optic cables 1980s- transmitting data speedily. Hypertext data linking feature / html (markup language) Aol, thru phone wires, dial up, largest internet service provider: mosaic 1993. Search engines (google, yahoo) more automated route to info. Blogs- easily post ideas, personal or corporate (wordpress, Collaborative projects / wiki web sites anybody can add/edit tumblr, blogger) them. Content communities youtube, flickr, fan fictions. Social networking facebook, pinterest, linkedin, google+
